Today we will partially consider the search system Yandex.
Its main page is the face of the entire system and literally by the portal in the amazing world of the search engine, which occupies a leading position in RuNet.
About the causes of leadership to tell now there is no point, because the topic of our article is somewhat different, but if in a pair of words, then Yandex:
- Helps the user
- Friendly even for beginners
- Easy to use
- Uses a unique ranking system
- It has its own development path and tries to bring something new.
The system launch took place back in the ninety-seventh year during the presentation at the SoftOOL exhibition.
And at that time, Yandex coped with the morphology of the Russian language without any problems, looking for the necessary information to the user, given the distance.
And also had its own algorithm for the relevance of this or that page of each site that has passed the indexation.
First acquaintance with the main page
In order to get to the main page of Yandex, it is enough to enter in the search bar of the WWW Yandex or WWW Yandex RU or RU.
Well, if you are too lazy or you are full of impressions to enjoy the unprecedented spectacle - just write "Yandex" and click on the first link that will fall in search.
So, we are on the main page. It must be said that since its appearance this search engine, the main page changed very often.
And all because the developers carefully follow the modern trends and desires of users.
Based on all this, as a designer, a page is going to make as much as possible to what we are accustomed to call the word "convenience" or "comfort".
After hitting the page for the first time, you first please pay the top of where the strip will open offered to download the adapted Yandex.Bruezer browser, equipped with special protection technology.
Tip!Despite the fact that Yandex.Browser is well developed and "sharpened" for all the desires of a simple user, someone will not want to swing to him, and the upper strip will distract from important information. In this case, you can pay attention to the upper right corner of the page, where there is a "Close" button, made in the form of a cross. Click on it, and you will no longer see the annoying strip, offering to make an unnecessary action for you.
Of course, after a while she may appear again, but you will already know exactly what to do with it.
Well, or she will repulse you and you still decide to download Yandex.Browser at least for interest.
At the end of the review, by the way, we will provide you with a video with a detailed configuration of this browser.
Make Yandex by the main page in the browser
You may have a question: "And how to make the main page of Yandex constantly in my browser and I did not have to keep it constantly?".
You can do it absolutely free!
Thoughtful developers took care of it, so if you look at the top left corner of the page, you can find the link "Make Start".
Press you will be offered to install a special extension and ready - the start page!
Tip! Pay attention to the picture above. The first elder (left) shows the main link that allows you to make Yandex start page of any browser. However, if you use the Google Chrome browser, you can jump out a convenient ad (arrow on the left), which will help with installing a special extension, which will quickly make Yandex the main search engine in the browser. After that, every time you want to walk on the Internet, your favorite Yandex home page will automatically be loaded.
Indicate your location if Yandex has not defined
After small manipulations with the browser, we return to the page and see that in the same left upper corner there is a city in which you are now.
The system automatically determines it and gives you information that is most relevant to the place in which you are now.
But it can happen that Yandex will make a mistake and give you the wrong city.
So, if you are still interested in Yandex search engine, we will continue. We are transferred to the right upper corner of the page and see several links there.
They allow:
- on which there will be a page
- having attached it to himself
- Get mail if you do not have (there is a button "")
- Log in using the "Login" button after registering or using a profile in one of the social networks
Tip! Registration in Yandex is fast and convenient. We advise you to use it, because it will allow you to use the additional features of the system, as well as save all the changes you made in the settings.
News in Yandex
Having understood with the top of the page, moving closer to the middle. Before your eyes, as you notice, the "News" will appear.
Initially, there are news, which are relevant to the country in which you are.
If your country is Russia - all news that occurred in today will be shown. If in Ukraine - the corresponding content will be shown.
However, if you have more interesting news regarding the area in which you live, just click on the link next to the link "News", which is called as your area.
In our case, this is the "Dnepropetrovsk region".
And to the right of the news, the company's advertising banners of Yandex are broadcast, who either help in some trifles, or tell about some new products of the company and its partners.
- More detailed news
Search row Yandex
In the center of the main page of Yandex, the main thing is the logo of the search engine and the search string in which users enter their requests.
And the truth is that you have introduced in the search bar, you will definitely have dozens, or even hundreds of options for sites where you will definitely find the desired.
On the left is shown map of the city, timetable of trains and television program, which allows you to find out which movies can be looked right now and is it worth being distracted by the TV.
At the bottom of the page, there is practically nothing useful for a simple user, however, experienced users will find the references mentioned there are important and necessary.
Among them, the link to Yandex.Direct (by the way, it is this system that brings a search engine a lion's share of profit), a link to the metric and the page with the order of advertising.
And it is only in the left side.
On the right side you can find a button in the form of a question mark that takes to the page with the FAQ on the system and its services.
Conclusion
This is the main page of the Yandex search engine.
We hope that our brief overview will allow you to at least familiarize yourself with it, get used to work with search and other "goodies" that this page offers.
Use Yandex and always be aware of events!
Promised at the beginning of the video with the setting of Yandex.Bauser:
Settings Yandex Browser
I will show how to configure Yandex browser and show its capabilities and features. I especially like the possibility of translation of words in the browser.
Browser hijacker called About About Blank "Do not break" either Firefox, nor Google Chrome nor Opera. All of them are good for his "black divisions". And together, and separately. It penetrates the system through infectious or deliberately modified free application installers. (Other modification options are not excluded!)
The malformation changes the home (starting) page in browsers. Instead of Yandex, Google and other popular trusted search engines prescribe an advertising link in it, a potentially dangerous site. This reduces the security level of the PC, violates the comfort of web surfing. Masks your name for the empty tab - "About: Blank". (But, in contrast to the virus, in this specific URL there is a "colon" symbol, and nothing is displayed on the page.)
To delete about and forever, remove the About Blank from the computer, execute one of the following instructions (to choose from).
Method # 1: Windows treatment manually and utilities
Cleaning registry
1. Press simultaneously the "Win" and "R" keys.
2. In the "Run" panel, type - REGEDIT. Click OK.
3. In the left pane of the editor, where the "branches" are displayed, open the following directories:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE → Software → Microsoft → Windows NT → CurrentVersion → Windows
4. In the right pane, in the record list, find the key named applnit_dlls (this is a malfunction!). And then click on it right mouse.
5. In the context menu, select "Edit ...".
6. In the bottom field "Value Data", copy the path to the files (elements) of the virus. And save it to the text file in the Notepad program (better on the desktop not to lose).
7. Click OK.
8. Right-click on applnit_dlls again and select Delete.
9. In the Editor menu, open: Edit → Find.
10. In the "Search" window, in the "Find" field, make a request - about blank.
12. Delete all the malicious records found by the scanner through the context menu.
13. After cleaning, continue scanning (launch - "F3" key).
14. Check all directories.
Delete folder and virus files
1. Restart OS in safe mode. Hold during the restart "F5" or "F8" (this function can be activated and the other key; See the computer manufacturer's instructions).
2. Open a text file with the location of the gymnas directory saved earlier. Copy the path (Ctrl + C).
3. Press "WIN + E".
4. Clean the first field (delete the "Computer" entry) at the top of the window. And then insert the copied path into it (Ctrl + V). Press "ENTER".
5. Drag the basket all the contents of the folder. Then delete the folder itself (it can be called Bitguard).
6. Restart the PC in standard mode.
Restoring browser settings
- Download the Office of the company Avast Utility Browser Cleanup.
- Alternately in each browser (see the vertical menu of the utility), delete all suspicious addons and reset the settings (press the corresponding button in the interface).
- In the additional window, specify the preferred search engine. It will open automatically when the browser is started.
If the virus is not deleted ...
Scan the ADWCleaner system system (disc). Delete all the potentially dangerous and suspicious objects found (registry keys, files and folders). Restart the system and check the work of the browsers again.
As prevention, additionally, check all sections of one of the following treated utilities:
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware;
- Dr.Web Cureit!;
- Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool.
Method number 2: OS recovery
If you are poorly oriented in the browser settings and do not know how to work with the registry editor, try the operating system rollback. That is, to return its former settings recorded at a special point of recovery.
Attention! Before restoring Windows, transfer the data that represents a special value for you (photo, video, applications presets), in another section (for example, disk d).
1. Open the Start menu (Win key).
2. In the search bar, enter "Recovery".
3. Click on the list of the "Restore System" list.
4. In the Restore System window, read the warning and click Next.
5. Select the mouse click recovery point (orient to the date of its saving).
7. Run the OS rollback procedure: click Finish.
8. To confirm the activation of recovery, in the Additional window, click "Yes."
9. In the case of a successful completion of the operation, a message will appear in which it will be indicated to the state of which / month / year system was restored.
If the virus continues to be present in browsers, try to roll back to the point saved early previous.
Ever recovery to your PC!
If you find that your browser began to open About: Blank. A page that automatically redirects the browser to the promotional site, then your computer is infected with malicious software from a large family of promotional viruses. Advertising virus is such a program that is designed specifically in order to open as much advertising as possible, and does it without user permission. Moreover, advertising software can redirect a browser for malicious and misleading a web page. Therefore, if you noticed that your browser has become independently loading an unknown site, instead of the one you want to open, you do not need to ignore this or think that this is a program failure. Check out the computer as soon as possible using the instruction below, which will help you to detect and remove the advertising software and thus get rid of the obtuchy about: Blank pop-up windows.
Automatically opened "About: Blank" window allows advertising to redirect browser to different advertising sites
Most often, advertising viruses affect only the most common browsers, such as chrome, firefox and the Internet Explorer. But there are also malware that can change browsers labels that are found on the desktop. This leads to the fact that when starting a browser, instead of a favorite starting page, a completely unfamiliar advertising site will be opened. Even if you try to install a new home page, it will not help, the browser is still at each start will try to download brazen advertising.
All the time the computer is infected with advertising software, all browsers can be redirected to different promotional and fraudulent sites. Of course, the advertising virus does not damage personal and system files, but it can show a huge amount of advertising. These advertising messages can be directly inserted into those pages that you open in your browser and can be such as: pop-up windows, promotional banners of different size, promotional links, offers download and install different programs. Moreover, this advertisement may appear on all sites you visited, even on those who have never seen any advertising.
We recommend cleaning your computer and remove advertising software as quickly as possible. The instruction that is shown below will help you remove malicious programs and thus get rid of about: blank pop-up windows. To do this, you need to use only the built-in capabilities of the operating system and several verified free programs.
As an advertising software, which opens about: Blank windows, penetrated the computer
Most likely, the advertising software was installed on your computer at the moment when you installed a new free program, such as an email client, the creator of PDF files, a video player, and so on. This happened due to the fact that very often promotional viruses are integrated into installation packages that are distributed by various large hosting hosting programs and hacked programs, as well as Torrent trackers sites. Even removing the program that brought an advertising virus to your computer, you will not remove the obsessive about: Blank windows. Advertising software can be deleted from a computer only manually or using specialized programs, as described in the instructions below.
How to Delete About: Blank in Windows 10 (8, 7, XP)
A simple question for the answer you are interested in about how to get rid of obsessive advertising and pop-up windows is on this page. Our team has developed a simple and efficient instruction. It will allow you to easily clean your computer from the advertising virus and thus remove about: Blank from Google Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge, Yandex, Opera and other browsers. Please read this instruction completely, then make a link to it or simply print, since during its execution you may need to close the browser or restart the computer.
Uninstall the program that was the reason for the appearance of about: Blank pop-up windows
Windows 95, 98, XP, Vista, 7
Click Start or click the Windows button on the keyboard. In the menu that opens, select Control Panel.
Windows 8.
Click on the Windows button.
In the upper right corner, find and click on the Search icon.
In the input field dial Control Panel.
Press ENTER.
Windows 10.
Click on the search button
In the input field dial Control Panel.
Press ENTER.
The control panel opens, select it. Removing the program.
You will be shown a list of all programs installed on your computer. Carefully review and uninstall the program you suspect as a cause of infection. Probably, this is the latest program you installed. Also closely look at the rest of the programs and remove all that seem suspicious to you or you are sure that they are not installed themselves. To delete, select the program from the list and click Remove / change.
Remove About: Blank from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer using AdWCleaner
ADWCleaner is a small program that does not require installation on a computer and is designed specifically in order to find and delete advertising and potentially unnecessary programs. This utility does not conflict with antivirus, so you can safely use it. You do not need to uninstall your antivirus program.
Download the AdwCleaner program by clicking on the following link.
Delete About: Blank in Firefox, dropping browser settings
Firefox settings reset will remove malicious extensions and restore browser settings to the default values. At the same time, your personal data, such as bookmarks and passwords, will be saved.
Open the main chromium menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal strips (). In the menu that appears, click on the icon as a question mark (). This will cause the Help menu, as shown in the figure below.
Here you need to find the item information to solve problems. Click on it. In the page that opens, in the Quick Firefox section, click the Clear Firefox button. The program will ask you to confirm your actions.
Click the Clear Firefox button. As a result of these actions, the browser settings will be reset to the initial one. By this, you remove the pop-ups with the About: Blank page.
Delete About: Blank in Internet Explorer, dropping browser settings
Resetting the Internet and Eja and Eja settings will remove malicious extensions and restore the browser settings to the default values.
Open the main browser by clicking on the button in the form of a gear (). In the menu that appears, select Browser Properties.
Here, open the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. The Internet Explorer Configuration Settings window opens. Put the checkbox in the Delete Personal Settings item, then click the Reset button.
When the process of resetting the settings is completed, click Close. To change the changes, you need to restart the computer. Thus, you can get rid of automatic opening about: Blank pages.
Block the download of dangerous and fraudulent sites
To increase the protection of your computer, additionally to anti-virus and antispise programs, you need to use the application blocking access to a variety of dangerous and misleading websites. In addition, such an application can block an obsessive advertising showing, which will also be accelerated to boot websites and reduce web traffic.
Download Adguard Program using the following link.
Download adguard
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After the download is completed, run the downloaded file. You will open the program installation wizard window.
Click on the button I accept the Terms and follow the instructions of the program. After the installation is completed, you will see the window as shown in the figure below.
You can click Skip to close the installation program and use the standard settings, or the start button to familiarize yourself with the features of the AdGuard program and make changes to the default settings.
In most cases, it is not necessary to change the standard settings. Each time the ADGUARD computer starts to start automatically and block pop-up advertising, as well as other malicious or misconceptions of the web page. To familiarize yourself with all the features of the program or to change its settings, you can double-click on the Adguard icon, which is on your desktop.
Check the task scheduler
To fully clean the computer, you can also check the task scheduler library and delete all tasks that were created by malware, since they can be the cause of the automatic discovery of about: Blank pages when you turn on the computer or at regular intervals.
Click on the keyboard at the same time Windows and R (Russian K). A small window will open with the header. In the entry string, enter "taskschd.msc" (without quotes) and press ENTER. The job scheduler window opens. In the left part of it, select "Task Scheduler Library", as shown in the following example.
In the middle, you will see a list of set tasks. Select the first tasks, and in its properties that will open below select the Actions tab. In turn, view all tasks, pay attention to what it starts on your computer. Found something like "explorer.exe hxxp: // site address" or "chrome.exe hxxp: // site address", then this task can be safely removed. If you are not sure that it starts the task, then check it through our website or in the search engine, by name of the started file. If the file is a component of the virus or malicious program, then this task can also be safely deleted.
Deciding with the task you want to delete, click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete. Perform this step several times if you have found several tasks that have been created by malicious programs. An example of removing a task created by an advertising virus is shown in the figure below.
Removing all tasks, close the task scheduler window.
In order to make a computer anymore in the future, please follow three small tips
- When installing new programs on your computer, always read the rules for their use, as well as all the messages that the program will show you. Try not to install with default settings!
- Keep antivirus and antispise programs updated to the last versions. Also note that you are enabled automatic Windows Update and all available updates are already installed. If you are not sure, you need to visit the Windows Update website, where you will be prompted as you need to update in Windows.
- If you are using Java, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Flash Player, be sure to update them on time.
In this article we will talk about the virus that changes the starting (home) browser page on the above, opens the "bad" sites when creating new tabs and replaces the results of the search query.
Definition "ABOUT BLANK"
In the original understanding, this term means an empty page in the browser.But, sometimes it can be a manifestation of a virus, which, by the way, does not happen by all popular browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, etc., usually appear through infective / modified installers of free applications.
How to remove the "ABOUT BLANK" virus?
You can use one way:- Restoration of the system until the virus appears in the system;
- Cleaning the virus manually (delete folder with executable files, cleaning the registry).
- Restoring browser configuration.
- We write in the search string The word "recovery":
And select the menu found by pressing the mouse button or the Enter key on the keyboard. The Restoring System window opens, where you need to select a recovery point that precedes the appearance of a virus in the system (I have no virus, so I simply point to an earlier date), and click "Next":
After performing the manipulation of the return system to the previous state, the computer will restart and, after loading, the virus will not (provided that the above is true). If there is no result, you can try to choose another, earlier recovery point.Manual virus cleaning
By analogy with the restoration of the system, this method is equally applicable on versions of Windows 7, 8 and 10. Let's start with the registry cleaner, press the Windows + R keys (simultaneously), and in the window that opens, write the REGEDIT command. It's necessary to look like this:
After that, press the OK button in the ENTER window on the keyboard. Next, the registry editor will open in Windows in which you need to go along the path of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NtcurrentversionWindows. We need a key called "appinit_dlls".
Open the key with a double mouse click, select its value, copy, save it to the text file on the desktop (on an empty desktop of the desktop with the right mouse button, create a text document) and insert the copied text (it will be needed later). After that, in the key, the value completely delete the Backspace key or by clicking on the allocated text of the right mouse button, delete.
Click OK.
Next, you need to restart the computer in safe mode. To do this, when you turn on the computer, you need to hold the F8 key on the keyboard before you see the Windows boot logo:
After downloading, you need to open the same notepad file that we created earlier, copy the path from it, and then open the conductor (my computer, computer or this computer, depending on the version of Windows). After that, insert this path to the address bar:
Note: In your case, the path and file name may differ! In the screenshots, an example is a manual in order for you could find and delete the necessary files.
- Going over the copied path, you need to delete the contents of the folder (may be 1 or several files):
After that, you need to restart the computer again (at the most common mode) - and the virus will be completely removed.
System Restore
This method works very similarly both on New Windows 10 and on 7-ke or 8-ke. So, open the "Start" menu (for this you need to press the button with the "window" on the keyboard or the mouse in the lower left corner):
Restoring browser configuration
Since the options for the browser used can be somewhat at least - each prefers its own - now we will talk about restoring settings in the main popular browsers in each separately.
Google Chrome.
Open the settings, go down the page and click on "Show Additional Settings":A fairly common and annoying ABOUT: Blank pursues many PC users. Detect that your computer is infected, quite simple - for this enough to enter the Internet browser and see what the start page you have now there is a "empty blank". The virus brings a lot of inconvenience to its presence.
What is dangerous about: blank?
You might think that nothing supernatural virus can do - it costs himself in the browser and stands. It would seem just the start page now simply is a "empty blank", but in fact everything is somewhat different.
About: Blank is also the so-called browser hijacker. It can harm a computer because it strikes the security system. Thus, it may refuse the Windows Recovery System. In addition, about: Blank is also a Trojan. Is it worth mentioning that such viruses are made with a computer and data? It is very hard to get rid of them from attacks and consequences very hard.
The action of infection occurs trite - about: Blank copies its files to the hard drive of the infected computer, after which it prescribes the autoload of this virus in the registry. You can distinguish it by the file to be performed in the autorun named svhost.exe. With all this, as already mentioned, ABOUT: Blank appears during the start of the browser. Since the virus is prescribed in autorun, the change in the address of the start page will not help. That is why it is important to know how to get rid of about: blank.
Removal methods
Where is the "empty blank" prescribed? Amuses about: Blank "Yandex", "Google", "Amigo" and other browsers. You can delete it in several ways. As far as they are effective, it depends only on how well you understand computers and programs.
To begin with, consider the most common way - removal using specialized utilities. They will most likely be able to remove About: Blank, and clean the system from other "departing" programs.
Now we will look at several useful utilities that are pretty easy to use.
Spyhunter4.
This is the development of the American company Enigmasoftware. She is able to solve the problem and get rid of the ABOUT: Blank virus. How to remove the pest in automatic mode, you will learn if you use this utility. It works on all Windows systems. The kit includes antivirus protection. In addition, Spyhunter4 protects files and settings from malicious codes, corrects various problems with browsers, removes malicious registry entries and all files created by About: Blank. The program is easy to use. You can just run it, then press the "Scan" button and wait for the end of the scan. After that, information will be released on the found malicious files and the operations carried out with them.
Security Stronghold
This is a convenient utility using which you will no longer be nervously asking for friends: "ABOUT: Blank appeared, how to remove?" It should be applied when you are not quite sure whether you can delete certain infected files. Normal is not able to detect all the trojans and other adverse files that your computer is infected. Security Stronghold will solve this problem. Like SpymTer4, the program is looking for and deletes all registry files and regular files created by: Blank, but gives you the right to choose - what to touch, and what is not. This is a fairly fast and light utility. By analogy with many programs, you just need to start scanning, then choose which files and what to do. After that, the computer will be cleared of annoying trojans.
Manual removal
If the computer attacked about: Blank, how to remove it manually? This is a completely adequate question for those who do not trust a variety of programs. Of course, if you have somehow grabbed the virus when downloading software, it is logical that you don't want to step on the same rake and to the end to ruin the life of your computer. How to get rid of about: blank independently and manually without using software? It is quite simple to make it, but there are several options. Now we will look at the most common, albeit a longest way.
Method 1: Processes and Settings
This way of removing about: Blank is quite comfortable and simple, but requires vigilance. This is due to the fact that you will have to complete many system processes. Any error can lead to the loss of data and the ineffectiveness of "treatment".
1. Complete the processes and close the Agent-AC.dll files, svhost.exe, Phafxfa.exe, XeA2108L.9ZT, Message.
Note: DLL files can be found in the folder: with / windows / System32.
2. Reset the browser settings in which you appeared about: Blank ("Yandex", "Google Chrome", "Mozilla" or any other). For different browsers, different algorithms are not attempting to reinstall them - it still will not save from the problem.
Internet Explorer.
Go to command search (in Windows XP path - "Start" / "Open", in Windows 7 and the rest - "Start" / Search ") and find the inetcpl.cpl. After that, select the "Advanced" tab, locate the browser parameter reset and click on it twice. Next, delete your personal settings and wait for the process.
Google Chrome.
Go to the address: C: \\ Users \\ "User Name" \\ APPDATA \\ LOCAL \\ Google \\ Chrome \\ Application \\ UserData (Browser Installation Folder). Find there Default file and rename it to DefaultBackup. Run Google Chrome - Settings will drop.
Mozilla Firefox.
In the "Help" menu section, select "Information to solve problems", and then "reset Firefox". Wait for the end of the process and click Finish.
Method 2: System Restore
Sometimes cleaning the browser does not help. Then you need it too can help with about: blank. Now we will see how to make the system rollback.
1. Open the Start menu.
2. Find there "Service Programs" there.
3. Select "System Restore". It is important that the computer has created a recovery point in the process of operation, which will help make the system rollback at the time when PC worked properly. When the date is selected, you need to pick up such that was before infection about: Blank. Press "Next" and follow the instructions.
4. Wait for completion. The computer will reboot. After recovery, the virus should not appear.
Finally
Now you know what about: blank. How to remove it, we also told. The main thing is to get drunk about some moments:
Create periodically Windows recovery points;
Keep all important files and data;
Check the computer for viruses from time to time;
Keep the data in the cloud under passwords;
Do not download suspicious software on your computer.
Following the easy step-by-step instructions and using our advice, you can provide a computer for a long and high-quality life, your files will remain safe and maintained, and the new tab about: Blank will stop taking care before your eyes.
If no methods described help (which happens in extremely running cases), you must resort to at least: reinstalling the system. Make it can be independently or attributed the computer to the specialists. Remember that the security of the PC and the safety of files on the hard disk is only in your hands. Decide the problems that have arisen in a timely manner in order not to see a deplorable result.
