Hijacked browser

[TEAK36]

Not sure if  hijack is the right word,but When I use Internet Explorer,my homepage defaults to the following page: about:blank.I go to my internet settings and remove it as my home page and reset a different site as my homepage,but this only works a couple of times before it goes back to the 'about:blank' page.Even when I go to other websites if I click a link on that site, I get taken straight back to the 'about:blank' page.In the end I downloaded Firefox,which works fine, but I would still like to get IE back.Does anyone know how I can get rid of this annoying site.

[Kos]

I've had this same Trojan, and it will keep coming back as it sets an entry in your Registry and Startup file. I found the only way around it was to switch to Firefox Mozilla and now I no longer have the problem!

Can't imagine why you yearn for IE after using Firefox?

[Loosehead]

CW Shredder, Adaware etc can usually remove this sort of thing. I too recommend using firefox though.

[Cetti]

This seems to be the best solution (see link) as it says  that CW Shredder etc is ineffective against this particular Trojan:

http://www.pchell.com/support/aboutblank.shtml

[Kerplunk]

You have spyware.  Download a removal tool, update it and then do a scan of your machine and remove anything found...  Problem solved.

[Dagman]

Get Spysweeper free from Webroot. It'll get rid of the hijacker and guard against others if you leave it on in the background whilst you're browsing the net!

[lmkz11]

Have you tried running a virus scan? I had the same problem, I ran McAfee VirusScan 9 & found a trojan. I'm running Win ME. I had to disable system restore to get rid of it.
I then went and got some SpyWare removal tools;
Ad-Aware SE :
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot Search & Destroy :
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
XoftSpy:
http://www.paretologic.com/xoftspy/lp/14/
NoAdware :
http://www.noadware.net/new3/?hop=comparets
I do not have any problems anymore =o)

[TEAK36]

Thanks everyone for your help.I installed a program called Hijack This, and everything has been ok since.