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However, your browser may display about:blank because of malware.Īgain, about:blank is not malware, it is not a virus, it is not malicious. Since I keep hearing from people assuming otherwise, let me be extra clear: If they can’t figure out anything else to display, they display about:blank.

Most browsers have to display something in the browser window. That’s it about:blank is nothing more and nothing less than a blank page built into your browser. You can read more about “about:” in this Wikipedia article.Ībout:blank displays a blank page, similar to that shown above. About about:blankĪbout:blank isn’t really “about” anything. The word “about:” is a keyword some browsers use as a way to enable some functionality or display standard pages. “about:blank” can also be used as a fast browser homepage. “about:blank#blocked” is sometimes displayed as the result of security software blocking access to something. It’s not malware but can result from malware being removed. Click the x on the right to say “No.“about:blank” is a blank page built into your web browser displayed when there’s nothing else to show.

A bar at the bottom of the window will offer options to allow Flash to play. The Flash windows may not appear at all, or they may appear blank. In the resulting More Information dialog box, click the Remove all sites button.Find and double-click Shockwave Flash Object on the right (it’s listed under Adobe and will likely be near or at the top).In the resulting Manage Add-ons dialog box, make sure that Toolbars and Extensions is selected on the left.From the menus at the top of the window, select Tools>Manage add-ons.If you want to allow it at all, I recommend Allow Now. If you click Allow, you’ll get options to Allow Now or Allow and Remember.

A gray bar at the top of the page will give you options to continue blocking or allow the flash. When you visit a page with an embedded Flash video, the video window will again be a box, but this time it will be white with Adobe’s Flash logo (a stylized letter ‘f’) in the center.