When I click on links I get about.com blank instead of link I want

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  1. edee
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    Windows 8 Pro / Windows 7 Home Premium x64 dual boot
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    severedsolo said:
    edee said:
    I am assuming you are using IE8 ?

    If you have another browser ( Firefox , Opera , Chrome ) check the links in those browsers , if they come up then it is a problem with IE , I recently had the same problem .... sort of , could not log into facebook , I had to uninstall then do a clean install of IE8.
    Can IE8 actually be uninstalled? I thought it was buried in the OS and couldnt be completely removed?
    In Windows 7 : Start > Controll Panel > Programs > Uninstall a program > then in the left pane click "Turn Windows features on or off , when the box pops up untick Internet Explorer 8 > Click OK > Reboot.

    This will uninstall IE 8 from your system , to reinstall follow the same steps only this time put a tick in the Internet Explorer 8 box .
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  3. Layback Bear
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    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
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    This might help. How to get rid of Ask toolbar. Fred de Vries: AutoClean Ask Toolbar Remover 1.3
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