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[Samker]

HijackThis™ is a free utility which quickly scans your Windows computer to find settings that may have been changed by spyware, malware or other unwanted programs. HijackThis creates a report, or log file, with the results of the scan.

IMPORTANT: HijackThis does not determine what is good or bad. Do not make any changes to your computer settings unless you are an expert computer user.

Advanced users can use HijackThis to remove unwanted settings or files.

Not an expert? Just save the HijackThis report and let a friend with more troubleshooting experience take a look. A large community of users participates in online forums, where experts help interpret HijackThis scan results to clean up infected computers.

*Trend Micro provides HijackThis as a free utility, without technical support. For answers to some common questions about HijackThis please visit the Help/FAQ page.

Using HijackThis

To download HijackThis, click HERE: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download

To analyze your computer, start HijackThis and run a scan. HijackThis will display a list of areas on your computer that might have been changed by spyware. Do not change any settings if you are unsure of what to do. There are many popular support forums on the web that provide free technical assistance by using HijackThis log files to diagnose an infected computer.

System requirements:
Operating System:
Microsoft™ Windows™ Vista
Microsoft™ Windows™ XP
Microsoft™ Windows™ 2000
Microsoft™ Windows™ Me
Microsoft™ Windows™ 98
Software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0
Mozilla™ Firefox™ 1.5 or 2.0

[Security l33t]

I just want to point out that HijackThis, is a major application for my use when i remove viruses from any PC i work on!

Also check out KillBox, (posting soon)! To remove files, viruses in use & impossible to delete kind'a files

[jake2pointzero]

I sometimes use the hijacthis to remove some adware and spywares. It a cool tool.

[stations]

i'm use it to view active prosess in memory. easy to use

[s3ducx0n]

yeah im using it too.. but there's a time that i delete a file with hijackthis but the file keeps coming back when i reboot... sad

[Samker]

but there's a time that i delete a file with hijackthis but the file keeps coming back when i reboot

Mostly reason for that is some kind of PC infection with Malware, they renew itself with every Restart.

If you want, post your logs in SCF "PC Help Center": http://scforum.info/index.php/board,16.0.html


Here you can find some additional info. about desired logs: http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,734.0.html

Regards,

S.

[saradhi]

HijackThis, sometimes abbreviated HJT, is a freeware spyware-removal tool for Microsoft Windows originally created by Merijn Bellekom, and later sold to Trend Micro. The program is notable for taking a heuristic approach to detecting malware - rather than relying on a database of known spyware, it scans a user's computer quickly, creates a list of differences from a known spyware-free environment and allows the user to decide what from the list is to be removed. HijackThis is used primarily for diagnosis of spyware, as uninformed use of its removal facilities can cause significant software damage to a computer.

HijackThis can generate a plain text logfile detailing all entries it finds, and most entries can be removed or disabled by HijackThis. Inexperienced users are often advised to exercise caution, or to seek help when using the latter option, as HijackThis does not discriminate between legitimate and unwanted items, with the exception of a small whitelist of legitimate entries — thus allowing a user unintentionally to prevent important programs from operating, which may cause their system or its peripherals to stop working. HijackThis will, however, attempt to create backups of the files and registry entries it removes, which can be used to restore the system in the event of a mistake.

A common use is to post the logfile to a forum where more experienced users can help decipher which entries need to be removed. Automated tools also exist that analyze saved logs and attempt to provide recommendations to the user, or to clean entries automatically.[1] Use of such tools, however, is generally discouraged by those who specialize in manually dealing with HijackThis logs: they consider the tools to be potentially dangerous for inexperienced users, and neither accurate nor reliable enough to substitute for consulting with a trained human analyst.

HijackThis log analizer site" (html). http://www.hijackthis.de. Retrieved on 2008-11-02

[kasy]

ya really its good utility

but some times the virus  is working in the ram process so u cant remove it
with hijack

regards

[bam]

I had forgotten about this since I got my new laptop. Thanks for the reminder. The installer I downloaded was dated 2007. Have they updated it or is it the same? Thanks again for the help.

[susanspy]

Hello,

Wow that was a cool test i too am trying Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2, but what is the use of it? i mean i am new to all this but would like to know how this works i do see the log file but what does that all mean?

cheers!!!