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Security Software Armory: => Miscellaneous: Anti-Malware tools, discussions, advices... => Topic started by: Samker on 12. August 2007., 22:05:46
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Trend Micro HijackThis is a free utility that generates an in depth report of registry and file settings from your computer. HijackThis makes no separation between safe and unsafe settings in its scan results giving you the ability to selectively remove items from your machine. In addition to this scan and remove capability HijackThis comes with several tools useful in manually removing malware from a computer.
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.
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/
Using HijackThis
To analyze your computer, start HijackThis and run a scan. After that download the "Quick Start Guide" for help in running a scan: http://sourceforge.net/p/hjt/wiki/Home/
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.
Not an expert? Just save the HJT log report and post them in NEW Topic at SCF "PC Help Center" for analyzing by SCF Team: http://scforum.info/index.php/board,16.0.html
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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! :D
Also check out KillBox, (posting soon)! To remove files, viruses in use & impossible to delete kind'a files :D
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I sometimes use the hijacthis to remove some adware and spywares. It a cool tool.
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but i use malware byte its good
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but i use malware byte its good
Malwarebytes' and HijackThis are two different tools.
First is AntiMalware tool (mostly AntiSpyware) and for second you have explanation above.
Best Regards,
S.
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Good thanks..
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Thanks....
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this application is excellent :D
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thanx.... Nice Application
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i'm use it to view active prosess in memory. easy to use
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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 :(
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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 (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 (http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,734.0.html)
Regards,
S.
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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 (http://www.hijackthis.de). Retrieved on 2008-11-02
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ya really its good utility
but some times the virus is working in the ram process so u cant remove it
with hijack
regards
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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.
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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!!!
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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!!!
Hi Susan and Welcome to SCF Community.
With this program We detect are you "infected" with some virus, worm, trojan, spyware etc.
If you have some problem with your PC or just want to check is everything Ok please visit SCF "PC Help Center" and post your HJT and Kaspersky log: http://scforum.info/index.php?action=forum (http://scforum.info/index.php?action=forum)
Hope this explanation will help you.
Best Regards,
S.
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This is a good software especially if you're having difficulty in determining the culprit in your system.
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its a great program... and its free. nice.
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Hijack is cool....i´ve been since it put on web!!!Works fine and help a lot!!
Thanx
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thanks for useful info
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Several new strains are being circulated to get around HiJack This. Try A-squared Hijack Free, has more options and has all the functionality plus some, like being able to disable stuff, and renable later.
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Several new strains are being circulated to get around HiJack This. Try A-squared Hijack Free, has more options and has all the functionality plus some, like being able to disable stuff, and renable later.
Thanks for Tip pal :up: , this App look very good: http://www.hijackfree.com/en/hijackfree/ (http://www.hijackfree.com/en/hijackfree/)
I'll test Hijack Free for sure. :thumbsup:
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Computer malfunctioned today and used HJT, and it gone. HJT - FTW
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This is a great utility to analyze why your computer is running slow, is infected, etc... I have used it several times!
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thanks for useful info
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thanxxxxxxxx.... Nice Application
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usefull
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great tool
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A MUST !
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thanks; i always wanted to know what this program exactly do
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Thanks Great tool and its free... now I try it..
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I actually never download HiJackThis-tool (I should), but instead I trust on Gould's Cleanup! + ComboFix, followed by hitman pro & superantispyware (both first scan BEFORE any cleanup's are done by either!!! This prevents misdetection by incomplete cleanups).
Copy Paste FROM: http://www.combofix.org/download.php (Download Combofix for Free)
IMPORTANT : ComboFix is extremely powerful , You should not run ComboFix.exe unless you are asked to by a trained helper .
----------> Other Malware Removal Tools <----------
Spybot - Download Spybot - Search & Destroy
http://www.combofix.org/spybot.php
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download (MBAM)
http://www.combofix.org/malwarebytes.php
HijackThis - a product by TrendMicro (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.) Download:
http://www.combofix.org/hijackthis.php
Smitfraudfix (Download English and French versions ) - This tool removes Desktop Hijack malware, created by S!Ri*
http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php (I don't know squad about this one... Anyone?? :>)
Peace!
Devvie
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