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-TrendMicro
-2.0.2
-www.trendsecure.com
-Freeware
- 43 057 people
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Review

Life of a computer technical support guy is hard, you know. Every time I had a problem with any PC, like suspicious behavior, unknown processes in memory or performance slowdowns, I have used Google to do some research. After a few clicks, in most of the cases I found the solution in a forum.
I also noticed that forum members often mentioned "HijackThis" as a support tool, "HijackThis, Hijack That"...but what is it about after all??
First, I have to clarify something. In March 2007, the author of HijackThis (http://www.merijn.org) sold HijackThis to TrendMicro, so they provide the support now.
Well, HijackThis is virtually a standard tool to identify and troubleshoot various problems in a PC, like virus infections, trojans, spywares, and almost any Internet threat. It's very, very lightweight (is intended to run in a 'hostile' environment, supposing an infection or slowdown), fast and simple to use:
1) You start a system analysis
2) The program returns a list of possible fixes to apply
3) If you need more information about a specific item, you select it and click on the 'Info on selected item...' button
4) You save a log file to upload it to any forum, requesting help.
5) After you are sure, you select the fix(es) from the list and apply them.

The information given by the utility is very detailed and useful, and it's freeware...
But beware, it's only for experienced users!
Advantages
  • Very lightweight and fast to load, wide support.
Disadvantages
  • The results can give false positives, so you have to be an experienced user before applying any fix.

Reviewed by: Martín Palacio Pentucci

Reviewer rating: Editor's rating 4

Screenshots

The main menu The main menu Configuration screen Configuration screen Performing a system analysis Performing a system analysis http://www.hijackthis.de, a HijackThis log file analyzer. http://www.hijackthis.de, a...
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Latest comments

kishan(beginner) 3 months ago 
It's a great tool. FOR ALL COMPUTER
June Harrison(beginner) 3 months ago 
Great for checking when a program has changed something without you knowing
and it is easy to correct
Guest #2571820(beginner) 8 months ago 
I have used this on many infected PCs. It's a great tool. I take a snapshot with the program after I get the machine "cleansed". I then save the report and write protect it in the HT directory. I do this on new PCs too.
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