![]() ![]() HijackThis is a Freeware software in the category Security developed by Trend Micro Inc. A large community of users participates in online forums, where experts help interpret HijackThis scan results to clean up infected computers. Not an expert? Just save the HijackThis report and let a friend with more troubleshooting experience take a look. Do not make any changes to your computer settings unless you are an expert computer user.Īdvanced users can use HijackThis to remove unwanted settings or files. IMPORTANT: HijackThis does not determine what is good or bad. ![]() HijackThis creates a report, or log file, with the results of the scan. (Do NOT copy/paste the log into your post).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. Post your log as an ATTACHMENT to your next message. And any other unnecessary running programs. Before running HijackThis:You must close each of the following:your web browser, e-mail client, instant messenger, and programs like notepad, wordpad, MS Word etc. Do NOTrun Hijack This from the Desktop, a temp folder, or a sub-folder of C:\Documents and Settings, or choose to run it directly from the downloaded ZIP file. Unzip the hijackthis.exe file to a folder you create named C:\Program Files\HJT Do not post a HJT log if you have not completed ALL the steps in the READ ME FIRST. Then install it and unzip HJT to the proper folder as given below in my instructions for using and posting HJT logs. You need to download and install a tool like WinZip to be able to recognize ZIP files. Had you followed the instructions, you would be able to see the file extension was not correct and could not execute. You are clicking on a ZIP file not and EXE file. See step 3 of the Getting Prepared section and follow it properly. You did not follow the READ ME FIRST properly. ![]()
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