HiJack This

[+Karl]

Hijack this is an very useful tool aimed towards finding unnecessary/harmful processes running on your computer. The program scans your computer for processes which are running and outputs them in to a text file, which can then be analysed to find different types of viruses, keyloggers, etc.

 

To use this program you must have a moderate knowledge of computers.

 

To begin download the file from here:

http://www.download.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html

 

Then install.

 

 

Next run the program and click "Do a system scan and save the log file".

This will scan your PC for processes then open a text file.

 

 

In the text file go to Edit > Select all, then copy everything in there.

 

Next go to

http://www.hijackthis.de/

 

Paste your log file into the box provided and click "analyze".

 

This will then take you to a page telling you which processes are good and which are bad. By using the data there you can figure out which processes you must remove.

 

Hope this helps :)

[Shane]

Very helpful, thankyou very much! :)

[Tyler]

I had a website that has some lady that is very well experience in reading the HiJack This logs. She tends to walk people through every step needed to clean up their computer, a lot of time used lol.

 

Useful though, I'll do it if I need to ;)

[Trile]

Ohh this is useful. Thanks KARL ^_^