Privacy & Security
How to install Hijack thisHijack this is an incredibly useful application created by merijn. It is not a 'detect and delete scanner, it is a collection of tools to assist in the identifying and removal of stubborn malware.
HijackThis is the most popular tool used on Help forums, usually after security scanners fail to deal with a malware issue. An experienced user would analyse the log on behalf of an inexperienced user to detect/identify the malware and offer guidance/instructions.
The most used of its applications produces a log file which shows running processes and entries in areas of the registry commonly used by malicious software.
WARNING - Acting on a misinterpretation of the information in the log file could result damage your system
If you are unable to completely understand the logs....seek help HijackThis will create back ups of all files deleted, only if it installed into its own folder.
Follow the instructions below to do this.
Download Hijack This and extract the files
Download Hijack this from Here. The download box will open, click Save
 In the Save As Window, select Desktop in the Save in box and Click Save
 At the Download Complete box, select open.
 In the hijackthis.zip Window, click Extract all files.
 To open the Extraction Wizard, click Next
 Click Next to open the Select a destination Window.
Ensure the final part of the Files to be extracted to this directory box, shows Desktop\hijackthis and click Next.
 When complete, click Finish.
 Return to your Desktop, where you will see two new items.
 Double click on the hijackthis folder, you will now see the hijackthis.exe icon to run the program.
 Once you are satisfied that HijackThis has installed properly, the hijackthis.zip folder can be deleted.
After HijackThis has been run, a copy of the log files it creates will be stored the the hijackthis folder, along with a folder containing backups of deleted items.

Deleting the hijackthis folder will also delete the saved log files and items in the back ups folder.
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