HijackThis
Help and Tips

#1: Download HijackThis to Help Determine if Malware is On Your Machine
HijackThis is a powerful utility that can help determine if you have spyware, adware, or other malware on your machine.
 
#2: Be Careful Where you Download HijackThis
Make sure you download HijackThis from the source.
 
#3: Create a Logfile
Create a log file of possible malware with HijackThis so professionals can analyze the results.
 
#4: What if I want to Fix Items?
If you know what you're doing, HijackThis can remove registry, startup, browser helper objects, and other entries related to malware.
 
#5: Download Updates to HijackThis
Keep HijackThis up-to-date to better fight against malware.
 
#6: Log Analysis
The following websites provide automated and community-based HijackThis log file analysis.
 
#7: Edit your Hosts File
HijackThis includes a Hosts file editor that can help prevent your web browser from being re-routed to undesirable websites.
 
#8: Delete a Suspicious File When Your System Reboots
Having trouble removing a file related to adware/spyware from your system? HijackThis may help.
 
#9: View a Process Manager
View the list of running processes on your machine and export the information to a text file.
 
#10: Prevent HijackThis From Changing Your Home Page
Do you have a home page in Internet Explorer that HijackThis wants to change? Consider this tweak.
 
#11: View and Delete Items HijackThis Ignores During Scans
Modify the list of items you have told HijackThis to ignore during system scans.
 
#12: Calculate MD5 Checksums
Help determine if files listed in HijackThis results are actually what they report themselves to be.
 
#13: Stop Confirmation Dialogs When Fixing or Ignoring Items
Expert users - keep annoying dialogs from appearing whenever you fix or ignore items in HijackThis.
 
#14: Scan Your Ignore List After Updating HijackThis
When upgrading to new versions of HijackThis, you may wish to clear your old ignore list to avoid duplicate items.
 

 
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