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What about Hijack This?
In our first spyware seminar, many questions were posed
about "HijackThis". Andrew Brant of PC World Magazine has this
to say:
HijackThis is a free tool of last resort,
something you should turn to only after you've exhausted
both Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy --and a full
system antivirus scan as well. But if your PC has been
infected with spyware, HijackThis can look deep within
the places in Windows where spyware apps dig in their
roots, and help you figure out how to yank the weeds.
HijackThis is different from a lot of anti-spyware apps.
It doesn't attempt to identify which code it thinks is spyware,
and it won't offer to remove the bad stuff automatically. To
use HijackThis effectively, you'll probably need advice from
experts, unless you can spot a spyware program by the names of
its Registry keys and DLL files. Because it's a powerful tool,
HijackThis could kill a critical part of Windows, rendering your
PC unbootable. Your best course of action is to perform a full
system backup beforehand.
We agree! HiJackThis is not an easy tool to use with logs
that are very difficult to decipher and can cause more harm
than good if not used properly. There are dedicated forums on
how to interpret the log files and address other issues
relating to how it does its magic. Check out:
http://forums.tomcoyote.org
for more information.
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