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HijackThis - your first tool for remove homepage hijackers

Introduction

HijackThis examines certain key areas of the Registry and Hard Drive and lists their contents. These are areas which are used by both legitimate programmers and hijackers. It’s up to you to decide what should be removed. Some items are perfectly fine. You should not remove them. Never remove everything. Doing that could leave you with missing items needed to run legitimate programs and add-ins. This Page will help you work with the Experts to clean up your system.

Quick Start- How to make a log
Many people download and run HijackThis after visiting a Computer Tech Help Forum. This section is designed to help you produce a log, post the log at that Forum and finally remove the items as directed by the Member helping you. This involves no analysis of the list contents by you. That will be done by the Help Forum Staff. It is a Quick Start.

If you have run and fixed anything with Spybot Search and Destroy or AdAware, please reboot before scanning.

Doubleclick on the HJTinstall.exe icon for install (By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis). Click on Install, It will create a HijackThis icon on the desktop.

Once installed, it will launch Hijackthis. Click on the Do a system scan and save a logfile button. It will scan and the log should open in Notepad.

Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the New topic button. When posting a HJT log, try to give brief details of your problems. Wait for help.

Once you have received advice on what should be removed, reopen HijackThis. Scan again. You have changed nothing and this scan result will be the same as the first. Place a checkmark in the box in front of each item you plan to remove. Click the Fix checked button. A confirmation box will appear. Click Yes. HijackThis will now remove the checked items.

The next section will cover another tool which has been integrated into HijackThis. This tool is Startuplist. Look at the Buttons on the right. Click the Config… button to go to the next Screen.

StartupList

StartupList is a utility which creates a list of everything which starts up when you boot your computer plus a few other items. When run, it creates a file named StartupList.txt and immediately opens this text file in Notepad. A StartupList will not be needed with every forum posting, but if it is needed it will be asked for, so please refrain from posting one unless asked.

Clicking the Config… button on the Opening Screen takes you to the Screen shown on the left. This is the Main Page. Looking at the top, you will find four buttons. Click the Misc Tools button at the far right. Notice the three buttons in the middle area of the window. Click the Generate StartupList log button. A confirmation box will pop up. Click Yes.
The Startup list text file will now be generated and opened on the screen. If you are posting at a Forum, please highlight all, and then copy and paste the contents into your Reply in the same post where you originally asked your question.

Download HijackThis Installer - HJTinstall.exe.

If you are seeking help, then I would recommend that you follow the instructions and post your HijackThis log in the spyware removal forum. I`ll help you.