can hijack this be trusted??

[dan]

All,

There was a post to hijack this. Can it be trusted??

Thanks,
Dan

 

[Steve M (remove wax for reply)]

All,

There was a post to hijack this. Can it be trusted??

Dan, I'm sorry, but there's no attachment and no link. I can't tell
what you're talking about.

 

[FromTheRafters]

All,

There was a post to hijack this. Can it be trusted??

This one? http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/

I believe that is the authors site, and yes it is a valuable
program and support structure for figuring out what is
happening to your computer if you have an unknown
foistware problem.

 

[Karel]

All,

There was a post to hijack this. Can it be trusted??

Thanks,
Dan

It is a wonderfull piece of equipment you just must know how to use it.
The software itself can be trusted 100% about the user I am not sure.
Ask if you are in doubt about anything, it is powerfull!

 

[John Coutts]

All,

There was a post to hijack this. Can it be trusted??

Thanks,
Dan

******************** REPLY SEPARATER ********************
This is a great little utility. It saves me a great deal of time when I have to
go in and clean up someone elses computer. Rather than editing the registry to
get rid of all the garbage that auto loads, it does it in one nice little
package.

You do have to know what you are doing however. It is not for the novice to
use without outside advice!

J.A. Coutts
Systems Engineer
MantaNet/TravPro

 

[Jibefan]

For a more simple malware detection and removal try Ad-Aware.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Hijack this looks like a great tool for admin types, but Ad-Aware is a
little easier to use.

 

[Karel]

For a more simple malware detection and removal try Ad-Aware.

Totally different tool.

 

[Jibefan]

Didn't I say that?

Totally different tool.

 

[FromTheRafters]

For a more simple malware detection and removal try Ad-Aware.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

The human aspect of hijackthis is its strongest point.

Does Ad-Aware do well with alternate data stream malware?

 

[YK]

All,

There was a post to hijack this. Can it be trusted??

Yes it can. You really have to know what you are doing with it as it can
remove required functions.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html

If you are inexperienced with it, use the forum to Search on what you supect
is the suspicious application to see if it has been discussed before. If
nothing is found then post the logs it creates in a New topic:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=11