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How To Analyze HijackThis Logs

From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, About.com GuideJune 6, 2005

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Anti-spyware programs do a fair job of detecting and removing known spyware threats. However, none of them is perfect and there are spyware and browser hijackers which are more tenacious than these tools can handle. In those cases, many people turn to HijackThis, a free tool you can use to analyze your computer files and Registry and help identify components of the malware so you can eradicate them. HijackThis is powerful, and using it without the proper knowledge and guidance can have catastrophic results on your computer system. This article presents the log file tutorial from the HijackThis web site to help you decipher and understand the log file information. How To Analyze HijackThis Logs
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May 22, 2006 at 7:36 pm
(1) stubbs100 :

To help with the analysis we have created an automated check against the Prevx malware database. Take a look see if it works for you:

http://www.prevx.com/hijackthis.asp

Regards,

Prevx

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