HiJack This is a very sophisticated security analyzer that generates an advanced report of various registry settings and files in your computer. The difference to many other security analyzers such as Trojan scanners is that Hijack This makes not difference between “good” and “bad” settings but displays everything that it founds in its security log. It is then up to the user to find potentially harmful files and settings and remove them from his computer.
It is no security software for beginners but excellent for advanced users and users who know someone who is able to draw the right conclusions from the security logs that have been generated. Another way to receive fast results would be to use the online script Hijack This logfile analysis. You can paste the logfile into the form field or upload the log from your computer and the script analyzes the logfile of Hijack This automatically.
It uses user input to determine whether something is a potential threat or not. This works most of the time but leads sometimes to unjustified ratings. I installed AV Antivir in a custom directory and the analyzer used this to indicate a possible problem. I think the best way to cope with this situation would be to briefly analyze the elements that could be malicious and decided if that is really the case. To use the above example: I knew that I did install it in that directory and therefor decided that the warning was not justified in this case.
If you are insecure about a certain setting ask in the well frequented support forum or search the internet for clues on the subject. Hijack This has a similar analyze this button build in which takes you to the website of the developer of Hijack This. They display information about everything that was found on your computer and how frequent it was found in other computers.
This could be an indicator for safeness but I would suggest that you perform additional searches to be on the safe side. You can download the newest version of Hijack This from TrendSecure by following the link in the first paragraph.
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7 Responses to “Hijack This 2.0 beta”
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[...] recent scan of a Windows XP SP3 computer system with HijackThis displayed the following entry in the results: O10 – Unknown file in Winsock LSP: [...]
I have used hijack this many times over the years on friends computers. Another good solution aside from adaware and spybot is ccleaner (crap cleaner). I would recommend most novices try that first and see if the problems don’t go away.
It great that a new version of hijackthis is here.
Use this with Autoruns (from sysinternals), Process Explorer (sysinternals) to search for handles on dll’s, and Unlocker to unlock the handles, or to tell it to delete the file on next boot.
W32/Generic.worm!p2p was attached to the V-2 Download exe File at the Trend Micro Site………..I recommend down loading the ZIP file and then take your chances as long as you have a very good Anti-Virus program Installed………………
I doubt that there is a virus in the file. Do you have any prove for it ? I scanned it with latest AVG and several online scanners and they did not find anything.
I think McAfee detects a false positive.
Martin
I’m thinking you are probably right and as McAfee will simply not allow me to download it, and it is a Corporate Lap Top, where I would need to request authorization and directions to disable it, and they frown on everyone downloading 3rd Party software anyway, I’m not going to lose any sleep over it.
I can always download the ZIP file, which begs the Question just WHY did they include the Optional ZIP file if they were not already aware that McAfee was testing out the EXE file as a false Positive?
I think so!!!!!!!