Comments on: Hijack This 2.0 beta

By: Scan And Detect Spyware And Suspicious Files In Windows

Scan And Detect Spyware And Suspicious Files In Windows — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:55:11 +0000

[...] Hijack This is probably one of the most popular security tools to scan a computer system for spyware and suspicious files. It’s rather cryptic reports makes it sometimes difficulty to distinguish between harmless and potentially dangerous files on the computer system. That’s what the comparable software program Free Fixer tries to make better [...]

By: Unknown File in Winsock LSP NWPROVAU.DLL

Unknown File in Winsock LSP NWPROVAU.DLL — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:09:30 +0000

[...] recent scan of a Windows XP SP3 computer system with HijackThis displayed the following entry in the results: O10 – Unknown file in Winsock LSP: [...]

By: TBIRD7777

TBIRD7777 — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:36:22 +0000

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!!!!!!!

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:14:35 +0000

I think McAfee detects a false positive.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:31:29 +0000

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.

By: TBIRD7777

TBIRD7777 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:06:59 +0000

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………………

By: z0iid

z0iid — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:11:36 +0000

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.

By: Hornswaggled

Hornswaggled — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:45:37 +0000

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.