Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

Brian Johnson reviewed v2.0.5 Beta on May 12, 2011

Quick and efficient, helped my system

iw1coy reviewed v2.0.5 Beta on Feb 18, 2011

The release isn't 2.0.5 beta....is 2.0.4...please change....

ZenoLabs reviewed v2.0.5 Beta on Feb 17, 2011

A "must-have".

us3r reviewed v2.0.3 Beta on Dec 10, 2009

it's useless!

x-ray reviewed v2.0.3 Beta on Dec 10, 2009

no 64 bit support :(

war593122 reviewed v2.0.3 Beta on Dec 9, 2009

Wow, been dead for years and finally an update, but no damn change log. :(

Update, found change log, why they cant post it here is beyond me..

[v2.0.3 BETA]
* Fixed parser issues on winlogon notify
* Fixed issues to handle certain environment variables
* Rename HJT generates complete scan log

mfarmilo reviewed v2.0.3 Beta on Dec 9, 2009

An excellent program, very useful in the right hands, very dangerous in the wrong hands.

Note that is not a criticism of the program. There really is no way to make a program that's powerful and yet safe for novices, other than asking 'are you sure ?' on every mouse click - and that still doesn't make it safe against the ones who will ignore the warnings. The best thing a novice can do is admit they only know so much and get someone who knows more than they do.

italyx reviewed v2.0.2 on Oct 16, 2008

Powerful and useful, but you must really know what you are doing.

trynow reviewed v2.0.2 on Dec 25, 2007

"It used to remove nasty spyware, but it is VERY dangerous! " So they have to make the software securefull for new users. So should be used only by people who know what they doing.Think about people who dont know what they are doing. Make it more understanble for who are new. And put many languages in it.

Reverb reviewed v2.0.2 on Jul 7, 2007

One of the best PC forensic tools on the market.
@comeoffit:

This does more than just scan startup locations. it displays in detail all browser-helper objects (BHO) which are the source of most scumware, drive-by installs and annoying browser toolbars. It displays any changes to your browser's home page, start page and search and allows you to restore to original values. It also displays any non-microsoft services that run at startup as some parasites install themselves this way.

It also creates a backup of any changes so you can undo them if removed accidentally. I don't know how 793K could be considered bloatware as there are similar utilities out there that are 10 times the size that do less.

I agree with uzi this is defintely not for novices but has helped me in the past in identifying and removing crudware where Spybot S&D, Spyware Terminator, AVG and others have failed.

uzi reviewed v2.0.2 on Jul 7, 2007

A very useful and powerful tool, but novice users should practice caution and get help from power users.

The automatic assistance service by Trendmicro is still not as useful as the one by hijackthis.de, and even the one by hijackthis.de does not suffice.

Nevertheless, it is a powerful tool.

comeoffit reviewed v2.0.2 on Jul 7, 2007

I always found this to be a near-useless, buggy, overrated, simple utility. Oh wow, it scans startup locations. Why the hell would Trend Micro pay for this?

some guy reviewed v2.0.2 on Jul 6, 2007

for the moron that said Mcafee found a virus you probably have one from using Mcafees.
A-Squared
Found nothing
AntiVir
Found nothing
ArcaVir
Found nothing
Avast
Found nothing
AVG Antivirus
Found nothing
BitDefender
Found nothing
ClamAV
Found nothing
Dr.Web
Found nothing
F-Prot Antivirus
Found nothing
F-Secure Anti-Virus
Found nothing
Fortinet
Found nothing
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Found nothing
NOD32
Found nothing
Norman Virus Control
Found nothing
Panda Antivirus
Found nothing
Rising Antivirus
Found nothing
Sophos Antivirus
Found nothing
VirusBuster
Found nothing
VBA32
Found nothing

Andy Dean reviewed v2.0.2 on Jul 6, 2007

I really can't understand all the adverse comments about this. So it's been taken over by Trend Micro, so bloody what. It's hardly become bloatware. For me it's still a good app which I've used for years and it's about time that the original developers got a reward for all their years of great work. Nuff said :)

Point Zero reviewed v2.0.2 on Jul 6, 2007

A good trustable tool kidnapped by money-hungry wolves ? NO, thanks !

ecjs reviewed v2.00.0 Beta on May 15, 2007

Oh ! It is updated !

M a t t L e e reviewed v2.00.0 Beta on Apr 10, 2007

its a life saver, best thing to get rid of those .exe programs that dont fully uninstall not to mention still great for removing viruses.

to the guy who said something about mcafee, mcafee went down the crapper with norton. u want good pay antiviruses update to bitdefender or antivir. mcafee killed site advisor. mcafee site advisor listed aluria as a green site even tho they just agreed to exclude certain spyware vendors to be shown in the antispyware applications. trend micro hasnt killed nothing. that cwsheddar isnt need anymore since all antispyware programs detect it now so why keep making it?

ahjefri reviewed v2.00.0 Beta on Mar 14, 2007

VirusName: "McAfee: W32/Generic.worm!p2p"

this software has a virus,, besife the rest of comments below,,

stisev reviewed v2.00.0 Beta on Mar 12, 2007

This is a sad day for the PC community

HijackThis! is officially dead. F*** TrendMicro

Paul Skinner reviewed v2.00.0 Beta on Mar 12, 2007

It doesn't remember my ignore list the next time I start it up.

Trend Micro are going to bugger this up royally.

Tarun. reviewed v2.00.0 Beta on Mar 12, 2007

http://www.merijn.org/index.php

News of it being sold is at the page above. A shame too, last time he sold CWShredder to Trend Micro they quit developing and updating it. Seems HijackThis will go to the same. Merijn should have made this application open source. Getting it away from Visual Basic by open sourcing would have been a great step forward.

dzjepp reviewed v2.00.0 Beta on Mar 12, 2007

What happened here? Did Merijn.org sell this app to Trend?

But as always I have to rate HijackThis very high. It's one of the best ways of cleaning a completely hosed IE install.

EDIT: The Merijn homepage says nothing of this. I wonder if Trend just copied the old trusted HijackThis without consent. Which would be really lame.

powaking reviewed v2.00.0 Beta on Mar 12, 2007

Mcafee flags this and when you quit it the process still hangs around so not sure what Trend Micro has done to this once great app. UPXing it does get rid of McAfee from flagging it but then Windows says its not signed.

benZin reviewed v1.99.1 on Jul 22, 2006

Very very useful program.

imanino reviewed v1.99.1 on Jan 2, 2006

Great troubleshooting program. Almost a standard part of the Windows repair kit...

Crypton reviewed v1.99.1 on Feb 28, 2005

HiJackThis is an excellent program. It is mainly for advanced users that are fully aware of what each item is and whether or not they need to be there. But for the advanced user this is a must tool to checkup on your system from time to time. Not only making it so simple to remove crap from the computer that other tools miss, but can be used by "newbies" to scan and save a log to send to another "advanced user" for help purposes. I help many people with common to major problems by sikmply asking them for a HiJackThis log and telling them what to keep and what to remove.

Mike162005 reviewed v1.99.1 on Feb 16, 2005

This is from the authors site: (http://www.merijn.org/)

[Update] It seems McAfee is detecting the new HijackThis version as W32/Generic.worm!p2p. It is not the first time this happened and probably not the last time either. There is no virus in HijackThis. McAfee incorrectly detects the PE compression method I use on all of my programs as a generic Kazaa worm. I will try to contact McAfee about this and see if the incorrect detection can be removed in their next update.

It did it to me freaked me out!

bearclaw4748 reviewed v1.99.1 on Feb 16, 2005

Just wondering if the worm virus was included to show me how well the program works, or was that just a goof?

exzyle2k reviewed v1.99.1 on Feb 16, 2005

Just downloaded from this link. Be warned! Virus software said there was a worm attached to it. Still a great program, I'm hoping 1.99.1 fixes the end of line errors 1.99 had

Raven Sati reviewed v1.99 on Dec 21, 2004

This is very good app but needs to have more information on how to use. You can easy find changes programs make to system that are usual hard to find out.

MR_DEVIL reviewed v1.99 on Dec 16, 2004

Great program.

Abdhul reviewed v1.99 on Dec 15, 2004

Great tool, I recommend this to everyone with computer problems - which is everyone.

Simple enough for anyone to use since you can simply check all items, and click fix.
I get a lot of crap from "experts" that is a bad practice, but I have never had any problems or complaints doing exactly that on every one of the 50+ computers I have tried this on.

bourgeoisdude reviewed v1.99 on Dec 15, 2004

A great tool for fixing computers. Only thing is that I cannot simply recommend it to your average Joe home user as they will have no clue how to use it. If you work in a computer repair shop, though, this is definately a must-have.

joeshmoe7 reviewed v1.99 on Dec 15, 2004

1. Small in size
2. Fast
3. Effective
4. Free
5. Safe (backs up changes, or warns when it can't)

A perfect 5! Should be a mandatory part of any windows installation - as an admin tool.

brotherS reviewed v1.99 on Dec 15, 2004

It's a little bit hard to understand it at first, but then it's great!

DocMadness reviewed v1.98.2 on Oct 18, 2004

Still one of the best programs for cleaning up the just that gets onto your PC, especially the hijackers.

guevara reviewed v1.98.2 on Oct 18, 2004

This one is great
as allways.)
We are lucky
that we have prgs like this,
and for free!!!!!!!

u' have some good tools to make you safe

get this !

erro reviewed v1.98.1 on Aug 18, 2004

This program is great , i used all adware programs to get rid of ICOO loader, none of them worked, with this program i got rid of it,
thanks

peewee reviewed v1.98.0 on Jun 30, 2004

Perfect for cleaning the #~^@{~ malwares stuck to the #~@~# IE.

To be combined with AdAware

elliott_nally reviewed v1.97.7 on Dec 14, 2003

Very Nice Program found things i wanted to find myself saved me alot of time

Bachalor reviewed v1.97.7 on Dec 11, 2003

Very nive freeware, thanks a lot for it.

mmatheny reviewed v1.97.7 on Dec 11, 2003

Excellent program - has saved my butt several time from software that hijacked my browser home page, and attracted popups that my popup blocker could not handle.