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Hijackthis is a wonderful tool which interrogates your PC and shows you everything that has been told to automatically start when you start up your workstation or open internet explorer etc. It is great because we can see where the Malware has installed itself an also offers a great opportunity to maximize the performance of your PC by removing unwanted startup items.
To analyze your computer, start HijackThis and run a scan. HijackThis will display a list of areas on your computer that might have been changed by Spyware. Do not change any settings if you are unsure of what to do.
From here, you can save out a log and email it to someone whom you thinks can help you remove the Malware. You can also send it to helpme@mickyj.com and I can take a look at it.
If you know what you are doing, or have been instructed to do so, you can then select items to remove and let Hijackthis cleanup your windows startup.
The tool will run on
for more Information look at Trend Micro Hijackthis
Download the
HiJackThis.exe here
or on this alternate link
here
IMPORTANT: HijackThis does
not determine what is good or bad. Do not make any changes to your computer
settings unless you are an expert computer user or are following advice. NOTE: If you double click the
Hijackthis icon and it does not start, even if after waiting considerable
time, then it is likely a Virus or Malware is preventing it from working.
You need to seek a professional for assistance.
Advanced users
looking to fine tune your workstation If you are using
Hijackthis to speed up your PC, here are some hints for you. My personal
preference is to uninstall any Internet Explorer tool bars before using
Hijackthis, as they embed into not only the startup items but also the BHO
section for Internet Explorer and windows services. Remember, I am not
looking for Malware, I want speed. I always uninstall:
Google
Toolbar Ask Toolbar Yahoo
Toolbar NineMSN
toolbar
If the client is running uTorrent, Limewire or other torrent, peer-peer tool, I uninstall them after telling them about the Copyright laws and how these tools are using their bandwidth to give others on the internet, their files.
If it is not in use, I uninstall Skype. This plugs into Internet explorer and automatically starts when the PC starts. It can slow things right down. At this point I also ask if they are using Windows Live messenger. If they are using Msn, Windows Live or Skype and can manually start them when they need to use them, they can turn them off when the system boots up and manually start on request, again saving resources.
Once I have done this, I fire up Hijackthis.
Don't forget, we are optimizing your system. We are removing memory hogs. It will mean the convenient little icons down by the time will vanish and auto updaters like Adobe and Java, will need to be manually updated later.
Here is where you need some experience. Thank goodness Hijackthis uses a backup feature. I remove from the startup, QuickTime, Java Updater, Adobe Speed Launcher, Adobe Updater, Google Desktop, Any indexers, Audio controls that are surplus and any other program not required. Normally they each have an icon down by the time, on the right hand side of your taskbar.
I will get some specific executable names and place the names on this page at a latter date.
Here are some to get you started (This is for optimization of memory from a business user point of view):
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