HijackThis
Sign in to saveHijackThis (also HiJackThis or HJT) is a free and open-source tool to detect malware and adware on Microsoft Windows. It was originally created by Merijn Bellekom, and later sold to Trend Micro. The program is notable for quickly scanning a user's computer to display the most common locations of malware, rather than relying on a database of known spyware. HijackThis is used primarily for diagnosis of malware, not to remove or detect spyware—as uninformed use of its removal facilities can cause significant software damage to a computer. Browser hijacking can cause malware to be installed on a c
Key facts
- Software.name
- HijackThis
- Software.logo
- HijackThis-logo.png
- Software.logo size
- 48px
- Software.caption
- HijackThis 2.0.2 screenshot
- Software.screenshot
- HijackThis.png
- Software.screenshot size
- 250px
- Software.developer
- Trend Micro
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.latest_release_version
- 2.0.5
- Software.operating_system
- Microsoft Windows
- Software.genre
- Malware diagnostics
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License version 2
- Software.website
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Developer
- Trend Micro
- Image
- HijackThis.png
- Has use
- malware
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- copyright license
- GNU General Public License
- Commons category
- HijackThis
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HijackThis (also HiJackThis or HJT) is a free and open-source tool to detect malware and adware on Microsoft Windows. It was originally created by Merijn Bellekom, and later sold to Trend Micro. The program is notable for quickly scanning a user's computer to display the most common locations of malware, rather than relying on a database of known spyware. HijackThis is used primarily for diagnosis of malware, not to remove or detect spyware—as uninformed use of its removal facilities can cause significant software damage to a computer. Browser hijacking can cause malware to be installed on a computer.
On February 16, 2012, Trend Micro released the HijackThis source code as open source and it is now available on the SourceForge site.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “HijackThis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.