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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
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- 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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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.