[Acsell]

I have written the following tutorial to show you how to analyse your own hijackThis log-

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Tutorial Mirror (mirror located at spywarewarrior.com)

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(All of the links above point to the same tutorial but are located on a different servers. These mirrors have been made available because some people were experiencing difficulty accessing the site. If you have problems with one link then try another.)

It will tell you how and where to look up and research each item in your log, which tools and databases you will need and where to get them. It will show you how to tell which items are good or bad and how to know which items need fixing with HijackThis.

It will also show you what these items represent in graphical form or provide a link to further information on the items so that you will know exactly what you are fixing.

Please note that not all problems can be fixed with HijackThis alone. In some cases you may need further help. In the tuturial I have tried to point out which cases this might relate to. If you find that your problem isn't solved by following the above tutorial or I have suggested in the tutorial that you may need further help then post your log in the forum.

Edit to disable links that may be hacked... Please use caution for links in the tutorial...

Specifically, do not use hxxp://www.allsecpros.com, that site is compromised, if you wish to research file-names etc. please use http://www.systemlookup.com/ -jedi

This post has been edited by jedi: 31 December 2008 - 07:37 AM

[roadrage]

Hello Acsell I must commend you for a very very informative site you should get a Medal for it. It has answered a lot of question's for me it is now in my Favorites

Thank You

[Acsell]

Thanks roadrage, I'm glad you've found it useful

[SWCS]

I wanted to get to your tutorial but my son's filter blocked it out for "porn and recreational nudity".

[Acsell]

That's odd, is there any way to temporarily disable the filter? If not, try this-

If you register at spyware warriors here-

http://spywarewarrior.com

Then you will be able to access a mirror of the tutorial here-

http://spywarewarrio...opic.php?t=3624

[DawsonV5]

Thankyou for the great site. I definetly will use it

[maxnik]

Great site,
looking through it just helped me to get started fighting spyware. Excellent job.

Anyone who starts learning spyware should read it.

Thanks

Maksym

[ron wilson]

TY, the tutorial was amazing. Very comprehensive , exact and to the point.
It is in my favorites too.

[Piatan]

Excellent Tutorial !
Should be required reading for every Helper Trainee.
I have a link to it, on my quick launch tool bar.
Congratulations , you assume no previous experience by the user.

[Jumper]

I have to agree with Piatan, I have seen tutorials that were pretty helpful, but yours is very easy to understand and straight forward. You give great examples too.

[soxrok]

best tutorial ive read in a long time, really good job

[haknbush]

thank you, thank you, thank you a thousand times over

im a former IT professional so when all of my friends and family get these issues im the first one they turn too, this tutorial has enabled me to help them much quicker and more fully remove all the malware from their systems, Hijackthis is such a powerful tool but i had only just begun to fully understand how to best use it, this tutorial alows me to jump ahead and skip the rest of the learnign curve

[Dragonslore]

Nice write up as I'm sure it'll help many users in the fight against these parasites.

I've been successfully fighting spyware for a long time now and I find we need as many trained people as possible to help combat this menace.

Although personally, when I work on a system, I prefer to work directly on the system instead of trying to talk someone through it remotely as I find it to be easier for me than to try to explain what to do.

[Luna]

I registered JUST so i could say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for this tutorial, it was a BIG help and i haven't had any stealthy popups since (not to jinx it )...

You are THE bomb diggety and a half.

Also a hats off in general to all the people who rack their brain and spend their energy helping us malware-ridden users.

[guysiner]

Thank you thank you. I learned a lot - and fixed my own problems.

A bit scared of trying a new browser after weeks of hijacker-induced misery - but I will as a small 'thank you'.

Regards,

Guy Siner