Download HijackThis 1.99

HijackThis scans the installed browser add-ons and startup items, and allows you to disable and remove them accordingly. With the program it is not only possible to remove spyware, but also plugins such as Shockwave and Flash. The latest version of the program is marked as 1.99 and is available from this location be downloaded. The following changes have been made in the 1.99 release:

Updates:

• Added O23 method: NT Services, which lists all (non-disabled, non-Microsoft) services, like Msconfig.
• Added ‘Action tasks’ info to ‘More info on this item’ dialog.
• Integrated ADS Spy into HijackThis, ‘Misc Tools’ section.
• Added Spybot-like intro frame for first-time users with access to common tasks.
• Added /autolog commandline parameter to automatically scan, save a logfile and open it.
• Fixed bug when item with IP in a Trusted Zone entry (O15) wasn’t fixed.
• Added ‘Trusted IP ranges’ to O15 method.
• Updated Ignorelist, Backups list and Process manager to allow multiple selected items.
• Fixed bug where a hosts file with inproper linebreaks would hang HijackThis.

NOTE: Systems infected with the ‘Ms4Hd’ rootkit parasite will experience crashes in HijackThis 1.99.x since this parasite deliberately crashes programs that try to detect it. For such cases, a copy of HijackThis 1.98.2 will always be available here or here†