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malformed
March 13th, 2007, 08:36 AM
-{ Quote: "
March 12, 2007
As some of you might have seen several IT news websites are offering Trend Micro HijackThis 2.00 beta. An official statement will be posted on their website soon, but since this is a public beta of theirs I figured it'd be best if I answered the question I'm going to get asked a lot, right now.
This is not fake, I sold HijackThis to TrendMicro. Their product incorporates all changes, updates and fixes that I was planning on adding in the v1.99.2 release. I made sure of that and I hope no one will be disappointed with it.
While TrendMicro does not officially support HijackThis yet, I expect they will once it goes final.

I sold HijackThis because I had been sitting on an unfinished update for over a year and I still could not make enough time to finish it. My uni classes are taking up a lot of time and I want to set my goals a bit wider than just the antispyware business (though I still love it). Sitting on an unfinished product until it becomes obsolete is not useful, so I decided to transfer the responsibility to TrendMicro (who have also taken care of my CWShredder) so they can give it proper attention and support. Where the will take HijackThis, I do not know - but I am sure they will respect its goals and what it stands for.
" }-http://www.merijn.org/index.php

New Page - http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php *New Beta Available*

Mrkvonic
March 13th, 2007, 02:49 PM
Hello,
Once he gave them CWShredder, they let it die.
I guess the same will happen to HJT... another one bites the dust.
Mrk

nadirah
March 14th, 2007, 10:24 PM
-{ Quote: "Hello,
Once he gave them CWShredder, they let it die.
I guess the same will happen to HJT... another one bites the dust.
Mrk" }-

No wonder, they care about making money only. It seems.

666
March 16th, 2007, 05:28 PM
-{ Quote: "Where the will take HijackThis, I do not know - but I am sure they will respect its goals and what it stands for." }-

If not, you'll release the source code?

ErikAlbert
March 16th, 2007, 06:44 PM
-{ Quote: "Hello,
Once he gave them CWShredder, they let it die.
I guess the same will happen to HJT... another one bites the dust.
Mrk" }-
I hope not, because HJT is used in all Malware Forums to help users to clean their computer.

lucas1985
March 17th, 2007, 12:38 AM
-{ Quote: "I hope not" }-
Seconded :)
-{ Quote: "because HJT is used in all Malware Forums to help users to clean their computer." }-
A promising startup (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=167310)

EASTER.2010
March 17th, 2007, 01:37 AM
See that and installed it tonight. Hope they can add something more needed for us in examinations of those results plus removals.

Thanks Merijn for such a tremenedous effort on our behalf over these many years and all the best to you in the future.

EASTER

dcdc
April 16th, 2007, 02:12 PM
Good luck to Merijn and I hope he made a bundle on the deal.

But I do worry about the future of Hijackthis, now that it's in the hands of a for-profit company. What exactly was their intention in buying it?

This transaction reminds me eerily of Microsoft's acquistion of Process Explorer, another free, very useful tool. Who knows what PE's future will be now? Look what MS did to Giant AS, once a very reputable highly regarded AS app. MS AS is considered a mediocre performer.