Hijack This is now Open Source

Hungry Man · Feb 17, 2012

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...-source-code-to-sourceforgenet-139516763.html

Trend Micro Releases HijackThis Source Code to sourceforge.net

HijackThis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackthis - scans your computer to find settings changed by spyware, malware or other unwanted programs. HijackThis also generates an in-depth report to enable expert users to analyze and fix an infected computer. Several security communities use HijackThis log files to help users evaluate and eradicate infections. A common practice for novice users is to generate a HijackThis log file and submit it to one of the many forums devoted to HijackThis on the web. Experts at these forums provide information on which items are causing your problems and how to remove them safely from your computer.
The code, originally written in Visual Basic, is now officially available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/.
"This means that other people can build on a solid base to create or improve their own anti-malware tools," said Merijn Bellekom, the original creator of HijackThis.
Trend Micro has offered HijackThis as a free tool since acquiring the antispyware freeware tool from its Netherlands-based creator, Merijn Bellekom in 2007. By then, it had already been downloaded more than 10 million times and was often used to submit logs to online discussion and help forums, such as Castlecops.com, Majorgeeks.com and Spywareinfo.com, to elicit comments that could help in cleaning infected desktops
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siljaline · Feb 19, 2012

Also cited here

x942 · Feb 20, 2012

I wonder if a *Nix version will come available now so It can be used from a live CD. That would cool to have.

safeguy · Feb 20, 2012

I've read about this. Hopefully this comes to good use...

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