Hijack This Tutorial (the program may be downloaded from here)
This article is for advanced users.
If you are not familiar with running processes on your computer as well as anything ever installed that could tie into your web browser, it will not be much help to you.

Finally, Hijack This has been taken over by Trend Micro. This new version can be downloaded here.

You should have scanned your machine with anti-spyware, virus and Trojan tools before using Hijack This.

This article is meant for those wishing to learn more about what HijackThis is showing you and how to analyze logs yourself. It is not really meant for novices. It is meant to be more educational for intermediate to advanced PC users.

Below explains what each section means and each of these sections are broken down with examples to help you understand what is safe and what should be removed.