HijackReader

HijackReader is a small-sized application that enables you to open and examine Trend Micro HijackThis log files. It also has suggestions on how to fix various issues.

The interface is based on a small window with a minimalistic structure, where you can click a button to trigger the tool to automatically read HijackThis log files.

On task completion, you can view details, such as the OS type, boot mode, MSIE, analysis time, log length (number of lines), as well as the full paths of running processes.

HijackReader gives advice on fixing issues if you don't recognize the program, for example. This information can be saved to plain text format (TXT) or web format (HTML) by indicating the output directory and file name. The web report also contains a link to perform Google searches.

There is no installation involved, which makes the program portable. This means that you can save it anywhere on the disk or a USB flash drive to directly run it on any computer with minimum effort and no previous installers. It doesn't make any changes in the Windows registry, doesn't require DLLs to run, and doesn't create files on the disk without your permission.