Hijackthis.exerefers to an executable process that belongs to Merjin Hijackthis. The company that has written this program is Trend Micro Inc or Soeperman enterprises Ltd. It is responsible for monitoring the plugins and configurations of browsers. Whenever necessary, make restores and modifications of the program. The process is not a crucial component for your PC but it should never be terminated unless it causes problems.

To detect all errors related to this process, run a free registry scan for detecting the errors. It is also advisable to run a performance scan in order to optimize Internet, memory and CPU settings automatically. This program can be installed wherever you want it. Its default installing folder is C:\Program Files\HijackThis, which should not be changed. The program is valid and can or cannot run on starting up the computer. If you want the program to start automatically, then do not remove it.

Hijackthis.exemakes a list of the content of important areas of the hard drive and registry. The important areas are those that are useful to hijackers and programmers. The program should be updated continually for detection and removal of new hijacks. Some specific URLs and programs are not a target of this process, what is targeted are the methods hijackers use to access sites. The location of the file is <Filename Path>\HijackThis.exe and it automatically starts up from a RunOnce, Run, RunServicesOnce and RunServices entry inside the registry.

This process monitors applications and its technical security rate is 22 percent dangerous. It does not belong to the family of windows system files and on Windows XP, its normal size is 218112 bytes. When the program loads, it displays a registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run. In most cases, it appears as a compressed file. Sometimes, malware can camouflage as this executable software especially if not situated in C:\Windows or C:\Windows\ System32 folder. It is therefore vital to check if the process running on your PC is a pest. Run Security Task Manager Software to verify if your computer is secure.

It is important to use the program with utmost care because in most instances, the entries that appear after scanning are important for the operating system running. Unless a spyware program is spotted by its DLL and Registry names, it is safe. System files that are missing or structures of a broken registry system normally cause problems associated with hijackthis.exe.