hjt help

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by nick12345, May 17, 2005.

  1. nick12345

    nick12345 Private E-2

    when i try to open hijack this, a pop up(not spyware) that says C:\Windows\Desktop\hijackthis.zip is not a valid Win32 application...so how do i get it to open?
     
  2. nick12345

    nick12345 Private E-2

    Oh and I moved hijackthis into program files
     
  3. nick12345

    nick12345 Private E-2

    anybody?
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    HijackThis.zip is a compressed file which contains hijackthis.exe. The ZIP file is not an executable. You must use a program like WinZip to extract the file from the ZIP file. (Unless you have WinXP which has builtin ZIP files extraction capability). You must not save HijackThis.Zip to your Desktop. You should save it in it's own folder like C:\Program Files\HJT and then extract the hijackthis.exe executable file to that folder too. Then run you would run hijackthis.exe from there.

    Please note: DO NOT post HJT logs here without approval. You must read the announcement and sticky threads. If you are having problems with malware, the first step is to run the sticky thread procedures: READ ME FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT: Basic Spyware, Trojan And Virus Removal
     

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