Hijack Scan examines certain key areas of the Registry and Hard Drive and lists their contents. These are areas which are used by both legitimate programmers and hijackers. Some items are perfectly fine. You should not remove them. Never remove everything. Doing that could leave you with missing items needed to run legitimate programs and add-ins. This guide will help you work with the Experts to clean up your system.

1, How to use Hijack Scan?

1), Click the button labeled Scan & Save a Log

2), Hijack Scan will quickly scan your system, and then open two new windows, which are the warning of the usage of Hijack Scan, and a "report.log" in Notepad. Save "report.log" by default will be saved to the desktop.

If you’re receiving help online, Hijack Scan "report.log" contains the info that’s required to receive analysis and assistance. It’s usually posted with your first topic on a forum, along with a description of your problem(s). Highlight the entire contents. Copy and paste the contents into your post. DO NOT fix anything. Wait for help.

Note #1: It’s very important to post as much information as possible, and not just your Hijack Scan "report.log". This will increase your chances of receiving a timely reply.
Note #2: The majority of infections can be removed using free tools, and don’t require a Hijack Scan "report.log" analysis.
Note #3: Please DO NOT post your log to more than one forum. Volunteer resources are limited, and that just creates more work for everyone.

2, Some other useful function in Hijack Scan tool (System Info.).

1) Process
This tool has the same function as task manager, you can choose to Refresh, End Process, view Details, and set New Task.

2) Startup
Here list the items run at startup. You can right click any item to perform an action.

3) Service
Here list all service of you computer, you can view their status and other detailed information. You can choose to do the following actions: Refresh, Start Service, Stop Service, and Hide Windows Service.

4) Browser Helper Objects
Here list your browser helper objects. You can keep or remove them.

5) Downloaded Program Files
Here list your downloaded program files. You can keep or remove them.

6) IE Extensions
Here list your IE Extensions. You can keep or remove them.

7) IE Settings
Here list your IE Settings. You can keep or modify them.