When you click on the above link you will see a web page that looks similar to figure 1 below.

Figure 1: HijackThis Download Link

Simply click on the link designated by the red box in Figure 1 above. When you click on that you will get a download prompt similar to Figure 2 below.

Figure 2: HijackThis Save File dialog box

Make sure that you are saving the file, and not opening it, and then press the OK button. You will now be presented with a screen similar to Figure 3 below asking where you would like to save the file.

Figure 3: Save HijackThis_sfx.exe to the desktop

Click once on the Desktop button, designated by the red box in the figure above, to save the file to your Desktop and then press the Save button. Your computer will now download the file to your computer and save it on your Desktop. When it is done downloading you will now find an icon on your desktop that looks like Figure 4 below.

Figure 4: HijackThis_sfx.exe Icon

Double-click on this icon to start the installation process. Once you double-click the icon a new window will open that looks like Figure 5 below.

Figure 5: HijackThis Install Screen

Do not change any settings on this screen. Simply click once on the Unzip button designated by the red box in Figure 5 above. When you click on this button, the program will be extracted to C:\Program Files\HijackThis. When it is completed you will see a screen similar to Figure 6 below.

Press the OK button and you will now see a screen similar to Figure 5 above. This time press the Close button to close the installation program. You will now be back at your desktop.

Step 3: Start HijackThis
After HijackThis is installed, it will automatically start. If this does not happen, or you would like to start it again at a later time, you should follow these steps. Otherwise, skip to Step 4. Now that HijackThis has been installed we want to start the program. First we need to navigate to the directory that it was installed to.
Click on the Start Menu and then click on the My Computer link. When My Computer opens, you will see a screen similar, it may look different on your computer, to Figure 7 below.

Figure 7: My Computer

Double-click on the C: drive to open it up. The C: drive may be labeled different than in the image above. Once you double-click on the C: drive you will see a screen similar to Figure 8 below.

Figure 8: Program Files

Locate the folder named Program Files and double-click it with your mouse in order to open that folder. Once you double-click on the Program Files folder you will see a screen similar to Figure 9 below.

Figure 9: Open the Trend Micro folder

Locate the folder named Trend Micro and double-click it with your mouse in order to open that folder. Once you double-click on the Trend Micro you will see a screen similar to Figure 10 below.

Figure 10: Open the HijackThis folder

Locate the folder named HijackThis and double-click it with your mouse in order to open that folder. Once you double-click on the HijackThis folder you will see a screen similar to Figure 10 below.

Figure 11: HijackThis icon

Double-click on the HijackThis.exe icon to launch the program. It may not have the .exe extension but should look like the icon above. Once you double-click on the icon, HijackThis will be launched. We will continue with our instructions in the next step.

Now that HijackThis is launched you will see a screen similar to figure 11 below.

Figure 12: Startup Screen for HijackThis

The first thing you should do at this point is place a checkmark in the checkbox labeled Don't show this frame again when I start HijackThis. This will make it so you never see this startup screen again. I am having you change this option because most people who will help you will give instructions that do not account for this screen and could cause some confusion. Once you have put a checkmark in that box, press the button labeled None of the above, just start the program. You will now be presented with the main screen of HijackThis and it will look similar to Figure 12 below.

Figure 13: Main HijackThis Screen

At this screen press the scan button and you will be presented with a window showing a list of entries. At the bottom of this window you will see the following.

Figure 14: Save your HijackThis log

Press the Save log button, designated by the red box in Figure 13 above, to save your log to your computer and open it. When you press the save button, you will be presented with a screen similar to figure 3 above. Simply press the Desktop button to save it your desktop and then press the Save button. The log is now saved to your desktop and is opened in notepad. You will now see a screen similar to Figure 14 below.

Figure 15: Your HijackThis Log

Click the Format menu and make sure that Wordwrap is not checked. If it is checked then click on it to uncheck it. You should now click on the Edit menu and then click on the Select All menu option as shown in Figure 15 below.

Figure 16: Select All

When you click on the Select All menu option all the text in the notepad will become highlighted. You should now click on the Edit menu and then click on the Copy menu option as shown in Figure 16 below.

Figure 17: Copy the log to the Windows clipboard

Now that the log is copied to the Windows clipboard we want to paste that into a new topic on viprasys Lab. with your log: