{"id":1750,"date":"2011-05-06T15:38:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T19:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2011-05-06T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T19:38:14","slug":"analyze-your-system-security-with-this-free-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/analyze-your-system-security-with-this-free-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyze your system security with this free tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is not another anti-spyware program. It’s not another security \t\t\ttoolbar. It’s not a security program at all. It will help you find \t\t\tthings that may be lurking on your computer and skulking around \t\t\tunseen. It will let you kill questionable processes and delete \t\t\tdangerous files. But don’t go deleting stuff just because this \t\t\tprogram identifies them as questionable. It’s OK to kill a process, \t\t\tprocesses can be restarted. But deleting a file can’t be brought \t\t\tback from the dead so easily. When in doubt about a file that’s \t\t\tlisted as questionable, google it before you delete it.<\/p>\n

You say you have great security programs? That might be true, but \t\t\tsecurity programs are not 100% infallible. We don’t live in a \t\t\tperfect world, and they cyber world is even less perfect. So \t\t\tsomething may have gotten got past your security programs or maybe \t\t\tthey’re just ordinary things running in the background and not \t\t\tcausing problems. Or maybe you just ignore us every week and don’t \t\t\thave any security programs installed and you’re relying on sheer \t\t\tluck, you don’t care, or you’re starring in “Groundhog Day II” …<\/p>\n

Anyway… Emsisoft HiJackFree is an analysis tool for (they say) \t\t\t“advanced users”. But, how advanced do you have to be to click \t\t\t“search Google”? Not too advanced, right? So why they want to limit \t\t\ttheir users to “advanced users” only they can tell you. We think \t\t\tthis is a tool that everyone could use. It shows you everything \t\t\tthat’s running on your computer – more background information than \t\t\twe’ve ever seen in one program. It highlights things that require \t\t\tyour attention. They’re not saying these things are dangerous, \t\t\tthey’re just saying it’s something you need to look at. When the \t\t\tprogram doesn’t have any information about the program or service in \t\t\tquestion, it provides a link to “search Google” for more information \t\t\tabout the program or service. You sure don’t need to be an advanced \t\t\tuser to use HiJackFree or to benefit from it.<\/p>\n

Here’s what the developer says – and we think he uses “advanced \t\t\tusers” incorrectly, but anyway, here’s what he says:<\/p>\n

“Emsisoft HiJackFree is a detailed system analysis tool which helps \t\t\tadvanced users to detect and remove all types of HiJackers, Spyware, \t\t\tAdware, Trojans and Worms.<\/p>\n

* Manage all types of Autoruns on your system
\n* Control all Explorer and Browser plugins (BHOs, Toolbars, etc.)
\n* Manage all running Processes and their associated modules
\n* Control all Services, even those Windows doesn’t display
\n* View open ports and the associated listening processes
\n* View all DNS entries in the hosts file
\n* Manage installed Layered Service Providers (LSPs)
\n* Analyze the system configuration with using our live online \t\t\tanalysis
\n* Download a-squared HiJackFree now! It’s free for private use!
\nIt comes with language packs for English, German, French, Spanish, \t\t\tItalian, Japanese and many more.<\/p>\n

Great tool for analyzing your computer. Compatible with all versions \t\t\tof Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. It’s free for \t\t\thome\/personal use. We think this program would make a great addition \t\t\tto your computer toolbox. It’s informative and educational – and \t\t\tmight even help you identify something untoward running on your \t\t\tcomputer that has escaped detection by your security software – or \t\t\tlack thereof. You can never be too careful these days, can you? \t\t\tGet your free copy of \t\t\tEmsisoft HiJackFree by visiting this page<\/a>.
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This is not another anti-spyware program. It’s not another security toolbar. It’s not a security program at all. It will help you find things that may be lurking on your computer and skulking around unseen. It will let you kill questionable processes and delete dangerous files. But don’t go deleting stuff just because this program identifies them as\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[1114,75,1115,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1752,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions\/1752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}