My Hijackthis is Freezing, Help

MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
v1.98.2
downloaded a fresh copy just incase, no go.

Starts scan and just freezes at about 90%, need to Ctrl-Alt-Delete to close it. Has anyone had this problem?

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  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    Let me guess... it started when you downloaded Spyware Shooter?

    Spyware Shooter does not freeze HijackThis, it just slows it down, A LOT. That is becuase it scans the registry key for trusted sites, and the trusted and restricted sites are in the same key. It needs to scan every key to make sure that htere aren't any sites in the trusted zone. Give it around 4 minutes to finish scanning.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited November 2004
    Sorry to get back so late and yes now that you mention it, there were only three things done to the computer between the last working Hijack this and the freeze. I've eliminated the other two possibliities and spyware shooter is the only thing I can think of BUT I may have overlooked something else too.

    The problem is, that eventually I get a Hijack This (not responding) in the runing process menu. It's freezing everytime at "015 Trusted Zone enumeration..."

    Actually I'm a little relieved if in fact this is the problem since I was worried that it might have been an indicator of a more serious issue.

    Any tips on a workaround?
    BTW I'm on 98SE (Please don't laugh)
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    "015 Trusted Zone enumeration..." is exactly where Hijackthis will hang up after downloading Spyware Shooter. All I can say to do is wait until it is done scanning. Give it around 5 minutes to get past that. There are over 1000 new registry keys in Spyware Shooter, and HJT has to scan through each of them.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited November 2004
    MERRICK wrote:

    The problem is, that eventually I get a Hijack This (not responding) in the runing process menu. It's freezing everytime at "015 Trusted Zone enumeration..."

    SpywareShooter,
    I believe that I have to totally just walk away from the 'puter and not even move the mouse when I try this again. I'll do it tonight and report back. Thanks for hanging in there with me.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited November 2004
    MERRICK wrote:
    SpywareShooter,
    I believe that I have to totally just walk away from the 'puter and not even move the mouse when I try this again. I'll do it tonight and report back. Thanks for hanging in there with me.


    :thumbsup:
    Yep, that was it! In my impatience I was not allowing HijackThis to do it's thing. You were right from the gitgo. Thanks!! :)
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