Whi is HJT referred to as a "dangerous" software?

[system]

I was googling today and I found a forum that said that when normal AVs don’t work, we go to more dangerous software like HJT.

IS HijackThis! harmful? When should you get HiJackThis???

[system]

@PotatoMan post:1

I was googling today and I found a forum that said that when normal AVs don’t work, we go to more dangerous software like HJT.

IS HijackThis! harmful?

It is possible to make the system unbootable.

When should you get HiJackThis???

When asked to download then run and provide a listing of the output it produces.

[system]

@YoKenny post:2

@PotatoMan post:1

I was googling today and I found a forum that said that when normal AVs don’t work, we go to more dangerous software like HJT.

IS HijackThis! harmful?

It is possible to make the system unbootable.

When should you get HiJackThis???

When asked to download then run and provide a listing of the output it produces.

Thanks.

[DavidR]

It isn’t the software that is dangerous but what the user does with it, as it doesn’t actually do anything other than provide the user with information of what is running on their system. It is how the user interprets that information and the actions that they take that can be dangerous.

Though by default HJT does back-up any fixes made by the user so it is reversable, but it can still ruin your whole day.

It isn’t a tool for the novice to use without help.