Trend Micro Aquire Hijack This

[GhostShip]

As usual folks big business has bought out one of the smallest of fishes and one we all know and trust, Hijack This.

http://news.com.com/Trend+Micro+acquires+HijackThis+antispyware+tool/2100-7355_3-6167308.html

Antivirus specialist Trend Micro on Wednesday said it has acquired HijackThis, a tool used to remove spyware from Windows PCs.

HijackThis is a free tool developed by Dutch student Merijn Bellekom. The tool is mostly used by technical users to pinpoint spyware infections on Windows machines and help remove them. It has been downloaded more than 10 million times, according to Trend Micro.
"HijackThis is a virtual standard in the antispyware world and has received many accolades," Trend Micro said in a statement. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Trend Micro is readying a new beta version of HijackThis that works with Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. Other additions include an "AnalyzeThis" feature that lets users see the prevalence of threats detected on their PCs, Trend Micro said.

Another old friend has hit the dust in my mind, but you can get the new beta version of this tool for free, even if it has grown 4 or 5 times in size 

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php

Anyone willing to test-drive it ?

[Scyre]

Shame. Even though once upon a time TrendMicro was a good AV, it has really gone down hill, and I would not trust it much anymore. I am sure we will see HijackThis become a pay for product now, and another good tool will go to ruin.

I truly hope I am wrong about this.

Best Regards, and Be Good!
Scyre

[SamSeeSam]

I don't know, won't older versions work still?

Cheers

[Max™]

i have & use the older version, it works well, but i know trend is not as good as it claims, i found both avg & avast better AV's
also Scyre, you are probably right, they will turn it into a pay product, just like norton did with sygate firewall, and i dont like norton either, the old sygate pro is brill, the free sygate is useless now as norton really want you to upgrade to their pro firewall.