Hi bob3160,
Just like Freefixer HJT can still be used for a wide range of particular malware cleansing, especially so-called browser related malware. The code has been left to "rot" by those that acquired Merijn's original HJT, but Eddy's creation has nothing to do with that.
The problem with HijackThis has always been that it’s not a tool for the inexperienced user because it doesn’t differentiate between malicious entries and those legitimately put there by software, so users have to rely on expert advice or risk making the computer worse by trying themselves. If you are the impatient type and want to quickly get some results about your log file without waiting for someone else to reply to you, here are 5 ways to automatically analyze the HiJackThis log file and quickly receive recommendations on what to fix.
Quote from Trend Micro's. And even going here to have the HJT results analyzed:
http://www.hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english will mean that you need expertise from a qualified removal expert to go over the analysis results and to know what exactly to tick and what to leave unticked for cleansing.
I think Eddy knows perfectly well what he is doing, and he is very well aware of some of the HJT tool's obsolete state and limitations and he wants to overcome that with his new tool. I for instance have never understood why a well kept tool like Freefixer never got off the ground and why it never got any interest from malware removers, neither has Autoruns that could be used where HJT felt it's limits. So Eddy should also offer Autoruns next to his new tool.
The natural successor for HJT is RSIT:
http://www.malwareinfo.nl/rsit-randoms-system-information-tool/Damian
