Windows startup and hijack analyzer

RunScanner is a useful application designed to find out any configurations errors or changes in your Windows computer caused by virus and spyware attack or by human errors. This freeware utility scans your system for all running programs, auto start locations, drivers, services and hijack points.
The application provides two options - ‘beginners’ mode and ‘expert mode’. Beginner’s mode is for novice users that want to do a scan and upload their results to a malware specialist forum for analysis. Expert mode is for advanced users, all startup tweaks, scanning, reporting, filtering and delete features are available in this mode.

Features of Runscanner: 100+ start/hijack locations, Powerful process killer, Save to text log file, Powerful file filtering, History backup / restore, Analysis of file certificates, Bit9 File Advisor MD5 lookup , Castle Cops MD5 lookup, Upload file to Virus Total for analysis, Runscanner MD5 lookup, Regedit jump, Online malware analysis, etc.
Runscanner is freeware and no installation is required Download (1.7Mb) and run the application

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