BhoScanner

BhoScanner is an excellent software designed to discover browser helper objects that may harm your computer. As we know, these objects are loaded each time the browser starts, and they run in the same memory context as the browser which can be risky. BHOs can perform any action on available windows and modules, including installing hooks to monitor messages and actions. While some BHOs like the Google Toolbar Browser Helper or Adobe Acrobat are useful, there could be malicious ones that can harm your computer, especially those planted by viruses or spyware.

BhoScanner comes into play by allowing you to discover browser helper objects on your computer, including parasites and trojans. It gives you a quick look at the BHOs installed on your local or remote PC, indicating whether specific BHOs are safe or harmful with coloured icons (green icon - safe, yellow icon - unknown, red icon - harmful).

The program determines browser helper objects accessing remote computer registry information, so you need to have remote computer registry access rights and provide appropriate administrator or user username and password. Alternatively, you can use your current credentials or null session to access local or remote computer registry information.

In conclusion, BhoScanner is a great option for individuals looking to discover and remove harmful browser helper objects from their Windows computer. It is user-friendly and easy to use, giving you a quick overview of BHOs that can cause trouble.