The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Winhound" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:
  • malware

Description:
aggressively advertised on suspicous websites with popups.
insufficent eula in which the installation of "samples" is mentioned
deceptive software aimed at making the user buy the software through a fraud.
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be an antispyware software
Privacy Statement:
Samples.
The Software Product may be provided with certain "Samples" intended to demonstrate use of the Software Product or provide a base starting point for use of the Software Product. Samples include macros, clip libraries, syntax definition files, or similar items
If Samples are provided, they are considered part of the Software Product for purposes of this EULA. However, you may use and create derivative works from Samples, provided that you do so in conjunction with your use of the Software Product, and that you maintain any copyright notices that may be incorporated within the Samples.
Removal Instructions:

Quicklaunch area:

Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
  • Quicklaunch symbols named "WinHound spyware remover.lnk" and pointing to "".
  • Quicklaunch symbols named "WinHound spyware remover.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WinHound\WinHound.exe".

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
  • Entries named "WinHound" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WinHound\WinHound.exe".
  • Entries named "WinHound" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WinHound\WinHound.exe".
  • Entries named "WinHound" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WinHound\WinHound.exe".

Installed Software List:

You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.
  • Products that have a key or property named "WinHound spyware remover".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
  • The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\WinHound spyware remover.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WinHound spyware remover\Register WinHound spyware remover.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WinHound spyware remover\Start WinHound spyware remover.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WinHound spyware remover\Uninstall.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\WinHound spyware remover.lnk".
  • A file with an unknown location named "WinHoundInstaller.exe".
  • The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\WinHound spyware remover.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\WinHound spyware remover.lnk".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Winhound uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun\HKCURun".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun\HKCURun\RunOnce".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun\HKCURun\RunOnceEx".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun\HKLMRun".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun\HKLMRun\RunOnce".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun\HKLMRun\RunOnceEx".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun\StartMenuAllUsers".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\Autorun\StartMenuCurrentUser".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\WinHound.com\WinHound\BrowserObjects".
  • The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WinHound spyware remover".
  • The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\WinHound.com".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WinHound".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WinHound\Trash".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Winhound uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
  • Delete the registry key "S" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\DeviceClasses\{6994AD04-93EF-11D0-A3CC-00A0C9223196}\##?#PCI#VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274&REV_02#3&61AAA01&0&90#{6994ad04-93ef-11d0-a3cc-00a0c9223196}\#Wave\Device Parameters\".
  • Delete the registry key "B" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\DeviceClasses\{6994AD04-93EF-11D0-A3CC-00A0C9223196}\##?#PCI#VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274&REV_02#3&61AAA01&0&90#{6994ad04-93ef-11d0-a3cc-00a0c9223196}\#Wave\Device Parameters\".
  • Delete the registry key "{0BACA3C1-F734-4A5F-970A-15DBF7D3C09C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{0D4385DF-F78A-4264-A32C-7DD4A72DE539}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{19A0B5C9-65FE-4D3B-8BDD-EFB7FE553C58}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{19C99256-D011-47E2-BC64-6322096E20A5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{2871B7AF-2D4C-478F-BE89-881881C272AB}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{2B94CDFD-4A45-4B08-B105-54C709D07B28}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{2C354A9B-A5DF-41A3-BF40-2D72FEAC14D3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{2C797AA0-978C-4AC2-BBB4-F89D410B614E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{54007809-0689-4A40-9D8F-94C79D87D931}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{557C3787-D066-496E-8CAF-BA47DA7365C1}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{5C083B7E-A083-4B20-A7AD-7C8E29085494}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{649D371E-D3E3-4FC0-AC82-E91F73D8E79E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{655980F1-13D5-4DA2-9E80-AA56C36876CB}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{6AF126A9-B07A-4DE4-883E-28D3ECCD75D8}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{6B436BDD-8B8B-4A1F-ADD5-E67B30C8F7DD}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{71BF80FD-7E91-4730-B6E8-8F3E81F5C38B}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{81723C8C-918F-4456-B7E8-A68CF7A10C6D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{82A10659-A1E5-4732-A839-C910D955C88B}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{84844B27-0D53-4C71-AB24-0151B33AB02F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{A8BCF2B9-ED19-4637-AC77-BF59F131FA1F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{A9A73A66-B0E0-4FFB-828F-3A55E1FA4271}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{B6049D5D-718F-44C0-B965-06840D27E206}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{B817D284-1B82-4793-B1F3-58A06DAB03A1}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{BC077DD0-42B5-451C-B78C-4AC97E4B116B}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{C123DBA0-52DF-4272-BBAA-BFD092D07C2E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{CB9DD914-68B6-4710-A04E-4745470706CE}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{DE1E317F-716A-4784-BA90-FDA6D6A8FAD5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{E36DCDBC-57AD-4A1C-B9C6-1161441B51CA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{E51AC62C-E82E-4E60-97AB-C66C4969AF39}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{EF5750B1-0ABA-45C5-BF12-FB4D1D1150D2}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{F1D9585E-20A6-4689-84C7-C19FE21C9A71}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{F1E1A6B0-6CAC-471B-99C4-4DBADA883BE8}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{F8C9D1A9-B7B7-47CA-8B93-27C5B64D3A47}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{0878F045-B52E-46B3-9724-D3AE69D50067}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{0EA04667-E53B-4E81-8E7C-DE2CA114CBD6}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{265C2AF8-C94C-4AFF-B2B6-340D3982562C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{3946A33D-BBC6-4792-A383-D855E0F76D91}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{41D7BB0A-64E0-4AB2-BD0B-69EA78E462E8}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{4AA55E8C-2C19-4F3A-91EC-43B6DF937C4F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{4F93062D-7BDA-48BE-AEB6-88AF2B1FE2D4}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{5206DF89-97FC-41AD-BAE3-993E87053A99}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{58E68548-42E2-479D-A9E0-86D9F2EAF02E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{5E5A79A6-C67B-444E-BE58-BD0ACEFCDA07}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{67196B3E-55A0-49DE-BA11-66F07DF804DB}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{7198F8DA-012C-4DB4-ABD8-923A54C87900}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{82847700-FE61-46A3-B3EE-761A1E312ACA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{8C2A05C5-780F-4A2E-AE1C-FB8181F860E4}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{8DCA6B3D-1FCA-4500-B210-76119BB5C69E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{ACC647EE-991A-4811-B420-F063F50CDDC1}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{C5B70256-5B08-4056-B84E-C6CE084967F5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{CBE4B748-08F9-44DB-8FB1-9AD25979DA35}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{CDD964C2-FB78-4A74-BB1E-1CB1FCB72018}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{D25F7446-4D36-4203-9EA5-5422B26FA9D0}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{E12AAACF-8AF2-4C31-BA94-E3787B44F90E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{E479197F-49E5-4E60-9FA2-A71D4C7C2BBC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{F880B4F2-75BF-44EC-B7AA-45EC37448027}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{31E956BF-8CA9-4D75-B534-7EBC79770002}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
  • Delete the registry key "{6E9E448E-B195-4627-953C-5377FA9BBA36}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
  • Delete the registry value "InstallationID" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "(Default)" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "AlwaysBlockChanges" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "AlwaysBlockWhenNoAV" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "DatabaseFile" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "EnableRTMonitoring" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "InstallDir" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "MGuid" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "MinOnStartup" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "PerformUpdate" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "QuarantineLocation" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "RegistrationUrl" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "ResourceDll" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "SCAN_DEPTH" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "SCAN_PRIORITY" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "ScanOnStartup" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "StartAtWinStartup" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "UpdateInterval" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
  • Delete the registry value "VersionInfo" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinHound.com\WinHound\".
If Winhound uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
  1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
  2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.