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Threat indicator: HIGH

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Name of the threat:

Command or file name:

Threat type:

Affected OS:

Winhound

AOLClient.exe

Rogue

Win32/Win64 (Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10)


After it is installed, the Winhound lurks mutely on the attacked PC, invisibly carrying out its misdeeds, such as downloading Winhound, while the soft mark continues on with their normal activities. Winhound program prevails itself as a wholesome PC program, while it actually causes havoc and injury to your machine. Most often Winhound is installed unknowingly with some other software that you intentionally install. A person who wants to watch your online activities may also manually install Winhound. It is required to remove Winhound as its malicious functions develop further than just attending, so execute Winhound removal with the assistance of a decent Winhound removal tool! It can descend that Winhound is secretly installed on users' computers.


Winhound intrusion method

Winhound copies its file(s) to your hard disk. Its typical file name is AOLClient.exe . Then it creates new startup key with name Winhound and value AOLClient.exe . You can also find it in your processes list with name AOLClient.exe or Winhound. Also, it can create folder with name Winhound under C:\Program Files\ or C:\ProgramData.

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Threat's description and solution are developed by Security Stronghold security team.

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How to remove Winhound manually

This problem can be solved manually by deleting all registry keys and files connected with Winhound, removing it from starup list and unregistering all corresponding DLLs. Additionally missing DLL's should be restored from distribution in case they are corrupted by Winhound.

To get rid of Winhound, you should:

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1. Kill the following processes and delete the appropriate files:

  • WinHound.exe
  • WinHoundInstaller.exe
  • wl.dll
  • cwrapper.dll
  • rc.dll
  • sig.dat
  • winhound.exe.local
  • start winhound spyware remover.lnk
  • register winhound spyware remover.lnk

Warning: you should delete only those files which checksums are listed as malicious. There may be valid files with the same names in your system. We recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.

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2. Delete the following malicious folders:

  • %windows%\softwaredistribution\download\9482f4b4-e343-43b6-b170-9a65bc822c77_odf\
  • %programfiles%\winhound\
  • %autostart% \winhound spyware remover\
  • %programfiles%\winhound\trash\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\startmenuallusers\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\startmenucurrentuser\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\hkcurun\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\hkcurun\runonce\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\hkcurun\runonceex\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\hklmrun\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\hklmrun\runonce\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\autorun\hklmrun\runonceex\
  • %appdata%\winhound.com\winhound\browserobjects\

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3. Delete the following malicious registry entries and\or values:

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

Warning: if value is listed for some registry entries, you should only clear these values and leave keys with such values untouched. We recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.


If Winhound blocks you from running security programs.

Often rogue programs like Winhound block you from running security programs and visiting anti-virus websites. In this case we recommend you to boot your Windows in Safe Mode with Networking. This is special mode when Windows will not load third-party services, drivers and start-up objects. However you will be able to use Internet. Just download and run suggested programs for easy Winhound removal is Safe Mode with Networking. To load in Safe Mode with Networking and remove Winhound do the following:


  • Start or restart your Windows

  • Keep pressing F8 button from the beginning of the boot

  • This will open Advanced Boot Option menu

  • In the menu choose Safe Mode with Networking (use arrows on the keyboard to navigate)

  • Wait until Windows loads

  • Download WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool scan and remove found threats.

  • Restart Windows in Normal Mode


Information provided by: Aleksei Abalmasov

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