WinHound Removal
Instructions
WinHound silently installs itself to
infected vulnerable computers. It can also be dropped by some parasites.
WinHound installs several other
dangerous threats, changes the Internet Explorer default home page and the
desktop wallpaper once executed.
The new wallpaper warns the user that the system is
infected with spyware and asks to download and install WinHound, which is a
corrupt illegally distributed anti-spyware program.
Run Msconfig.
Disable all Startup Items Except Antivirus Programs and
Reboot the System.
Run CCleaner
to Remove all The Crap Files from the System.
Uninstall WinHound Spyware Remover from ADD
or REMOVE Programs.
Run smitRem.
When
the tool starts you will see a series of screens with
information on them. Read each screen, and when you are
finished reading it, simply press any key on your
keyboard. After reading the various screens that appear,
the program will start the removal process.
If there is an uninstaller present for an infection
found by smitRem, it will start this uninstaller. Simply
click on the Uninstall
button and allow the uninstaller to finish. When it is
completed, it will close automatically and smitRem will
prompt you to continue. Now you should press any key to
continue.
When no more uninstallers can be found, the tool will
continue. Your desktop will disappear and you will start
seeing text scroll across the screen. This is normal and
nothing to be concerned about. When smitRem has finished
running it will automatically start the Disk Cleanup
program as shown by the image below.
Cancel the
Disk Cleanup Tool.
Now Run Registry Crawler
and Remove all WinHound entries from registry.
Delete the following
folder if they exist (Do not be concerned if they do not exist):
C:\Program Files\winhound\
Run Hijack This. Press
the
Scan button has started put a
checkmark next to each of these entries
if they are present and then click on
Fix Checked.
O4 - HKLM\..\Run:
[WinHound] C:\Program Files\WinHound\WinHound.exe
Finally RUN a SPYSWEEPER SCAN
after updating the definitions. Remove the left over spyware infections if any.