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TrustyHound malware description and removal detail
Categories:Spyware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\CardFountain Greetings.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Free Stuff Directory.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\FunFlirts Online Dating.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\TrustyHound Image Search.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\TrustyHound Web Search.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\cardfountain.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\cardfountain.ico
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\free-stuff-directory.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\free-stuff-directory.ico
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\funflirts.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\funflirts.ico
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\image-search.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\image-search.ico
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\TrustyHound-TS.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\unins000.dat
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\unins000.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\web-search.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\web-search.ico
[%STARTMENU%]\CardFountain Greetings.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Free Stuff Directory.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\FunFlirts Online Dating.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\TrustyHound Image Search.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\TrustyHound Web Search.lnk

In order to ensure that the TrustyHound is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the TrustyHound adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\TrustyHound-TS.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\unins000.exe

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting TrustyHound:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\CardFountain Greetings.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Free Stuff Directory.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\FunFlirts Online Dating.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\TrustyHound Image Search.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\TrustyHound Web Search.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\cardfountain.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\cardfountain.ico
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\free-stuff-directory.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\free-stuff-directory.ico
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\funflirts.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\funflirts.ico
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\image-search.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\image-search.ico
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\TrustyHound-TS.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\unins000.dat
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\unins000.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\web-search.html
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TS\web-search.ico
[%STARTMENU%]\CardFountain Greetings.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Free Stuff Directory.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\FunFlirts Online Dating.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\TrustyHound Image Search.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\TrustyHound Web Search.lnk

Folders:
[%PROGRAMS%]\TrustyHound-TS
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustyHound-TB

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Removing TrustyHound:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from TrustyHound.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer,you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove TrustyHound manually.

To completely manually remove TrustyHound malware from your computer,you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and foldersassociated with TrustyHound.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the TrustyHound process.
2. Delete the original TrustyHound file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users
back up any important information on their computers,
enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers,
refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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