WinHound
WinHound review
WinHound does not produce false positives, provides updates and indeed finds well-known and widely spread spyware and adware parasites. Nevertheless, we DO NOT recommend purchasing and using this product.
The program is being promoted through aggressive and deceptive advertisements. Some insecure web sites and certain parasites illegally install WinHound to numerous computers without user knowledge and explicit consent by exploiting certain system vulnerabilities. Furthermore, WinHound is dropped by several hijackers and trojans that change the web browser's default settings, redirect the user to undesirable web sites and continuously serve unsolicited commercial advertisements and pop-ups. Although we are not sure who actually is responsible for such WinHound distribution and installation methods, we surmise that the application's vendor or its affiliates are trying to promote and sell the product that way.
It seems that WinHound uses components of PSGuard, another infamous corrupt spyware remover. Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta1 and some other reliable tools detect files installed by WinHound as PSGuard objects. See a screenshot provided below.
Free version of WinHound refuses to remove any parasites it finds. It asks to register and purchase the full product. The program is prone to mislead the user. Even if it did not detect any malware, it still displays a warning message saying that "This computer is infected with malicious ware, and your system security is at serious risk." See another screenshot.
Domains associated with WinHound are winhound.com and innovagest2000.com.
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The program misleads the user
WinHound spyware remover was carefully tested by 2-spyware.com research center. The review is the result of our test. If you know additional information about WinHound spyware remover or information given on the page seems inacurate please
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Information added: 02/12/05
Information updated: 27/12/05
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