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Characteristics

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This is not a virus or trojan.  The WareOut product is a spyware/adware scanner that is used to scan the local computer. 

Installation

Upon execution, the application installs itself into the WareOut directory under the Program Files.

For example:

c:\Program Files\WareOut

The following Registry key(s) is/are added to hook system startup:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "WareOut" = "WareOut.exe"
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Urls "http://69.50.161.11/woinst.exe"
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
  \Uninstall\WareOut "DisplayName" = "WareOut"
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
  \Uninstall\WareOut "UninstallString" = "uninstall.exe"

The following files is/are installed:

• uninstall.exe (33,155 bytes)
• WareOut.exe (403,456 bytes)
• wareout.ico (4,286 bytes)
• WareOutUpdate.exe (416,256 bytes)
• warez.dat (10,381 bytes)wocount.exe (6,176 bytes)
• wover.dat (8 bytes)
• wotmp11.tmp (0 byte)
• sprmover.exe (3,201 bytes)
• woinst.exe (648,357 bytes)
• wosys32.dll (9,216 bytes)

The following icon is placed on the user's desktop:

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

N/A