Desktop.Scout Spyware

Desktop.Scout malware description and removal detail
Categories:Spyware,RAT,Hacker Tool
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]desktop scout client.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]desktop scout viewer.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutdesktop scout client.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutdesktop scout help.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutserver admin utility.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]secsvc.exe
[%SYSTEM%]svctask32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]svcuser.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32secsvc.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svctask32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svcuser.exe
[%DESKTOP%]desktop scout client.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]desktop scout viewer.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutdesktop scout client.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutdesktop scout help.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutserver admin utility.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]secsvc.exe
[%SYSTEM%]svctask32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]svcuser.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32secsvc.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svctask32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svcuser.exe

In order to ensure that the Desktop.Scout is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the Desktop.Scout adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
[%SYSTEM%]secsvc.exe
[%SYSTEM%]svcuser.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32secsvc.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svcuser.exe

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

Detecting Desktop.Scout:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]desktop scout client.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]desktop scout viewer.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutdesktop scout client.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutdesktop scout help.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutserver admin utility.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]secsvc.exe
[%SYSTEM%]svctask32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]svcuser.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32secsvc.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svctask32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svcuser.exe
[%DESKTOP%]desktop scout client.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]desktop scout viewer.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutdesktop scout client.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutdesktop scout help.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scoutserver admin utility.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]secsvc.exe
[%SYSTEM%]svctask32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]svcuser.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32secsvc.exe
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svctask32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]stem32svcuser.exe

Folders:
[%APPDATA%]DTSCache
[%PROFILE%]start menuprogramsdesktop scout
[%PROGRAMS%]desktop scout 4
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]desktop scout
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]dts4

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTdtskeyfile
HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwaremicrosoftgpdts4
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftgpdts4
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsystemcurrentcontrolsetservicesdtsagntsvc
HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwaremicrosoftgpdts3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstalldesktop scout 4_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstalldesktop scout_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsystemcurrentcontrolsetenumrootlegacy_dtsagntsvc

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftscout servicesecurity

Removing Desktop.Scout:

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

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 Desktop.Scout manually.

To completely manually remove Desktop.Scout malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with Desktop.Scout.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Desktop.Scout process.
2. Delete the original Desktop.Scout 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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