What is guishw.dll?

guishw.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected guishw.dll.

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VirusTotal report

27 of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the guishw.dll file. That's a 44% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Agent.CHDS
AhnLab-V3	Adware/Win32.Agent.C1952803
ALYac	Trojan.Agent.CHDS
Arcabit	Trojan.Agent.CHDS
AVG	Proxy.BUKC
Avira	TR/ATRAPS.Gen4
Baidu	Win32.Trojan-Proxy.Agent.h
BitDefender	Trojan.Agent.CHDS
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Emsisoft	Trojan.Agent.CHDS (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/TrojanProxy.Agent.OAX
F-Secure	Trojan.Agent.CHDS
GData	Trojan.Agent.CHDS
Invincea	worm.win32.gamarue.u
K7GW	Hacktool ( 655367771 )
McAfee	Trojan-FKTB!0F4269D0A111
McAfee-GW-Edition	Trojan-FKTB!0F4269D0A111
Microsoft	TrojanProxy:Win32/Tarayt!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Agent.CHDS
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.GenericKD.epdhif
nProtect	Trojan/W32.Agent.15360.VP
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM40.1.6BEF.Malware.Gen
Rising	Malware.Generic.2!tfe (thunder:2:eONVpsJKuKM)
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence

guishw.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove guishw.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the guishw.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that guishw.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate guishw.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the guishw.dll file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate guishw.dll in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\guishw.dll

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the guishw.dll file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If guishw.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If guishw.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If guishw.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that guishw.dll no longer appear in the scan result.

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