What is puinsd.dll?

puinsd.dll is usually located in the 'c:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

27 of the 43 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the puinsd.dll file. That's a 63% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/Agent.22528.XP
AntiVir	TR/Proxy.Agent.ctl
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Avast5	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Crypt.WYT
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.4378336
CAT-QuickHeal	TrojanProxy.Agent.ctl
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb	Trojan.Proxy.15426
Emsisoft	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot!IK
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.4378336
GData	Trojan.Generic.4378336
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot
Kaspersky	Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Agent.ctl
McAfee	Generic.dx!waf
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic.dx!waf
NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.FBY
Norman	W32/Obfuscated.DK!genr
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.4378336
Panda	Trj/CI.A
PCTools	Trojan.Gen
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R26C3F2
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R26C3F2
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.TDSS
VIPRE	Packed.Win32.Zbot.MVR (v)
VirusBuster	Trojan.PR.Agent!BOruxAjZRhA

puinsd.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove puinsd.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the puinsd.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that puinsd.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 puinsd.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the puinsd.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 puinsd.dll in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\WINDOWS\system32\puinsd.dll

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

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If puinsd.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If puinsd.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If puinsd.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 puinsd.dll no longer appear in the scan result.

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