HIDEOUT

// for Windows

See what's hiding.
Follow the money.

Hideout finds malware that antivirus can miss. If you've been scammed, it shows what's still charging you, what to tell your bank, and writes the letters for you to send.

See the code on GitHub Windows download — coming soon

The download arrives once the app is code-signed, so Windows can check who made it.

Why it exists

For months, on a real PC with its antivirus switched on and up to date, a program sat set to start at every sign-in. It was signed by a real software company, so it looked safe. Next to it were planted files: one changed after signing, three unsigned, and hidden payloads dressed up as sound files. Nothing flagged it. Hideout did, on its first scan — and flagged nothing else among 465 things set to start by themselves.

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1 threat found

Something set to start by itself matches how malware hides.

VendorUpdate.exeThreat
Scheduled task · runs at every sign-in · arrived 4 months ago
Tampered fileUnsigned files beside a signed programMaker has nothing installed hereMachine-made folder nameHidden payload files
C:\ProgramData\kLmQzRtPx8\VendorUpdate.exe

Your PC

  • Quick scan — everything set to start by itself, checked for the trick malware uses most: a trusted, signed program with planted files beside it.
  • Deep check — 16 areas: tasks, services, drivers, security settings, network connections, browser extensions and more.
  • Only looks. It never deletes, moves, disables or uploads anything. Clean-up goes through Windows Security, step by step.
  • Not checked is never shown as clean. If something can't be checked, Hideout says so.

What Hideout promises

It only looks

No deleting, moving, disabling or uploading. It can't change your PC, and neither can the guide.

Hands off your accounts

It never asks for passwords, never logs in anywhere, never cancels or sends anything for you.

Memory locked to your PC

Your case file and statements are stored encrypted, with a key sealed by your PC's security chip. Nothing is uploaded to be stored.

The guide sees less than you do

When you ask the guide, it gets a summary with your name, account numbers and PC name removed — and nothing else from your PC.

One door out

The app can reach exactly one address on the internet: the guide's service. Everything else is refused.

Open to check

The code is public. Anyone can read what it does — and what it doesn't.

Refund odds and "tell your bank by" dates are general information, not legal or financial advice. Your bank's own terms decide. Hideout isn't affiliated with any bank or company it lists.