What is Hallmark Card TSS?

Hallmark Card TSS is an adware that comes to your computer bundled with freeware’s downloaders and installers, without user consent. Hallmark Card TSS displays a message that your system is blocked or contaminated and should be urgently unlocked. For this purpose, it prompts the user to make a phone call technical support. This is a false technical support. The main aim of the developers of Hallmark Card TSS – to force the user to call on the phone and spend money, as a call to this number is charged. Hallmark Card TSS is advertising product. Also, Hallmark Card TSS may collect personal information and pass it on to third parties. If you find Hallmark Card TSS on your computer, then you need to remove it right away.

How Hallmark Card TSS gets on your PC?

Malicious software that is often among the potentially unwanted programs penetrates a computer with other free programs such as archivers, players, editors and so on. This happens without the user’s knowledge. The main reason for this – the user carelessness. Few people read the user agreement and other information during the installation. Sometimes ad sites create their download managers and hide therein potentially malicious software. If you want to prevent the infiltration of unwanted software, then you need to follow a few rules. Always read the user agreement. Select advanced type of installation and make sure that you aren’t offered to install something to supplement. Do not agree to install unfamiliar software. You can also use special programs that will help you to protect your PC. If your PC is already infected, then use our instructions to get rid of Hallmark Card TSS.

How to remove Hallmark Card TSS from your computer?

To uninstall Hallmark Card TSS remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Hallmark Card TSS in their database. You can try to use them for removing Hallmark Card TSS.

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You can try both of these products to remove Hallmark Card TSS

Or uninstall Hallmark Card TSS manually.

Step 1: Remove Hallmark Card TSS from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Hallmark Card TSS.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Hallmark Card TSS and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Hallmark Card TSS, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate Hallmark Card TSS and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove Hallmark Card TSS from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Hallmark Card TSS from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find Hallmark Card TSS.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose Hallmark Card TSS.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Hallmark Card TSS.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Remove following files and folders of Hallmark Card TSS:

Remove following registry entries:

HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN|Windows Authorization

Remove following files:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\WinErr\WinErr.exe,
C:\Users\{username}\Desktop\Card.exe

Remove following folders

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\WinErr

Written by Rami Douafi