Manual Removal Guide for Trojan-Guarder

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Trojan-Guarder" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:

• malware

Description:

Trojan-Guarder claims to be an antivirus solution. If it is installed on the computer it detects some spywares even if the computer is a totally clean machine. If the user wants to fix these problems, he has to buy a licence.

Removal Instructions:

Desktop:

Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

• Shortcuts named "Trojan Guarder Gold Version.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\*.exe".

Start Menu:

Please remove the following items from your start menu.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

• Items named "Help.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Trojan Guarder Help.chm".
• Items named "Trojan Guarder Gold Version.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\*.exe".
• Items named "Uninstall.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\unins000.exe".
• Items named "Visit Our Site.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Visit Our Site.url".

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.

• Entries named "ComStart" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Trojan Guarder.exe".

Installed Software List:

You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.

• Products that have a key or property named "Trojan Guarder_is1".
• Products that have a key or property named "Trojan Guarder Gold Version_is1".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\hook.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Trojan Guarder Help.chm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\trojan.update".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\unins000.dat".
• A file with an unknown location named "Trojan_Guarder_Gld.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder\Help.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder\Trojan Guarder.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder\Uninstall.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder\Visit Our Site.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder\hook.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder\Products.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder\TG5.42.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder\Trojan Guarder Help.chm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder\Trojan Guarder.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder\trojan.update".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder\Visit Our Site.url".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONSTARTUP>\Trojan Guarder.lnk".
• The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Trojan Guarder.lnk".
• A file with an unknown location named "Trojan_Guarder.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Help.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Trojan Guarder Gold Version.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Uninstall.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Visit Our Site.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\hook.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Products.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Trojan Guarder Help.chm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Trojan Guarder.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\trojan.update".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version\Visit Our Site.url".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONSTARTUP>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version.lnk".
• The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version.lnk".
• A file with an unknown location named "Trojan_Guarder_Gld.exe".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Trojan-Guarder uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

• The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder".
• The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Trojan Guarder Gold Version".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Trojan-Guarder uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.