Manual removal instructions for SpyGuard

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "SpyGuard" manually.
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Categories:

• malware

Description:

Dubious antispyware product. Generates false positives to make user buy the software

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 "SpyGuard.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard.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 "SpyGuard Monitor.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard_monitor.exe".
• Items named "SpyGuard.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard.exe".
• Items named "Uninstall.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\Uninstall.exe".
• Items named "SpyGuard Monitor.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard_monitor.exe".
• Items named "SpyGuard.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard.exe".
• Items named "Uninstall.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\Uninstall.exe".

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "The Spy Guard" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard.exe".
• Entries named "The Spy Guard" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard.exe".
• Entries named "The Spy Guard Monitor" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard_monitor.exe".
• Entries named "The Spy Guard" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard.exe".
• Entries named "The Spy Guard Monitor" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard_monitor.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 "The Spy Guard".

Files:

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

• A file with an unknown location named "SpyGuardInstaller.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "SpyGuardInstaller.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\spyguard_monitor.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\Uninstall.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\UnzDll.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\database.dat".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\scan.log".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpyGuard 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 "<$PROGRAMS>\SpyGuard".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\Quarantine".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuard\Scripts".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpyGuard 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!

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

• Delete the registry key "TheSpyGuard" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".

If SpyGuard uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.


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