Manual Removal Guide for Fraud.Sysguard

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.Sysguard" 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:

Fraud.Sysguard is a fake security software that gets installed in the background by trojan horses like Virtumonde.

Removal Instructions:

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "LowRiskFileTypes" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\sysguard.exe".

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.