The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Silent Guard" 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:
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.
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site.
Threat Details:
Categories:
- keylogger
Website: http://www.adavi.com/
Product: http://www3.adavi.com/overview.cfm
Privacy: http://www.adavi.com/privacy.cfm
Removal Instructions:Product: http://www3.adavi.com/overview.cfm
Privacy: http://www.adavi.com/privacy.cfm
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.
- Groups named "Silent Guard".
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Imech.dll".
- The file at "<$SYSDIR>\ipopi.exe".
- The file at "<$SYSDIR>\IpServer.exe".
- The file at "<$SYSDIR>\.\sg.hlp".
- The file at "<$SYSDIR>\sgreadme.txt".
- The file at "<$SYSDIR>\SilentGuard.exe".
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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
- Delete the registry value "SilentGuard.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\".
- Delete the registry key "Silent Guard" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adavi\".
- References to the file "imech.dll" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\.
- References to the file "ipopi.exe" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\.
- References to the file "sgreadme.txt" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\.
- References to the file "System\sg.hlp" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\.
- References to the file "System32\sg.hlp" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\.
- References to the file "silent~1.exe" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
- Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.