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


Description:
SpyGuarder claims to be an antispyware solution that shows harmless entries as high risk problems. If the user wants to fix these false positives he has to purchase a license. SpyGuarder is in close relation to other rogue antispyware software detected as Vario.Antivirus.
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 "SpyGuarder.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\SpyGuarder.exe".
  • Shortcuts named "SpyGuarder.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\*.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 "Purchase License.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\Buy.url".
  • Items named "Start SpyGuarder.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\SpyGuarder.exe".
  • Items named "Start SpyGuarder.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\*.exe".
  • Items named "Support Page.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\Help.url".



Autorun:

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

  • Entries named "SpyGuarder" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\SpyGuarder.exe".
  • Entries named "SpyGuarder" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\*.exe".



Files:

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

  • The file at "<$APPDATA>\SpyGuarder\SpyGuarder.ini".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\Buy.url".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\Help.url".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\HowToBuy.txt".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\License.txt".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\redir.dll".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\SpyGuarder.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder\Uninstall.exe".
  • The file at "<$APPDATA>\spyguarder.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "spyguarder_install.exe".


Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpyGuarder 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 "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\SpyGuarder".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\SpyGuarder".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyGuarder".


Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpyGuarder 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 "{784CE1EA-4109-4D9E-BAD0-6E022808EEAE}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{784CE1EA-4109-4D9E-BAD0-6E022808EEAE}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".


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


If you have any further questions, please ask in our forum.