The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.SystemGuardCenter" 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.SystemGuardCenter claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries in order to frighten the user to make him buy a license to get the issue fixed.
Removal Instructions:

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
  • Entries named "SystemGuardCenter" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter.exe".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
  • The file at "<$APPDATA>\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\SystemGuardCenter.lnk".
  • The file at "<$APPDATA>\SystemGuardCenter\Logs\scns.log".
  • The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\SystemGuardCenter\Bases\bbv.dat".
  • The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\SystemGuardCenter\Bases\Enemies.dat".
  • The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\SystemGuardCenter\Status.dat".
  • The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\System GuardCenter.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\SystemGuardCenter\Launch SystemGuardCenter Options.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\SystemGuardCenter\Launch SystemGuardCenter.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\SystemGuardCenter\Uninstall SystemGuardCenter.lnk".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\PP.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\SGCreminder.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\sinst.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter Options.ico".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter.ico".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter.xml".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter\unins.ico".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SystemGuardCenter 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!

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\SystemGuardCenter\Logs".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\SystemGuardCenter".
  • The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\SystemGuardCenter\Bases".
  • The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\SystemGuardCenter".
  • The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\SystemGuardCenter".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SystemGuardCenter".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SystemGuardCenter 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 "{A6FBD2E4-1C7E-4EAB-80DD-01DE2645566A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
  • Delete the registry key "{D4CDC21D-43BE-4101-A1EF-E379F134771E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "SystemGuardCenter" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
  • Delete the registry key "SystemGuardCenter" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
If Fraud.SystemGuardCenter uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

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.