The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.CoreGuardAntivirus2009" 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:
Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
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!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
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.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site.
Threat Details:
Categories:
- malware
Fraud.CoreGuardAntivirus2009 claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries in order to frighten the user and makes him buy a license to get the issue fixed.
Removal Instructions:Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
- Quicklaunch symbols named "Coreguard 2009.lnk" and pointing to "".
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
- Entries named "Coreguard Antivirus 2009" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Coreguard 2009.exe".
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Coreguard 2009.lnk".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\blacklist.cga".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\core.cga".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\CoreExt.dll".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\firewall.dll".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\buttons\offline.gif".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\buttons\online.gif".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\buttons\voice.gif".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\delete.png".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\info.png".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\plus_circle.png".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\tick.png".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\warn.png".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\reg.html".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\support.png".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\unreg.html".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Uninstall.exe".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Coreguard 2009.lnk".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Uninstall Coreguard Antivirus 2009.lnk".
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images\buttons".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help\images".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009\Help".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Coreguard Antivirus 2009".
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 "CoreGuard" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
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.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.