How to remove SearchGuard

Friday, November 19th, 2010 at 3:07 am
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SearchGuard description

SearchGuard is a typical rogue anti-spyware. It is not able to protect a computer because the program itself is malicious.

Search Guard is distributed on fraudulent websites and it may be installed secretly via system’s vulnerabilities. When Search Guard infects a computer, it changes Windows registry to run the malware every time the computer is turned on. SearchGuard brings tons of annoying pop-ups that are disguised to look like security warnings. The fraud is also able to imitate a computer scan. Do not trust notifications delivered by SearchGuard! All the warnings are fabricated and they are only meant to trick people into buying the fake program. Avid the scam and remove it right after you notice its presence on your PC.

SearchGuard is a Rogue Antispyware software

How to manually remove SearchGuard

To remove SearchGuard spyware you must block SearchGuard sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other SearchGuard files and registry utility. Follow the SearchGuard detection and removal instructions below.

The most typical software removal method is to remove SearchGuard by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden SearchGuard files, running processes and registries in your computer, so SearchGuard may recreate all other files after reboot.

SearchGuard manual removal instructions

Stop and remove SearchGuard processes:
searchguardu.exe
searchguardbk.exe
searchguard[1].exe
uninst_searchguard[1].exe
searchguardu[1].exe
searchguardbk[1].exe
uninst_searchguard.exe
searchguard.exe
Read more how to kill SearchGuard processes

Locate and delete SearchGuard registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\searchguard_searchguard
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\searchguard
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\searchguard
Read more how to delete SearchGuard registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by SearchGuard

Detect and delete other SearchGuard files:
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Desktop\searchguardsetup.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\uninst_searchguard.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\18GY3K5D\searchguardbk[1].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\18GY3K5D\searchguardu[1].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\ISF6HJK1\uninst_searchguard[1].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\VAD23EEL\searchguard[1].exe
C:\Program Files\searchguard\searchguardbk.exe
C:\Program Files\searchguard
C:\Program Files\searchguard\searchguard.exe
C:\Program Files\searchguard\searchguardd.dll
C:\Program Files\searchguard\searchguarddata
C:\Program Files\searchguard\searchguardu.exe

We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track SearchGuard and automaticaly remove SearchGuard processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.

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