Personal Guard 2009 Removal Process (remove PersonalGuard2009)

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Personal Guard 2009

Personal Guard 2009 is a fictitious security tool. Personal Guard 2009 uses many deceiving methods to force you into purchasing the full Personal Guard 2009 application. You may think that your computer is infected with several parasites if Personal Guard 2009 has attempted to scan your computer. Little do many computer users know, the scan results that come from Personal Guard 2009 are bogus. This tactic is used to make you think that you must purchase Personal Guard 2009 to remove the threats but it is only a ploy to extort money from you.

Are you getting popups from Personal Guard 2009? Have you identified that you have Personal Guard 2009 installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Personal Guard 2009 completely from your computer?

Why should you remove Personal Guard 2009?

If Personal Guard 2009 resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that Personal Guard 2009 may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking Personal Guard 2009 removal process.

How can you manually remove Personal Guard 2009

Manual removal of Personal Guard 2009 may not be for everyone. Each manual Personal Guard 2009 removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic Personal Guard 2009 removal process.

Personal Guard 2009 can be removed manually by following the steps below.

1. With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
3. Locate Personal Guard 2009 in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Personal Guard 2009, you can continue to step 5.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
6. Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
7. Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "personalguard"

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal Guard 2009

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Personal Guard 2009

   Personal Guard 2009

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Personal Guard 2009. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

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9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with Personal Guard 2009 from your computer.

   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Guard 2009

   c:\Program Files\Personal Guard 2009

   c:\Program Files\Personal Guard 2009\quarantine

   Personal Guard 2009.lnk

   personalguard

   personalguard.exe

   PersonalGuard2009[1].exe

   If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

   If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with Personal Guard 2009, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

   Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"

   

10. After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with Personal Guard 2009 by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Personal Guard 2009 folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.

11. Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed Personal Guard 2009 completely from your computer. If you find that Personal Guard 2009 is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Personal Guard 2009 removal process.