Security Guard 2012 Removal Process (remove SecurityGuard2012)

Protect Yourself from Security Guard 2012

- Remove rogue anti-spyware/anti-virus programs
- Prevent trojans, hijackers & other malware infections
- Use spyware helpdesk to resolve pesky malware

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Fake anti-spyware programs are lurking all over the Internet looking for potential victims that they could fool into buying their fake anti-spyware programs. As computer users, it is our best weapon to keep ourselves informed of these fake applications in order to keep ourselves protected from being victimized. This is why malware researchers are constantly on the lookout for these rogue anti-spyware applications in order to update us with the latest rogue anti-spyware programs that we must avoid. One of these rogue anti-spyware programs that was recently discovered to be another fake security application is known as Security Guard 2012.

The Mechanism of Security Guard 2012

As with any other rogue anti-spyware program, Security Guard 2012 installs itself without permission to the target computer without the permission of the user. The infection is brought about by a Trojan virus, which is acquired from security vulnerabilities from infected websites and unsafe downloads causing Security Guard 2012 to be installed on your computer. Once your computer reboots, the Security Guard 2012 rogue anti-spyware program automatically starts to do its dirty work by displaying its fake features such as system scans, privacy, firewall, and security. Security Guard 2012 would display fake notifications, pop-up alerts and warnings saying that your computer is infected with several viruses and other malware, but these must not be believed. All these are just tricks to fool the computer user into buying the full version of Security Guard 2012, which is claimed to be able to remove the detected infections.

PCHubs malware researchers have looked closely into this program and have concluded that Security Guard 2012 has no capability at all in detecting and removing any type of malware or virus infection. You should not purchase the full version of Security Guard 2012 as it has no differences from the trial version. Never divulge your credit card information to the Security Guard 2012 website unless you want to end up losing your money.

How to Protect Your Computer from Security Guard 2012

In order to be protected from having Security Guard 2012 or any other rogue anti-spyware program from getting installed to our computers without your permission, one of the most important features that you need to activate is setting the UAC to the highest level. UAC, or User Account Control, is a new feature in Windows Vista and Vista 7 operating systems which allow the user to select which programs will run or which will not run on the computer; this way, malware attempting to install itself on your computer will be detected and stopped before they succeed in doing their dirty work.

If Security Guard 2012 has already penetrated your computer, the best solution would be to remove it from your computer without delay. Installing a powerful and legitimate anti-spyware program on the infected computer would be needed in order to remove Security Guard 2012. The legitimate anti-spyware program must be updated with the latest signature databases and a complete system scan must be done while the infected computer is in Safe Mode in order to remove Security Guard 2012 from your computer completely.

Are you getting popups from Security Guard 2012? Have you identified that you have Security Guard 2012 installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Security Guard 2012 completely from your computer?

Why should you remove Security Guard 2012?

If Security Guard 2012 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 Security Guard 2012 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 Security Guard 2012 removal process.

How can you manually remove Security Guard 2012

Manual removal of Security Guard 2012 may not be for everyone. Each manual Security Guard 2012 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 Security Guard 2012 removal process.

Security Guard 2012 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 Security Guard 2012 in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Security Guard 2012, 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.

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Security Guard 2012. 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.

   Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process

   

9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with Security Guard 2012 from your computer.

   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 Security Guard 2012, 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 Security Guard 2012 by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Security Guard 2012 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 Security Guard 2012 completely from your computer. If you find that Security Guard 2012 is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Security Guard 2012 removal process.