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How to Remove SafetyGuard Rogue Anti-Spyware?

SafetyGuard Information:

SafetyGuard (also referred as Safety Guard) is a rogue anti-spyware application from the same rogue family as System Armor and Trust Doctor. SafetyGuard usually enters into vulnerable computers via the help of Trojan.FakeSmoke virus without getting any permission. This Trojan is good at exploiting security vulnerabilities and software loopholes. Once it’s running, you will soon notice its existence in your PC. SafetyGuard first runs its fake scanner which pretends to check up your system and deliberately reports non-existing malware infections. Besides, SafetyGuard floods your desktop with numerous popup warnings stating that your PC is under severe attacks. SafetyGuard employs such deceitful tactics to mislead you think that your computer really has many dangerous items. Then, SafetyGuard will offer you removal solutions and ask you to first purchase its so-called full version. SafetyGuard is not designed to help you remove any virus but to rip you off. It’s advised that you follow the removal instruction below and remove SafetyGuard once it appears in your PC.

SafetyGuard Screenshot:

Manual Removal

Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing SafetyGuard Rogue Anti-Spyware. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.

Step 1: The registry entries you need to delete:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SafetyGuard

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SafetyGuard

Step 2: Files you need to delete:

%CommonDesktopDir%\SafetyGuard.lnk

%CommonPrograms%\SafetyGuard\1 SafetyGuard.lnk

%CommonPrograms%\SafetyGuard\2 Homepage.lnk

%CommonPrograms%\SafetyGuard\3 Uninstall.lnk

%ProgramFiles%\SafetyGuard Software\SafetyGuard\SafetyGuard.exe

%ProgramFiles%\SafetyGuard Software\SafetyGuard\uninstall.exe

Please, be aware that manual removal of SafetyGuard Rogue Anti-Spyware is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards.Moreover, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of SafetyGuard Rogue Anti-Spyware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

Automatic SafetyGuard Rogue Anti-Spyware Removal:

1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.

2. Download SafetyGuard Virus Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make SafetyGuard Virus Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that SafetyGuard Virus Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.

NOTE: If you have problem installing SafetyGuard Virus Remover, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.

3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let SafetyGuard Virus Remover delete all detected virus.

4. Download and install RegTweaker (RegTweaker review) to repair your corrupted registry.

Why should you need RegTweaker?

As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.

To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install RegTweaker.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.

After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!