Additional Guard

Alias: Additional Guard

Description: Additional Guard is rogue spyware removal program. It is a clone of such rogue anti-spyware as WinPC Defender, XP Police Antivirus, IE-Security and WinDefender 2009. It may be secretly installed onto your computer by a trojan or downloaded from one of many fraudulent Fake Scanner Sites. Once installed, Additional Guard "scans" you system and displays exaggerated / fake results. Additional Guard also displays annoying pop-up windows and system alerts stating that computer is infected or under attack. Additional Guard tries to scare the user and push it into purchasing of "full" version. It may slowdown computer performance, limit internet connection speed and even cause system crash.

Threat type:

Hijacker - A Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some unknown site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you from changing back your browser's settings. An infected browser usually operates much slower.

Ransomware - Ransomware is a software application that infects a computer and asks for money to have the infection removed.

Trojan - A Trojans or Trojan Horse is any programs that installs itself secretly, quite often with sinister intent. Once installed, the trojan author (hacker) can gain complete control of the infected PC. Trojans are usually designed to steal sensitive information and/or destroy the system. Trojans can be distributed as unsolicited email attachments, or bundled with freeware and shareware programs.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Additional Guard: Yes

Threat risk: Very High Risk

Extremely dangerous malware. Uses stealth installation, randomly named entries and has the capability to self update or resurrect after incomplete removal. Almost impossible to remove manually. Category mostly consists of trojans and spyware.

Symptoms:

Popup messages claiming that your computer is infected

Unsolicited installation of Additional Guard

Additional Guard is launched after system restart and stays resident in the background

Browser could be opening to about:blank

Additional Guard Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Additional Guard, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
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Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
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SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
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