Guard Online

What is Guard Online?

Guard Online is a fake computer scanner. This bogus program is derived from the same family of misleading applications as AV Guard Online, OpenCloud Security, OpenCloud Antivirus, and many others. Like previous versions, Guard Online attempts to trick computer users into purchasing a non existent full version to remove fake computer threats.

Internet criminals employ various devious methods to propagate bogus scanners such as Guard Online, often using misleading websites to exploit security vulnerabilities in users' computers, in order to install fake computer software.

When your PC is infected with Guard Online, various security warning messages are displayed on your desktop. Furthermore, Guard Online starts automatically each time you boot your operating system, and once the rogue scanner initializes, it mimics the scanning of your computer for security threats.

The fake scan reports the 'detection' of various spyware, malware, and other threats on your computer. If you click 'Remove threats' in the main window of Guard Online, you are redirected to a website where you will be asked to purchase a license for this program in order to remove the supposed security issues.

Do not buy Guard Online - it is a scam. If you have already bought the license for Guard Online, contact your credit card company and dispute the charges, explaining that you have been tricked into purchasing a fake computer security program. This program merely imitates the functions of legitimate security programs, and therefore, you should remove it from your PC as soon as possible.

The following fake warning messages will be displayed on a computer infected with Guard Online:

"Windows Security Alert. To help protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program. Do you want to keep blocking this program? Name: Zeus Trojan Publisher: Unauthorized."

"Security Warning. There are critical system files on your computer that were modified by malicious software. It may cause permanent data loss. Click here to remove malicious software."

"Security Warning. Malicious programs that may steal your private information and prevent your system from working properly are detected on your computer. Click here to clean your PC immediately.

"Security Warning. Your computer continues to be infected with harmful viruses. In order to prevent permanent loss of your information and credit card data theft, please activate your antivirus software. Click here to enable protection."

These security pop-ups are fake. If your computer is infected with Guard Online, you should remove it immediately.

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Quick menu:

• What is Guard Online?
• STEP 1. Remove Guard Online using a registration key.
• STEP 2. Remove Guard Online using Safe Mode with Networking.

Guard Online virus removal:

Before starting the removal process, download and scan your computer with Kaspersky's TDSS Killer. Download TDSS Killer. (Guard Online infects your computer along with a rootkit infection - for smooth removal, you need to remove this rootkit infection first).

Step 1
Enter any one of these Guard Online activation keys in the registration window. Click the 'Activate' button, located at the left corner of the main program window and paste only one of these keys (each key is on a separate line):

1148762586
1171249582
2294654156
2343258649
2961332892
3541567625
8196345414
8196375436
9972439689

When the registration key is entered, Guard Online will behave as if you have purchased it and will cease generating fake warnings. It will also enable some previously disabled Windows features. Note that registering this program will not remove it from your PC. It will simply disable the fake warnings.

Step 2
This infection is known to modify your proxy settings. It intercepts your connection to the Internet and you may be unable to access some Internet resources. To fix this, download and run the proxy removal tool. This tool runs automatically, just double click it and it will do the job. The download link is below:

After fixing the proxy settings, you will now be able to download the spyware remover

Step 3
Download, install and run the spyware removal tool. It will scan your PC for malware infections.

If you cannot download or run the spyware remover, try running the registry fix (link below). It enables execution of programs. Download the registryfix.reg file, double click it, click YES, and then OK.

If installation fails, you can try downloading the customized installer developed by our technicians to bypass Guard Online spyware infection. Your browser may report that this file is unsafe. Please ignore these warnings. Download customized installer

Guard Online virus removal instructions (on infected computer):

1. Start your computer in Safe Mode. Click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press the F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see the Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe Mode with Networking from the list.

Here is a video demonstrating how to start Windows in "Safe Mode with Networking":

Windows XP users:

Windows Vista / 7 users:

Windows 8 users:

2. Open Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select "Connections".

 

 

3.Click LAN settings, if 'Use a proxy server for your LAN' is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

 

 

 

 

 4. Download HijackThis and save it to your desktop. Some malicious programs are able to block HijackThis, so when you click the download link, in the Save dialog, rename HijackThis.exe to iexplore.exe and only then click the Save button. After saving the file to your desktop, double click it.

In the main HijackThis window click the “Do a system scan only” button. Select the following entry (place a tick at the left of the entry):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ""

After selecting the required entry, click "Fix Checked". After this procedure you can close HijackThis and proceed to the next removal step.

5. Download legitimate anti-spyware software to fully remove Guard Online from your computer.

Summary:

The fake antivirus programs (also known as "rogue antivirus programs" or "scareware") are applications that tries to lure computer users into paying for their non-existent full versions to remove the supposedly detected security infections (although the computer is actually clean). These bogus programs are created by cyber criminals who design them to look as legitimate antivirus software. Most commonly rogue antivirus programs infiltrate user's computer using poop-up windows or alerts which appear when users surf the Internet. These deceptive messages trick users into downloading a rogue antivirus program on their computers. Other known tactics used to spread scareware include exploit kits, infected email messages, online ad networks, drive-by downloads, or even direct calls to user's offering free support.

A computer that is infected with a fake antivirus program might also have other malware installed on it as rogue antivirus programs often are bundled with Trojans and exploit kits. Noteworthy that additional malware that infiltrates user's operating system remains on victim's computer regardless of whether a payment for a non-existent full version of a fake antivirus program is made. Here are some examples of fake security warning messages that are used in fake antivirus distribution:

Computer users who are dealing with a rogue security software shouldn't buy it's full version. By paying for a license key of a fake antivirus program users would send their money and banking information to cyber criminals. Users who have already entered their credit card number (or other sensitive information) when asked by such bogus software should inform their credit card company that they have been tricked into buying a rogue security software. Screenshot of a web page used to lure computer users into paying for a non-existent full version of guard online rogue and other rogue antivirus programs:

To protect your computer from guard online rogue and other rogue antivirus programs users should:

• Keep their operating system and all of the installed programs up-to-date.
• Use legitimate antivirus and anti-spyware programs.
• Use caution when clicking on links in social networking websites and email messages.
• Don't trust online pop-up messages which state that your computer is infected and offers you to download security software.

Symptoms indicating that your operating system is infected with a fake antivirus program:

• Intrusive security warning pop-up messages.
• Alerts asking to upgrade to a paid version of a program to remove the supposedly detected malware.
• Slow computer performance.
• Disabled Windows updates.
• Blocked Task Manager.
• Blocked Internet browsers or inability to visit legitimate antivirus vendor websites.

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