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How to remove PrivacyGuard 2010 rogue anti-spyware

Malware Description:
PrivacyGuard 2010 (alias: Privacy Guard 2010) is a tool used by the Internet con men to not only get on your nerves but to earn some easy money. If you have been surfing the web lately and downloading stuff from sites, chances are you caught the trojan horse that distributes the PrivacyGuard 2010 malady. This is the backdoor infiltration method employed by most of the known rogue AV applications. The first few things PrivacyGuard 2010 will do after intruding are Registry modifications, adding bad files and hijacking the web browser. Although the above things may sound somewhat abstract at first sight, we assure you some apparent outcomes will shortly let you know your system has been compromised. . PrivacyGuard 2010 will definitely begin warning you that you have signs of unsafe activity on your workstation. For instance, it will run alleged scanners telling you that you got a certain number of viruses as well as system and Registry errors. By doing so, PrivacyGuard 2010 attempts to deceive you and eventually lure you into buying its license. According to the dishonest ads, registering PrivacyGuard 2010 will by all means help you get your computer working normally and without malicious software on it. This is such hypocrisy though. Just imagine a doctor deliberately telling you that you got many illnesses and asking you to pay for getting a cure. PrivacyGuard 2010 is this impostor medical person extrapolated on to the cyber reality. So it’s compulsory to get rid of PrivacyGuard 2010 completely if you want to keep your money on your credit card and retain your PC’s health. Please review our cleaning tutorial to uninstall PrivacyGuard 2010 painlessly for your computer.

Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: Critical

Advice: Immediately remove and scan for additional malware

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How to remove PrivacyGuard 2010 manually:
Manual removal of PrivacyGuard 2010 is a feasible objective if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\PrivacyGuard 2010.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\PrivacyGuard 2010\
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\PrivacyGuard 2010\PrivacyGuard 2010.lnk
• %Program Files%\PC\
• %Program Files%\PC\PrivacyGuard 2010\
• %Program Files%\PC\PrivacyGuard 2010\1.ico
• %Program Files%\PC\PrivacyGuard 2010\PrivacyGuard2010.exe
• %WINDOWS%\Tasks\At1.job

The registry entries that need to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PC\PrivacyGuard 2010
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Protection
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Protect”

Please, be aware that manual removal of PrivacyGuard 2010 is a cumbersome process and does not always ensure complete deletion of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal PrivacyGuard 2010, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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