Jan 30

How to Remove XP Guardian – XPGuardian Removal Guide

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XP Guardian Description:

XP Guardian (or XPGuardian) is very misleading and definitely not secure software. XP Guardian goes sneaky on its potential victims while trying to penetrate into their workstations. The entire activity of XP Guardian is all about the use of trojan viruses which can actually ‘pick up the keys’ and open up the doors to almost any Operating System through complicated vulnerabilities search tactics. As you must have figured out, XP Guardian doesn’t find it difficult to break inside your computer without even letting you know. But the worst part starts later when XP Guardian begins to pound you with dozens of its spoof alerts, exaggerated notifications jumping out of the system tray, and the constantly appearing scanners that try to make you sad about the poor security defense of your computer. XP Guardian claims to find PC threats inside your machine and then won’t fail to insist that you pay quite a few bucks to register its commercial software which is deemed as almost a universal PC remedy of a kind. Falling for XP Guardian tricks won’t get you too far: you will just waste your money and stay all alone with your computer trouble. The sole right way out is to conduct XP Guardian prompt removal using our guide below.

Find out if your PC is infected with XP Guardian:

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XP Guardian Screenshot:

XP Guardian

How to remove XP Guardian manually:

To perform manual removal of XP Guardian, you should do the following:

Delete XP Guardian corrupt files:

  • %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\av.exe
  • %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\WRblt8464P

Remove XP Guardian associated registry entries:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1″ %*
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1″ %*
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1″ %*
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1″ %*
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “firefox.exe”
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “firefox.exe” -safe-mode
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “iexplore.exe”
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “AntiVirusOverride” = “1″
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “FirewallOverride” = “1″

Please, note that manual removal of XP Guardian is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic XP Guardian removal tool below:

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