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Personal Guard 2009 Removal Guide and Information

Published by Scott on September 9, 2009 08:02 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Personal Guard 2009 is?

DESCRIPTION

Personal Guard 2009 is a fake anti-spyware program and application that is known to be advertised and sold on malicious sites. Personal Guard 2009 is usually said to be a security program that can scan your system to detect and remove spyware, malware threats and even viruses. Personal Guard 2009 is not able to perform any of those functions.

If installed, Personal Guard 2009 will attempt to scan your computer but all of the results have been confirmed by many computer researchers as being fabricated. Personal Guard 2009 is not a trusted program. You should never purchase the Personal Guard 2009 application under any circumstances.

In non-techie terms:
Like other rogue anti-spyware programs, Personal Guard 2009 uses deceiving tactics to extort money from unsuspecting computer users. Personal Guard 2009 will use fake popups, misleading alert messages and fake system scans to accomplish the task of forcing you into purchasing the fully licensed version of Personal Guard 2009. Do not fall for the deceptive tricks of Personal Guard 2009.

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Aliases: Personal Guard 2009, PersonalGuard 2009, PersonalGuard2009.

Personal Guard 2009 Removal Guide and Information Automatic Removal Instructions

Personal Guard 2009 Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Personal Guard 2009 manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Personal Guard 2009 will be removed completely. So read the Personal Guard 2009 removal steps carefully and good luck.

Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.

Uninstall Personal Guard 2009 Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Personal Guard 2009 if found.
To stop Personal Guard 2009 processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these Personal Guard 2009 processes:
personalguard.exe
Personal Guard 2009.lnk
PersonalGuard2009[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Personal Guard 2009 DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Personal Guard 2009 DLLs:
lan.dll

To locate the Personal Guard 2009 DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Personal Guard 2009 and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Personal Guard 2009 DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister).
To unregister Personal Guard 2009 registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these Personal Guard 2009 registry keys:
Personal Guard 2009 personalguard
If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
Remove Personal Guard 2009 Directories.
To find Personal Guard 2009 directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Personal Guard 2009 directories:
There are no directories.

Right-click on the Personal Guard 2009 folder and select Delete.
A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Personal Guard 2009 and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Personal Guard 2009 could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes.
To remove Personal Guard 2009 icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the Personal Guard 2009 manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Personal Guard 2009 problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.

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