How to remove Winiguard?

October 17th, 2008

What is Winiguard?

WiniGuard is a fake security tool distributed by Zlob trojan. If you see warnings loaded by Wini Guard program, you should be concerned about Zlob trojan on board you computer. Zlob may also download other malwares.

Winiguard is regular rogue anti-spyware. It displays many pop-ups and redirects web browser to Winiguard vendors’ website. Winiguard is advertised as magical spyware remover, but it is actually useless as a security tool. It isn’t able to do a thing mentioned in its description. It is capable of loading fabricated security reports and hijacking web browser and desktop. All these actions may lead people into purchasing Winiguard as it was anti-spyware; this is the reason why Wini Guard is dangerous. Do not spend your money for a scam like Winiguard. Not only the money will be gone, but also youronline banking account might be stolen.

Remove Winiguard without hesitation and block its homepage winiguard.com using your HOSTS file.

Winiguard is Extremely dangerous

Winiguard is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program

Winiguard may spread via Trojans

Winiguard may display fake security messages

Winiguard may install additional spyware to your computer

Winiguard may repair its files, spread or update by itself

Winiguard violates your privacy and compromises your security

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Manual Winiguard removal

Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Winiguard, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Stop these Winiguard processes:

WiniGuard.exe

Disable these Winiguard DLL files::

logaes.dll

Remove these Winiguard files:

%PROGRAM_FILES%\Innovagest 2000 SL\WiniGuard\logaes.dll
%PROGRAM_FILES%\Innovagest 2000 SL\WiniGuard\WiniGuard.exe
winiguard_installer.exe

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Winiguard is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only Winiguard can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads Winiguard trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, Winiguard offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, Winiguard does not only fix the errors, but it also takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.

Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Winiguard, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install Winiguard, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.

Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Winiguard, is nearly impossible to remove manually.

How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Rogue Anti-Spyware such as Winiguard?

Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Rogue Anti-Spyware parasite keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Rogue Anti-Spyware.

Changed or new icons: Sometimes, Rogue Anti-Spyware installs unwanted software to a victim’s PC without user’s knowledge and consent. This may lead to slower PC performance and stability, as well as more unwanted programs you can't remove.

Rogue Anti-Spyware