Dr.Guard
Dr.Guard Description
Dr. Guard is a rogue antispyware program which is actually the updated version of Paladin Antivirus. The bogus program is installed by Trojans. When the Trojan is set up, it will download and install Dr. Guard onto a victim’s computer without the user’s authorization and awareness. Dr. Guard will set itself to run automatically when Windows loads and it will ask the targeted user to uninstall legitimate antispyware tools in order to protect itself from removal.
Aliases
Trojan/Kryptik.gen [TheHacker]Artemis!10FFA2087496 [McAfee+Artemis]Gen:Trojan.Heur.GM.8000410220 [BitDefender]Mal_Xed-22 [TrendMicro]Suspicious.Insight [Symantec]Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra [Sunbelt]Sus/UnkPacker [Sophos]Low Risk Adware [Prevx]Suspicious file [Panda]a variant of Win32/Kryptik.CXQ [NOD32]
More aliases (14)
Dr.Guard Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)
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What happens if Dr.Guard does not let you open SpyHunter or blocks the Internet?
Technical Details
Visual & GUI Characteristics
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read
the tutorials on how to find malware,
kill unwanted processes,
remove malicious DLLs and
delete other harmful files. Always be
sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
- The following files were created in the system:
# File Name Detection Count 1 %ProgramFiles%\Dr. Guard 621 2 malware.exe 555 3 Dr. Guard Support.lnk 475 4 Dr. Guard.lnk 468 5 drghook.dll 337 6 %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Dr. Guard 234 7 drguard.exe 7
Registry Modifications
Tutorial: To edit and delete registry entries manually, read the tutorial on
how to remove malicious registry entries.
Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.
Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.
- The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}Dr. GuardHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Dr. Guard
Additional Information
- The following messages's were detected:
# Message 1 Defenseless OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Description: Spyware. Blocks access to computer. Attacks porn sites visitors.
Protection: Click the balloon to install antivirus software.2 There are some serious security threats detected on your computer: viruses, trojans, keyloggers, exploits etc.
Your computer and all your personal data are in serious danger.
Protection: Click the balloon to install antivirus software.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | By SpywareRemove
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Detection Count: 145
I HAVE DR. GUARD INSTALLED IN MY COMPUTER ON 13TH OF MAR 2010..
SINCE THEN IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROBLEMS I AM FACING THESE PROBLEMS AS WELL…
1. WINDOWS DEFENDER DOES NOT OPEN, EVERY TIME I TRY TO OPEN IT.. WINDOWS AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS DOWN.
2. CANNOT OPEN THIS PAGE FROM MY COMPUTER.. I AM UNABLE TO INSTALL/DOWNLOAD ANY ANTI-VIRUS/ANTI MALWARE/ANTI SPYWARE PROGRAMMES.
3. MY CURRENT ANTI VIRUS (AVG 8.5) HAS BEEN CORRUPTED AND DOES NOT SCAN MY COMPUTER.
4. SYSTEM SECUITY SETTINGS HAVE BEEN COMPROMISE, HENCE SITES CONTAINING DANGEROUS VIRUSES KEEP POPPING UP. I KNOW THIS COS I CHECKED SOME OF THE WEBSITES AND THEY WERE DEEMED TO BE DANGEROUS.
CAN U PLEASE EMAIL ME A SOLUTION ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED EMAIL ADDRESS. EAGERLY AWAITING UR REPLY.
THANK YOU.
I think my system might be infected with the Dr. Guard trojan, but am not sure. I am not that computer savvy, so please help!
I am afraid that the trojan downloaded and installed itself like you mentioned above, so I took the steps to investigate by going through the Task Manager. None of the extensions appeared in the processes, so does that mean I am safe? I also scanned my computer twice looking for files or filenames and found nothing
I found nothing in the task manager that looked like this:
%UserProfile%\\\\LOCALS~1\\\\Temp\\\\asr64_ldm.exe
C:\\\\Program Files\\\\DrGuard\\\\uninstall.exe
C:\\\\Program Files\\\\DrGuard\\\\drguard.exe
so does that mean I\\\’m ok?
If my computer is in fact infected, I certainly don\’t want to purchase software over the web for fear of my # getting stolen.
Please advise! Thanks!
What makes me wonder, since my computer just yesterday was infected by Dr. Guard. I didnt click on any links or didnt go into websites i normally dont go into. Is that my husband can not access the task manager. So what should he do?