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HardDriveGuard

Posted: February 24, 2008

HardDriveGuard is a delusory anti-spyware application. HardDriveGuard is commonly brought onto your system by various Trojans, or bogus advertising. As soon as HardDriveGuard is installed, it will display large amounts of fake virus threat messages and try to trick you into buying the full version of the corrupt program, giving fake promises that it will sweep all of the parasites found in your system. HardDriveGuard is a scam and should not be trusted. Immediate removal of HardDriveGuard is strongly recommended.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 harddriveguard.exe
    2 strpmon.exe
    3 sysrep.exe
    4 transpaid.exe
    5 ucookw.exe
    6 ugescw.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguardHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard acHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard cookieurlHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard countryidHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard customeridHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard diskproblemscountHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard firstlaunchHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard firstlaunchtimeHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard hardwareidHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard id1HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard id2HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard id3HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard landingcreativeidHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard languageidHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard lastnumberoferrorsHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard lastscannameHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard lastsevereerrorsHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard osproblemscountHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard paidurlHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard purchaseurlHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard schupdateenabledHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard schupdatelasttimeHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard schupdatenexttimeHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard schupdatestartupdelayHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard softwareversionHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard specialbuildidHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard supporturlHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\harddriveguard updateurlHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\harddriveguard abbrHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\harddriveguard eulauges_0001_n122m2610HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\harddriveguard installpathHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run harddriveguardHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}ges_is1 displayiconges_is1 displaynameges_is1 helplinkges_is1 inno setup: app pathges_is1 inno setup: deselected tasksges_is1 inno setup: icon groupges_is1 inno setup: selected tasksges_is1 inno setup: setup versionges_is1 inno setup: userges_is1 installdateges_is1 installlocationges_is1 nomodifyges_is1 norepairges_is1 publisherges_is1 quietuninstallstringges_is1 uninstallstringges_is1 urlinfoaboutges_is1 urlupdateinfo
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