Information about Vista Guardian
Vista Guardian is a rogue anti-spyware which was created after another program called XP Guardian. VistaGuardian similarly displays exaggerated scan results and alerts its victims about many infections “detected”. After announcing this totally invented information, program suggests buying the “full” licensed version of Vista Guardian which in reality is nothing else but just another scam.
Vista Guardian is usually promoted with a help of fake online scanners. These scanners just imitate to be working and after the scan is completed state that computer is badly infected. Downloading and installing the trial ware of Vista Guardian in order to remove infections and to protect computer is offered additionally. You must know that Vista Guardian will similarly perform a fake system scan after being installed into the system. After the scan, it will also display hundreds of infections found on your computer and then state that you should purchase its “commercial” program in order to fix everything. Bear in mind that all the infections reported by Vista Guardian don't even exist. Uninstall the trialware of this bogus software if you have been tricked by its online scanners and don’t pay for its “licensed” one.
Vista Guardian similarly to its initials floods the targeted system with various alerts stating that computer is infected with malware. This program hijacks both Internet Explorer and Firefox to make random messages appear on the desktop. These alerts report about insecure Internet activity when browsing the web and also offer purchasing VistaGuardian. Just like web browser attacks, these alerts are used only to convince you that your computer is infected with Trojans, worms and other viruses and you definitely need Vista Guardian. The worst thing is that this parasite blocks anti-virus and anti-spyware software, so in order to remove it you will have to use another PC for downloading the anti-spyware soft. Also, pay your attention to the removal guide written below and delete Vista Guardian.
Vista Guardian Facts
- Vista Guardian pretends to increase security of your PC
- Vista Guardian free version will show popups, alerts and fake results to convince you to pay
- Vista Guardian creators will not deliver license keys upon paying or the full version will not be functional
- Vista Guardian might be used to download and advertise other malicious software
- Vista Guardian might disable some of your PCs or its programs functions
Manual Vista Guardian removal instructions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "AntiVirusOverride" = "1"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "FirewallOverride" = "1"
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\WRblt8464P
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