Security Guard 2012 Removal Guide

Security Guard 2012 is part of the so-called Rogue.WinAVPro family. It is a fake anti-virus application, which cannot remove any infections, but insists on being a legitimate program and prompts people to spend money on its bogus full version.

Security Guard 2012 uses a number of con strategies in order to convince users in its legitimacy. To start with, the rogue enters vulnerable machines with the help of Trojans that are laid in compromised websites. When it manages to sneak into the PC, Security Guard 2012 starts producing a variety of phony alerts and notifications, such as the ones below, in an attempt to scare the victim:

Windows Security Alert
To help protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program.
Do you want to keep blocking this program?
Name: Zeus Trojan
Publisher: Unauthorized

Warning! Infection found
Unauthorized sending E-MAIL with subject "RE:" to was CANCELLED.

Security Warning
Your computer continues to be infected with harmful viruses. In order to prevent permanent loss of your information and credit card data theft please activate your antivirus software. Click here to enable protection.

Security Warning
Malicious programs that may steal your private information and prevent your system from working properly are detected on your computer.
Click here to clean your PC immediately.

Security Warning
There are critical system files on your computer that were modified by malicious software.
It may cause permanent data loss.
Click here to remove malicious software.

Windows Security Center
Serious security vulnerabilities were detected on this computer. Your privacy and personal data may be unsafe. Do you want to protect your PC?

Provided that you notice these warnings on your computer, do not be scared – they are just a part of Security Guard 2012's fraud. What the rogue will also do is to perform a counterfeit scan of the system. The outcome of its scans is that a lot of viruses have been detected running lose in the computer. Do not trust the list of infections it produces, it is made-up. When the scans are over, the program always prompts the user to pay for its phony full version. To achieve its malignant plan, Security Guard 2012 is also capable of blocking other applications, claiming they have been infected:

Warning!
The file .exe is infected. Running of application is impossible.
Please activate your antivirus software.

The fake warnings will even appear when you try to browse the web, since the villain configures Windows to use a Proxy Server. With its help, Security Guard 2012 prevents you from viewing given websites and displays fake alerts.

To sum up, Security Guard 2012 is an extremely malicious application that is uncapable of removing viruses. All it does is to hamper your work on the PC and slow down its overall performance. Therefor, the wisest thing to do in case you spot this application operating on your computer is to eliminate it immediately with the help of a genuine AV tool.