Spyware Guard 2008 Removal Guide

If you are looking for trouble then you have most definitely found it with Spyware Guard 2008. This rogue antispyware application was designed by cyber criminals in order to fleece unsuspecting consumers out of their hard earned money. It may appear to be a legitimate security application, but the truth is that Spyware Guard 2008 only emulates the workings of a real security application. Spyware Guard 2008 does not own the ability to detect or remove any type of threat from the system, but is instead only interested in stealing its victim’s money.

Spyware Guard 2008 will make use of any trick to gain surreptitious access to the system. These tactics include bogus online malware scanners as well as seditious browser hijackers. Other infection tactics range from using infected online flash ads, to Spyware Guard 2008 bundling its Trojans and malware together with third party security downloads and updates.

The user will remain unaware of the presence of the rogue on the PC until it is too late. The first clue the user will have as to Spyware Guard 2008 being on the system will come from the rogue initiating a fake system scan each time the user logs on to Windows. This fake security scan will yield bogus results, and will be followed by various falsely generated security alerts. All of these falsely generated scans and alerts will inform the user that his system is being attacked, and that he should pay for Spyware Guard 2008 to protect the PC.

As a further attack Spyware Guard 2008 will block the user’s access to the Internet, as well as not allow him to launch any type of application on the system. This is done in an effort to further panic and frustrate the user, but also to prevent the user from running or downloading an application which may be able to detect and remove Spyware Guard 2008 from the system.

Other reported symptoms associated with the Spyware Guard 2008 infection range from randomly generated Desktop items, poor system performance and increased erratic system behavior. In order to regain control of your PC, destroy Spyware Guard 2008 with the help of a powerful security application.