How To: Remove AntiMalware Guard

Posted by Jamsi in Rogue AntiVirus Removal on August 7th, 2008 | 2 responses

If you’ve been unlucky to install AntiMalware Guard, then you might have some difficulty in removing it. AntiMalware Guard poses as a fake anti-spamware program and is designed to show FALSE spyware results. To kill and remove AntiMalware, you are going to do a little digging – so lets get started.

Kill the process

First of all, kill the executable which should show in your processes list as

“AntiMalwareGuard_Free[1].exe”.

Remove registry entries

Next, fire up regedit (Start>run>regedit) and proceed to delete the following keys/folders if they exist.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\AntiMalwareGuard

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\AntiMalwareGuard

Reboot

Reboot your computer and AntiMalware Guard should be gone!

However I cannot state this enough, you must install and have an up to date AntiVirus and AntiSpyware application to stop threats like this from entering your computer in the first place. I’ve reviewed popular antispyware products AdAlert and NoAdware here.

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2 Responses to “How To: Remove AntiMalware Guard”

  1. Anderson says:
    September 3, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    i just deleted the registry keys like u said and anti malware guard disapeared

    thx

  2. George says:
    September 4, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    Thanks for the advice! I installed adalert and it removed Antimalware guard from my computer! Thanks again!

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