MyInfoGuard
MyInfoGuard is a fake security application that uses scare tactics to trick users into purchasing it. MyInfoGuard can surreptitiously enter a PC via a Trojan and display bogus scan reports, security alerts and pop-ups all claiming that the system is infected. Then MyInfoGuard will prompt the user to purchase it non-existent full version in order to remove all the purportedly detected computer infections. Do not waste your money on MyInfoGuard it is a useless application that should be removed upon detection.
File System Details
MyInfoGuard may create the following file(s):
| # | File Name |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|
| 1. | C:\Program Files\MyInfoGuard\sqlite3.dll | |
| 2. | C:\Program Files\MyInfoGuard\MyInfoGuard.exe | |
| 3. |
C:\Documents and Settings\ |
|
| 4. | C:\Program Files\MyInfoGuard\MyInfGuardUpdate.exe | |
| 5. | C:\Program Files\MyInfoGuard\uninst.exe | |
| 6. | C:\Program Files\MyInfoGuard\db\InProtectLog.db | |
| 7. | C:\Program Files\MyInfoGuard\warning.ico | |
| 8. |
C:\Documents and Settings\ |
|
| 9. | C:\Program Files\MyInfoGuard\sqlite3.lib | |
| 10. | C:\Program Files\MyInfoGuard\db\myinfoblock |
Registry Details
MyInfoGuard may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MyInfoGuard
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\MyInfoGuard.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\myinfoguard updater
