Threat Database Adware Win Guard Ads

Win Guard Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 2,019
First Seen: September 1, 2014
Last Seen: February 12, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Win Guard Ads are advertisements that may be loaded at random where they become intrusive by loading pop-ups or banner ads when surfing the internet. The Win Guard Ads may also cause reduced performance of some web browser programs making it hard to load some sites at full speed especially when they have a lot of media resources to load up. The Win Guard Ads may cause redirects to other sites that could prove to be unwanted or questionable. In those circumstances it is best to top the Win Guard Ads by finding all related components and removing each of them. This process may be done automatically through using an antispyware tool.

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File System Details

Win Guard Ads may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. winguard.dll b5f2d4ce5ed064bf131f28e4e5c9fad5 1,795

Registry Details

Win Guard Ads may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{e4bf64e4-237e-48e7-b43b-da6e1b60d81a}
File name without path
http_win1guard.net_0.localstorage
http_win1guard.net_0.localstorage-journal
https_win1guard.net_0.localstorage
https_win1guard.net_0.localstorage-journal
Regexp file mask
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinGuard\winguard.crx
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinGuard\winguard.xpi
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WinGuard\winguard.crx
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WinGuard\winguard.xpi
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{E4BF64E4-237E-48E7-B43B-DA6E1B60D81A}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\win1guard.net
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{e4bf64e4-237e-48e7-b43b-da6e1b60d81a}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{E4BF64E4-237E-48E7-B43B-DA6E1B60D81A}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{E4BF64E4-237E-48E7-B43B-DA6E1B60D81A}
SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\{b5c5f665-7989-464f-8ec3-30b9885084df}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{e4bf64e4-237e-48e7-b43b-da6e1b60d81a}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\{b5c5f665-7989-464f-8ec3-30b9885084df}

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