PSGuard

Description: Adware
Risk Level: High
Date of First Occurence: Friday, May 09, 2008
Software Developer: (unknown)
Brief Info: PSGuard is a fraudulent anti-spyware program which uses desktop advertising to scare users into paying for the product.
Removal: This threat can be removed using "Spyware Terminator"

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Geographical Distribution of Threat "PSGuard"

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Detected Items

  1. Detected Files: %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\WndSystem.dll MD5: DE37D592D3E7F9A53FC987D958566899 Size:237568 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\msvcr71.dll MD5: 86F1895AE8C5E8B17D99ECE768A70732 Size:348160 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\msvcp71.dll MD5: 561FA2ABB31DFA8FAB762145F81667C2 Size:499712 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\Localization.dll MD5: BA8296F725A34782CACDFA934A4CFE41 Size:970752 MD5: 9AFF3EF409D97714E46DE604F8B9B46A Size:1056768 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\Core.dll MD5: 2D9C31C9E01FB7C4369F08A919E494B0 Size:405504 %PROGRAMFILES%\PSGuard\Uninstall.exe MD5: 00C6E4A64DEB8C7E63EC965D5A9C673A Size:70394 %PROGRAMFILES%\PSGuard\PSGuard.exe MD5: D72DB61A2E89966BFE5AAB5A4EC03EA1 Size:569344 %SystemDiskRoot%\System Volume Information\_restore{2C1F9D94-94DB-4AEA-B0AF-4F15A5C0247C}\RP406\A0028003.exe MD5: A36E719F884A1D1F0BF3ECE901305888 Size:2495633 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\WndLayer.dll MD5: 1D656EAADDBAE9EFB9E611D5B0675C04 Size:217088 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\Uninstall.exe MD5: A719FCCC75B6F63B317A69305E9C6268 Size:70413 MD5: 9BB6E8312ACF2481F27DDCD8C39E6E2E Size:50909 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\AVECore.dll MD5: 328A8FBC5ACAA3F61F6CF6333A4F4B14 Size:323584 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\PSGuard.exe MD5: 8319803A19F9B9A5A1516B9F2D2ED3CA Size:507904 MD5: C15996EE94A8509A1B025460FDA2A705 Size:598016 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\PSGuardSkin.dll MD5: D30B878AB053FAD0CE7ACB24E8A3E697 Size:5300224 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\MSIMG32FOR9X.DLL MD5: 23454F525DA0ED5411BF7ED39B5059C2 Size:53248 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\MFC71ENU.DLL MD5: BAF751E7061FF626AA60F56D1D5D1FDC Size:57344 %PROGRAMFILES%\psguard\MFC71.dll MD5: F35A584E947A5B401FEB0FE01DB4A0D7 Size:1060864
  2. Detected Files with variable Filenames:

Detecting items list:

  1. Files by Name %ProgramFiles%\P.S.Guard\PSGuard.exe %ProgramFiles%\psguard\PSGuard.exe %programfiles%\psguard\uninstall.exe %programfiles%\psguard\wndsystem.dll %programfiles%\psguard\core.dll %programfiles%\psguard\localization.dll %programfiles%\P.S.Guard\uninstall.exe %programfiles%\P.S.Guard\wndsystem.dll %programfiles%\P.S.Guard\core.dll %programfiles%\P.S.Guard\localization.dll %programfiles%\psguard\psguard.exe.local %desktop%\psguard spyware remover.lnk %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PSGuard spyware remover.lnk %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\P.S.Guard spyware remover.lnk %systemdiskroot%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\PSGuard spyware remover.lnk %systemdiskroot%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\P.S.Guard spyware remover.lnk %START_PROGRAMSALL%\PSGuard spyware remover\Register PSGuard spyware remover.lnk %START_PROGRAMSALL%\PSGuard spyware remover\Start PSGuard spyware remover.lnk %START_PROGRAMSALL%\PSGuard spyware remover\Uninstall.lnk %START_PROGRAMSALL%\P.S.Guard spyware remover\Register P.S.Guard spyware remover.lnk %START_PROGRAMSALL%\P.S.Guard spyware remover\Start P.S.Guard spyware remover.lnk %START_PROGRAMSALL%\P.S.Guard spyware remover\Uninstall.lnk
  2. Files by MD5 MD5: C15996EE94A8509A1B025460FDA2A705 Size: 598016
  3. Files by Directories %ProgramFiles%\psguard %programfiles%\P.S.Guard %APPDATA%\PSGuard.com %APPDATA%\Shudder Global Limited %START_PROGRAMSALL%\PSGuard spyware remover %START_PROGRAMSALL%\P.S.Guard spyware remover
  4. Files by CLSID or Name CLSID=e5d78bd8-3874-4aa0-9d45-cfb79382c484 CLSID=f4b3e25a-33b4-4647-9a78-b627dde211a6 CLSID=08101c3e-6c90-439e-9734-6e4dd1b53b69 CLSID=09b90087-4ffa-4a44-be69-da117a710f07 CLSID=1449f89c-ad28-427a-97ff-1d5bd812ea43 CLSID=1c08d3d0-1e04-4dde-ab0a-75355ea2585e CLSID=206538f7-f98c-4a46-a7d4-4a37fcdc932b CLSID=20f8b70d-9f16-4dcb-8788-90a0498e46b9 CLSID=28fedb90-53c7-4928-994a-cee782606507 CLSID=2c462d06-3ba0-48bb-9282-bb6519fe86e9 CLSID=3a350193-c7f7-4e10-b347-02ff4c3cc4e9 CLSID=4723879b-8f52-4be7-9994-626afa539366 CLSID=7b6a3434-8625-4abf-b79d-09d98c2498c4 CLSID=8b6c0168-baac-4c7c-911e-0132590f5661 CLSID=8ec33b7d-9953-4edb-ace2-d4c105968601 CLSID=a00e2305-7001-4200-ba00-5779f9a3e7d3 CLSID=a20f5672-7486-4d27-bd2b-e555e4692c5f CLSID=a917b2f3-a9bf-477c-a0e3-0382d0376159 CLSID=b26b5883-f15f-4283-b3d5-a1728077de47 CLSID=b803d266-a08d-4a4c-9604-6d35689abe09 CLSID=c6e2a22c-b3a8-43a4-b5ec-a5bb671ab3f7 CLSID=cb9385ab-8541-4b2f-a363-48f64c612993 CLSID=cf1674cc-ec9a-4aee-996e-65a8f7c0b0e4 CLSID=d5d6e9b5-30d5-4457-ac8b-399205f50411 CLSID=d6a7d177-0b2f-4283-b2e8-b6310a45e606 CLSID=e0d6c30a-b9a3-4181-8099-3b0d5a2b98af CLSID=f100a342-3ac5-47ff-b5b3-fcdb6fc9f016 CLSID=f4364eec-31f5-4b8b-a7e0-3b6394c9d23f CLSID=982392f9-9c65-48b4-b667-3459c46630d1 CLSID=f61d1ce1-5199-4b57-b59e-c6819ea92f3b
  5. Registry Keys HKLM\software\shudderltd\psguard HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PSGuard spyware remover HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\P.S.Guard spyware remover HKLM\SOFTWARE\ShudderLTD HKLM\SOFTWARE\PSGuard.com
  6. Registry Values HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ValueName=PSGuard HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ValueName=P.S.Guard

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