How to remove System Guard Center (Uninstall Instructions)
Posted by Lawrence Abrams on February 15, 2009 @ 05:25 PM · Views: 4,705
What this infection does:
System Guard Center is a rogue from the same family as Cleaner2009
and SystemBooster
2009. It pretends to be a all-in-one security suite that will check your
computer for privacy risks, spyware risks, and errors. In reality, though, this
computer will display false or exaggerated security issues on your computer
rather than any legitimate ones. This program is advertised through the use
of pop-ups that appear when visiting web sites. These pop-ups state that your
computer has security risks and that you should run an online security scanner
to see what these risks are. If you click on this pop-up, you will automatically
be brought to a page that shows an advertisement pretending to be an online
security scanner. When the advertisement has finished, you will be shown a screen
stating that your computer has security risks and that you should download and
install System Guard Center.
System Guard Center screen shot
For more screen shots of this infection click on the image above.
There are a total of 9 images you can view.
When System Guard Center is installed it will add an entry into the Windows
Registry that will cause the program to start automatically when you boot your
computer. When the program starts it will scan your computer and display privacy,
errors, and spyware risks on your computer. These risks, though, cannot be removed
until you first purchase the software The risks that are found, though, are
fake, or not risks at all, and are only being shown to scare you into purchasing
the software. While the program is running you will also see advertisements
for other rogue security products. In our testing the rogues that were advertised
were Cleaner2009, Personal
AntiSpy, and RegistryDoctor
2008. When you click on these advertisements, the advertised programs will
automatically be downloaded using the bundled QuickInstallPack program.
Instead of purchasing this program, please use the free removal guide below
to remove System Guard Center and any related programs.
Threat Classification:
Advanced information:
View System Guard Center files.
View System Guard Center Registry Information.
Entries for this program found in the Add or Remove Programs control panel:
QuickInstallPack
SystemGuardCenter 1.0.1.0
Tools Needed for this fix:
Symptoms that may be in a HijackThis Log:
O2 - BHO: iercptbho - {D4CDC21D-43BE-4101-A1EF-E379F134771E} - %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\qip\iercpt.dll
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [QuickInstallPack] "%Temp%\CLN_2009FreeInstall.exe" /autorun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SystemGuardCenter] C:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter.exe
Guide Updates:
02/15/08 - Initial guide creation.
Automated Removal Instructions for System Guard Center using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
- Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that
is open later in the fix.
- Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location
and save it to your desktop:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link (Download page will open in a new window)
- Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including
this one.
- Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe.
This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
- When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue
with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings
and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the
Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish
button.
- MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that
you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically
update itself after the install, you can press the OK button
to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.
- On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform
full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan
button to start scanning your computer for
System Guard Center
related files.
- MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can
take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically
check on the status of the scan. When MBAM is scanning it will look like the
image below.
- When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image
below.
You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with
the SystemGuardCenter removal process.
- You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should
click on the Show Results button.
- A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown
as seen in the image below. Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.
You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove
all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry
keys and add them to the programs quarantine. When removing the files, MBAM
may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message
stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer
has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the
steps.
- When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and
display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad
window.
- You can now exit the MBAM program.
Your computer should now be free of the SystemGuardCenter program. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through, you may want to consider purchasing the PRO version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to protect against these types of threats in the future.
If you are still having problems with your computer after completing these instructions, then please follow the steps outlined in the topic linked below:
Preparation Guide For Use Before Using Malware Removal Tools and Requesting Help
Associated System Guard Center Files:
c:\My Downloads
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\PP.exe
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\SGCreminder.exe
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\sinst.exe
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter Options.ico
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter.exe
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter.ico
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\SystemGuardCenter.xml
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\unins.ico
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\unins000.dat
c:\Program Files\SystemGuardCenter\unins000.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SystemGuardCenter
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SystemGuardCenter\Status.dat
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SystemGuardCenter\Bases
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SystemGuardCenter\Bases\bbv.dat
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SystemGuardCenter\Bases\Enemies.dat
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\System GuardCenter.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SystemGuardCenter
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SystemGuardCenter\Launch SystemGuardCenter Options.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SystemGuardCenter\Launch SystemGuardCenter.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SystemGuardCenter\Uninstall SystemGuardCenter.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\SystemGuardCenter.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\SystemGuardCenter
%UserProfile%\Application Data\SystemGuardCenter\Logs
%UserProfile%\Application Data\SystemGuardCenter\Logs\scns.log
%UserProfile%\Desktop\QuickInstallPack.lnk
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\qip
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\qip\data.ini
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\qip\iercpt.dll
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\qip\QuickInstallPack.exe
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\qip\SystemGuardCenter_Setup_Dual_en.exe.ini
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\UCLN_QIP
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\UCLN_QIP\data.ini
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\USGC_QIP\data.ini
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\USGC_QIP
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickInstallPack
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickInstallPack\Contact Us.url
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickInstallPack\QuickInstallPack on the Web.url
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickInstallPack\QuickInstallPack.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickInstallPack\Uninstall QuickInstallPack.lnk
File Location Notes:
%UserProfile% refers to the current user's profile folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User> for Windows 2000/XP, C:\Users\<Current User> for Windows Vista/7, and c:\winnt\profiles\<Current User> for Windows NT.
Associated System Guard Center Windows Registry Information:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SystemGuardCenter
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{3A9377A6-BE7F-485D-908C-D44114691389}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\iercpt.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D4CDC21D-43BE-4101-A1EF-E379F134771E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\iercpt.iercptbho
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\iercpt.iercptbho.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{59C345BA-3D5E-44E3-9D10-D3848AF15D73}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{A6FBD2E4-1C7E-4EAB-80DD-01DE2645566A}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{D4CDC21D-43BE-4101-A1EF-E379F134771E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\QuickInstallPack
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SGC_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SystemGuardCenter
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "QuickInstallPack"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "SystemGuardCenter"
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