How to manually remove Spyware Guard 2008

The information in this article shows workaround for removal of Spyware Guard 2008 from the system.

Important: This article contains information which can corrupt operating system. Make sure that you create system restore point or snapshot using PC Recovery tool before your start the below mentioned steps.

Method 1:

1. Right click on the desktop. Select New and create a folder titled 'Spyware Guard 2008'.
2. Create zero size files with NULL values with following names:
   
   Note: To create NULL values files, right click in the window, Select New and then click Text Document. Save the files with appropriate files names mentioned below.
   
   • conf.cfg
   • mbase.vdb
   • quarantine.vdb
   • queue.vdb
   • spywareguard.exe
   • uninstall.exe
   • vbase.vdb
     
     Note: The file names should be spelled as listed and are case sensitive. If unsure about the spelling copy/paste in rename file from here.
3. Create a sub-folder titled 'quarantine'. Folder name is case sensitive.
4. Click Start, Run and type taskmgr.exe.
5. In Task Manager click on Process Tab, select spywareguard.exe and winscenter.exe End Process.
   
   Note: Step 6 needs to be done fast (less than 60 seconds approx.) before spywareguard.exe start's itself again.You should not notice spywareguard.exe launch again during the duration of the current session
6. Delete the following folder c:\Program Files\Spyware Guard 2008
7. Move the folder you created with NULL values to C:\Program Files.
8. Search the following files and delete them:
   • SG2008.exe
   • SG2009.exe
   • %Windir%\reged.exe
   • %Windir%\spoolsystem.exe
   • %Windir%\sys.com
   • %Windir%\syscert.exe
   • %Windir%\sysexplorer.exe
   • %Windir%\vmreg.dll
   • %UserProfile%\Desktop\Spyware Guard 2008.lnk
   • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Spyware Guard 2008\Spyware Guard 2008.lnk
   • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Spyware Guard 2008\Uninstall.lnk
   • %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\olesys.dll
9. Click Start, Run and type regedit.exe
10. Locate following regsitry values HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SpywareGuard2008
11. Right Click and delete it.
12. Restart the computer.

INFORMATION

When the Spyware Guard tries to restart of recreate itself it will display a message saying: Unable to Write to some memory location, Click ok! This is expected because it notices that the DUMMY folder we created is not allowing Read/Write at that memory location.
In order to get rid off this message you may need to end winscenter.exe from the Task Manager.