What is PasswordGuard.exe?

PasswordGuard.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected PasswordGuard.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

58 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the PasswordGuard.exe file. That's a 83% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
Ad-Aware	Generic.Malware.SFL.99DE215A
AhnLab-V3	Spyware/Win32.KeyLogger.R98057
ALYac	Generic.Malware.SFL.99DE215A
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Pincav
Arcabit	Generic.Malware.SFL.99DE215A
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Avira	TR/Spy.Gen
BitDefender	Generic.Malware.SFL.99DE215A
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Injector
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Pincav-1696
Comodo	Malware@#k7vqnc7hiwl1
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.76455f
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Downloader.F.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.LDPinch.1911
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Emsisoft	Generic.Malware.SFL.99DE215A (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Spy.KeyLogger.OBS
F-Prot	W32/Downloader.F.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Spy.Gen
Fortinet	W32/KeyLogger.OBS!tr.spy
GData	Generic.Malware.SFL.99DE215A
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.ProcessHijack
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	Trojan/Generic.ardqj
K7AntiVirus	Spyware ( 004e486d1 )
K7GW	Spyware ( 004e486d1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Pincav.cjwu
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
McAfee	Artemis!A31A3A276455
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.SpyLydra.nc
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
MicroWorld-eScan	Generic.Malware.SFL.99DE215A
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.LDPinch.fidwsc
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM11.1.CCD4.Malware.Gen
Rising	Backdoor.Hupigon!8.B57 (TFE:5:tQPSh5O5qSF)
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/EncPk-ACT
Symantec	SMG.Heur!gen
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Spy.Lizy
TheHacker	Posible_Worm32
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OAF19
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OAF19
VBA32	Trojan.Pincav
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.A.Pincav.36352.D[UPX]
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.KeyBlack.Gen.LQ
Zillya	Trojan.Pincav.Win32.28592
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Zoner	Trojan.Win32.28887

PasswordGuard.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove PasswordGuard.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the PasswordGuard.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that PasswordGuard.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate PasswordGuard.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the PasswordGuard.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate PasswordGuard.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\PasswordGuard.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the PasswordGuard.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If PasswordGuard.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If PasswordGuard.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If PasswordGuard.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that PasswordGuard.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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