What is SafeGuard.exe?

SafeGuard.exe is part of u63L22tuaq and developed by s21y7P99e82G78Z79UEfn according to the SafeGuard.exe version information.

SafeGuard.exe's description is "c86jdA21KiL26"

SafeGuard.exe is usually located in the 'c:\documents and settings\roger\application data\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected SafeGuard.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

45 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SafeGuard.exe file. That's a 90% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.6319331
Agnitum	Trojan.Injector!JWkePSOAQNY
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Xema
AntiVir	TR/ATRAPS.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Backdoor]/Win32.VB
Avast	Win32:Inject-AAI [Trj]
AVG	Dropper.Generic2.BAYH
Baidu-International	Backdoor.Win32.VB.aPjK
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.6319331
Bkav	W32.FakeWindowFileDC.Trojan
ClamAV	WIN.Trojan.Inject-56
Commtouch	W32/VBcrypt.B.gen!Eldorado
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb	BackDoor.IRC.Bot.703
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.6319331 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/AutoRun.IRCBot.GZ
F-Prot	W32/VBcrypt.B.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.6319331
Fortinet	W32/VBInjector.AGB!tr
GData	Trojan.Generic.6319331
Ikarus	Virus.Win32.Inject
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0040f79d1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0040f79d1 )
Kaspersky	Backdoor.Win32.VB.mxd
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Generic.(kcloud)
McAfee	Artemis!51D6C4B7B9E7
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!51D6C4B7B9E7
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Ircbrute
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.6319331
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.MLW.brlnz
Norman	Suspicious_Gen2.EXYPK
nProtect	Trojan/W32.Agent.69934.B
Panda	W32/Vobfus.GEW.worm
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.IRC.0b6
Rising	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.12470542!306644290
Sophos	Mal/Dursg-C
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Faker
Symantec	W32.IRCBot
TheHacker	Trojan/Injector.dbe
TotalDefense	Win32/Tnega.ACSO
TrendMicro	TROJ_IRCBRUTE.DH
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SPNR.0AFD11
VBA32	Trojan.VBRA.04869
VIPRE	Virtool.Win32.Vbinject.Gen.2 (v)
ViRobot	Backdoor.Win32.VB.69934

SafeGuard.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove SafeGuard.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the SafeGuard.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that SafeGuard.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 SafeGuard.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the SafeGuard.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 SafeGuard.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\documents and settings\roger\application data\SafeGuard.exe

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

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If SafeGuard.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If SafeGuard.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If SafeGuard.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 SafeGuard.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Filename variants

SafeGuard.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• winlogon.exe
• load.exe

Folder name variants

SafeGuard.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\documents and settings\roger\application data\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Desktop\m\5\

Error Messages

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