What is sg.exe?

sg.exe is part of SettingsGuard and developed by SmartCyberTechnology according to the sg.exe version information.

sg.exe's description is "SettingsGuard"

sg.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\SettingsGuard\1.0.1501.1622\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

20 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the sg.exe file. That's a 35% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Strictor.73974
Agnitum	Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Agent
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Strictor.73974
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	APPL/Strictor.1825280
Baidu-International	PUA.Win32.SmartCyberTech.A
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Strictor.73974
Cyren	W32/Trojan.IIRT-0665
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Strictor.73974 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/SmartCyberTech.A
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Strictor.73974
Fortinet	Riskware/SmartCyberTech
GData	Gen:Variant.Strictor.73974
McAfee	Artemis!208ABE103798
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.th
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Strictor.73974
Rising	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17F0E7AE!401663918
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R08NH09AA15

sg.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\ProgramData\SettingsGuard\1.0.1501.1622\sg.exe

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

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

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