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How to remove spguard error


The free file information forum can help you find out if spguard.exe is a virus, trojan, spyware, adware which you can remove, or a file belonging to a Windows system or an application you can trust.

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spguard.exe file information

The process guards your internet browser start and search pages belongs to the software StartPage Guard by Piotr J. Walczak.

Description: File spguard.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 729,088 bytes (50% of all occurrence), 753,664 bytes, 737,280 bytes.
The program has a visible window. The program can be removed using the control panel Add\Remove programs applet. The program starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The file is not a Windows core file. spguard.exe is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 12% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:

  • "zSPGuard" can run at start up. "StartPage Guard (SPG) protects your PC from cyberscam, by detecting and preventing any unauthorized changes to your internet browser's Start and Search pages. It is also capable of removing automatically most of known 'invaders'."

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as spguard.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the spguard.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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its well reccamended by the experts to help in internet security, pc.com suggests it
  eric  

Summary: 1 user think spguard.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 1 user think spguard.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it..

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