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Personal Guard 2009

Posted: September 9, 2009

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 16
First Seen: December 1, 2009
Last Seen: January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ScreenshotPersonal Guard 2009, otherwise known as PersonalGuard2009, is a fake spyware remover typically sponsored by rogue websites. Once installed onto your computer, it initiates a fake system scan that reports fabricated infection results. You are then prompted to download Personal Guard 2009 in order to combat these nonexistent threats. Personal Guard 2009 then begins running as soon as your Windows starts up, and bombards you with pop-up windows and fraudulent security alerts, scaring you into purchasing and downloading the full version of Personal Guard 2009.

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Aliases

Packed.Generic.254 [Symantec]a variant of Win32/Kryptik.BAC [NOD32]Win32.Packed.TDSS.aa.5 [CAT-QuickHeal]Gen:Trojan.Heur.TDSS.!uW@h4qZeppc [BitDefender]Win32:Tdss-DL [Avast]Trojan.Vundo [Symantec]Mal/TDSSPack-A [Sophos]Generic Trojan [Panda]Trojan.FakeSpyguard.A.60 [McAfee-GW-Edition]Artemis!916AEEEB4FFE [McAfee+Artemis]Trojan.Win32.Malware.1 [K7AntiVirus]PossibleThreat [Fortinet]UnclassifiedMalware [Comodo]Gen:Trojan.Heur.TDSS.vw4@h0lYHrac [BitDefender]Win32:MalOb-T [Avast]
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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



personalguard.exe File name: personalguard.exe
Size: 1.01 MB (1015296 bytes)
MD5: 51dddc5bfd404aa5bd141e23ca8151cc
Detection count: 62
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
personalguard.exe File name: personalguard.exe
Size: 1.01 MB (1015808 bytes)
MD5: c4255fd428f68b30bf61516aee1cbf37
Detection count: 61
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
PersonalGuard2009[1].exe File name: PersonalGuard2009[1].exe
Size: 2.77 MB (2778624 bytes)
MD5: b998070999c3a1efff794d33ac847267
Detection count: 55
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
personalguard.exe File name: personalguard.exe
Size: 1.01 MB (1015808 bytes)
MD5: 3a29672db5e5434fa0b0bd476e7514b4
Detection count: 25
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
lan.dll File name: lan.dll
Size: 2.48 MB (2485248 bytes)
MD5: ec156cb99491a43ae20436c693caa8cb
Detection count: 24
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
lan.dll File name: lan.dll
Size: 2.44 MB (2442240 bytes)
MD5: 916aeeeb4ffec304087d4beaf40f07a0
Detection count: 23
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
personalguard.exe File name: personalguard.exe
Size: 1.02 MB (1021952 bytes)
MD5: 17eafc708191f8e83cc10e8b471c7bea
Detection count: 13
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
personalguard.exe File name: personalguard.exe
Size: 1.13 MB (1133568 bytes)
MD5: 3ae020f15af14380558ed12734d93040
Detection count: 1
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
personalguard.exe File name: personalguard.exe
Size: 1.13 MB (1133568 bytes)
MD5: f34699fb949dac4aaa896173751f1a05
Detection count: 0
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ProgramFiles%\Personal Guard 2009

One Comment

  • Ked says:

    This really helps, but could you please be a tad broaderin instructions in the last part? Like, what are MD5's?

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