Can anyone tell me if Error Guard are a legitimate company. They make themselves look like a microsoft web page and pop up on your computer telling you that you have 100's of critical files on your PC. They ask you to scan your PC then charge you a fee. They claim to clean your system and rid you of those files that causing your PC to play up all the time. I have never heard of them before and don't know anyone else who does. Are they just a scam, another adaware spy programme things that attach themselves to you when surfing the net?
If downloaded, how will it affect my PC, will I be able to uninstall it and if so, what happens to all those so-called corrupt files it supposedly deleted? Please help. Need to know if it's safe or should I stay clear.
I have been using Error Guard for the past few months & it seems to work okay for me.Everytime I log on to the net, Error guard shows I have a certain number of 'Threats'.It then allows me me to delete the said threats. Having said this, I have just purchased & run 'Ad Aware' which has detected an amazing 895....yes 895 threats on my laptop, as apposed to the 15 or 20 that Error guard usualy finds.But here is the confusion...Using 'Ad aware' I run a deep scan-delete all threats as requested, then when I run 'Error guard' it still picks up 8 or nine threats.The question is....are both progs detecting different types of threats or is one tricking me into believing their particular programme is doing a brilliant job.?...The only answer for me is to run both progs to ensure I have as much protection as I can. Not to mention My Norton & A Firewall plus a shotgun, couple of grenades. (Looking to purchase a bazooka)LOL...Regards Stuart
An elderly friend who uses her computer mostly for charity work, using a PC with Windows 98, on getting her new broadband and wireless ( don't go there - 15 calls to BT) was taken in by Error Guard and has lost all her Microsoft programmes and files. A Mac user myself, I can't help her but thought you might !
Stoobie said... I have been using Error Guard for the past few months & it seems to work okay for me.Everytime I log on to the net, Error guard shows I have a certain number of 'Threats'.It then allows me me to delete the said threats. Having said this, I have just purchased & run 'Ad Aware' which has detected an amazing 895....yes 895 threats on my laptop, as apposed to the 15 or 20 that Error guard usualy finds.But here is the confusion...Using 'Ad aware' I run a deep scan-delete all threats as requested, then when I run 'Error guard' it still picks up 8 or nine threats.The question is....are both progs detecting different types of threats or is one tricking me into believing their particular programme is doing a brilliant job.?...The only answer for me is to run both progs to ensure I have as much protection as I can. Not to mention My Norton & A Firewall plus a shotgun, couple of grenades. (Looking to purchase a bazooka)LOL...Regards Stuart
Hello Stoobie,
The fact that one program detects more spyware than the other does not necessarily make it the best tool to use. The two programs that you mentioned, ErrorGuard and AdAware may have different scanning methods. Also they may sometimes fail to remove all of the >800 threats: some may slip by [those eight that you mentioned]. This may happen when certain spyware processes are in use, so their files cannot be deleted if they are in use. This is why it is best to use such tools in windows safe mode for scanning: just to make sure that those malicious processes are not initialised and can be safely deleted.
Malicious programs [e.g. trojans] often have many ways of replicating themselves. When certain files that are used by them are not found, copies are made to ensure that those processes remain active. Some trojans have been known to scan every few seconds to see if their processes are still active [and if they find that something is missing, they immediately recreate that file/process] So this may cause the ErrorGuard to redetect certain threats. That does not make AdAware a bad/incomplete scanner, or vice versa.
Regards, cristofMariussuspect any spyware/adware? download >hijackthis< and post the log file it creates. also don't forget to test >the free Bullguard trial< -------- Cristof Marius Andrei | Bullguard Support Team
My husband unknowingly clicked on their box and installed this program last week. I use a purchased program called Spy Sweeper and when I ran that program last week it found 11 spyware and 719 threats. After confirming that Error Guard was not from any of my legitimate software I used the Add/Remove and got rid of it.
I then waited a week and ran my Spy Sweeper again and it only found the more normal amount of 7 spyware and 61 threats.
To me this confirmed my suspicion that Error Guard is itself either an adware or worse, some kind of data miner.
My recomemdation is to get rid of it.
I make it a policy to never download any free offers unless I can confirm both the sorce and the program are on the up and up.
Hi, I have no clue about computers to be honest, so that makes me really paranoid about them - the non-understanding = fear equation makes the iNet the home of the 'greatest' psychologists (scam artists around).
Error Guard is a perculiar program and when I tested PAL Registry Cleaner against it PAL always found more and different threats than EG. In fact EG found that the highly recommended PAL and Spybot were the biggest threats to my system whereas PAL didnt mention EG or Spybot at all when it searched my registries. I'm a little confused all ready and I hope advanced users are finding this familiar. Anyway I eventually got rid of a kicking and screaming EG, and also PAL simply because I didn't want to invest in registry cleaning software again so soon afterwards buying EG.
Another thing that does confuse me is that when I run Spybot, which seems highly recommended by users, it consistently turns up 5 problems named 'DSO Exploit'. I did a standard All Files and Folders search on my C:/ drive and discovered outcomes like: . {name}: checks.050513-0225 {in folder}: Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/Spybot-Search & Destroy/Logs
There were 4 files named 'checks' and 2 called 'fixes' all in this one folder.
What's all that about then? Has Spybot dectected itself as a threat (i.e. DSO Exploit)?
Also would you agree that simply defragging my PC once a week is a safe and effective method of keeping registries clean and orderly?
I use Aluria, Spybot Search and Destroy, and V-com's System Suite to keep anti virus and anti spyware working. I found that Aluria (fee, yes costs money not misspelled) and Spybot (free) detect a large group of the same spy ware and malware (worse in my mind than spyware), but each also has a few on their list of programs to eliminate that the other does not list and eliminate. I must say that after loyaly using Norton System Suite for over 15 years I found V-com's suite identified and removed and restored my computer when Norton could only ID the Pinfi Virus and was unable to stop the virus spreading. I find that V-com's program is a little more convenient to use and does not seem to slow down the computer as much as Norton System Suite. Plus Vcom is 50% of the cost of Symmantec's System Suite. Vcom has no real tech phone support like Symmantec, so it is not for everyone.)
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I am now looking over Error Guard to decide if it can catch system errors better than Norton and V-com. If anyone has direct knowledge or experience using Error Guard after running V-com or Norton System Suites to catch what those programs overlook, please post.
I should have mentioned I also have used Ad Aware, which has found a few spy ware programs that Aluria and Spybot Search and Destroy left behind. Truth is that no matter what order I run the three programs, the others find straggler spyware that the first two run programs left behind. So, how can I recommend just one, when together they seem to do a more thorough job? ~ Gary - Steaming over Terror Trestle http://community.webshots.com/user/raltzenthor http://www.angelfire.com/or/trainguy/
Here's my experince with Error Guard. It may look fishy, but about a month ago, I had a problem re-installing Adobe photo shop due to the fact that I had removed for a few reasons. Now when I ran Error Guard, a nearly over 100 threats or more had shown up. I had Error Guard fix if possible and deleted those that couldn't. Afterwards I could re-install Adobe Photoshop and a few other programs. Before I had done this, I had ran Ad-Aware SE Plus and Norton antivirus and nothing would show up. If you ask me, Error Guard has it's usefullness. Thats all I have to say on this tpoic. Until later on, I say good bye.
Description: ErrorGuard is a program downloaded through ActiveX. The program scans your system for errors and ask you for 29.95 USD to register the program so that the program can repair those errors. According to the privacy policy ( http://www.errorguard.com/privacy.html ), the program may collect personal data for marketing and promotional purposes.
Removal instructions:
1./ Go to Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel, click Add/Remove Programs. From the list select Error Guard, click Remove or Change to uninstall it.
2./ Delete the folder ErrorGuard under "Program Files" directory.
If the Add/Remove procudure fails, try the following steps to manually remove this spyware:
1. Click Start > Run, type 'regedit' to open the Registry Editor. 2. Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run
In the right pane, delete the value named "ErrorGuard" which points to the file "C:\Program Files\ErrorGuard\ErrorGuard.exe".
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