XP Guardian 2010 is a fake computer security program that may cause a system slow down of the affected computer. XP Guardian 2010 virus will constantly communicate to a remote server to download and install more threats. Prior to this, a Trojan associated with XP Guardian 2010 will infect a computer by exploiting software and security vulnerabilities. This corruption will lead infected computers Internet browser to a website where a drive-by-download technology was employed. By simply visiting this unknown website, a copy of XP Guardian 2010 will be downloaded and install on computer without visitors full knowledge.
XP Guardian 2010 presence on computer will provide a display of excessive warning alerts and messages showing how the computer is populated with a virus. A prompt to remove these threats by having the full version of XP Guardian 2010 is followed.
| Type | Rogue |
| Sub-Type | FakeAV |
| Aliases | |
| OS Affected | Windows |
| Detected By | MalwareBytes |
What are the Symptoms of XP Guardian 2010 Infection?
A series of virus scan with fake results can mislead computer users to purchase the XP Guardian 2010 activation key.
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV2010
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{3C40236D-990B-443C-90E8-B1C07BCD4A68}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\IEDefender.DLL
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FC8A493F-D236-4653-9A03-2BF4FD94F643}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEDefender.IEDefenderBHO
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEDefender.IEDefenderBHO.1
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{7BC7565C-5062-43CE-8797-DC2C271140A9}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{705FD64B-2B7B-4856-9337-44CA1DA86849}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FC8A493F-D236-4653-9A03-2BF4FD94F643}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\ {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0012
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\ {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0013
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\ {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0014
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run ‘Windows Gamma Display
The threat will drop the following malicious files:
- %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\av.exe
- %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\WRblt8464P
- %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\[random]
How to Remove XP Guardian 2010 Manually
1. Restart your computer in SafeMode
- After Power-On the computer, just before Windows start, press F8
- From the selections, Select SafeMode
2. Remove Registry entries that the threat added. You MUST BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST.
- Click Start > Run
- Type in the field, regedit
- Navigate and look for the registry entries mentioned above and delete if necessary
3. Delete malicious files that the threat added:
- Base on the given location above, browse and delete the file
- If no location is given, click Start>Search> and search for the files.
- If cannot be deleted, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to access Task Manager, see if the file is running in the process. If it is, select the file and click End Process. Perform file delete again.
4. Scan computer with Antivirus Program
- Update antivirus program
- Scan computer and delete all detected threats.
How to Easily Remove XP Guardian 2010
1. Download and run Removal Tool to remove XP Guardian 2010