After blogging on 411-Spyware.com for 3+ years, I’ve seen pretty much every type of badware there is.
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Dennis -
I just got this virus this morning. Here is what worked for me:
I already had Spyware Dr. installed (but the subscription was expired), but the virus made it inoperative (”unable to connect to spyware dr. engine”). So, per some of the previous posts, I turned off my computer, then when I turned it on the second my desktop showed up I opened task manager and ended the “sysguard” (mine had 4 characters before the sysguard.exe) – and note there were two sysguards in different places on the list, get them all.
I then uninstalled spyware dr., then downloaded it again from their site. Once the install was complete it instantly started scanning my computer and killed the trojan.
Hope it works for you, good luck.
When I tried to run Spyware Doctor, I got a pop-up that said “Application cannot be executed. pctsgui.exe is infected. Do you want to activate your antivirus software now?”.
I also tried to remove it manually, but when I searched for the various files you listed in the Task Manager, search box, etc, none of them were there.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I have the same problem Matt, my computer got the Nortel and its’ so annoying… im trying to find where in my task manager under the processes i can delete so it goes away. Can anyone help???
I have the Nortel (not Norton) Anti-Virus malware on my PC. Has anyone had success using SpyDoctor to remove it? I tried, but Nortel remains on my PC. My operating system is Vista.
I bought Spyware Dr after a search on the internet suggested it would remove the Trojan Antivirus 2010…………….it did nothing and I could not get rid of the virus. I then downloaded the free Malwarebytes and it seemed to get it of (there is a free version which is not just a scan but an acual cleaning) and although it seemed to work, the Trojan just kept coming back but in a new form so my computer is now in the shop……………but I did apply for and got a refund from Spyware Dr.
Iam also infected with the bloody ,fake Windows Protection Suite. It has become a menace on my Computer. Let me try Downloading Spyware Doctor and see if it works. 1st i re installed Windows Xp ,but the damn virus has again re-infected my PC.
I had this. I stupidly paid for spyware dr which did nothing. Read all the comments here and deleted using the search, it worked. But, should I now unistall Spyware Doctor? Is it a threat in itself..?
For those that cannot remove malware because Spyware Doctor won’t run, open the Spyware Doctor program folder, rename the pctsGui file then double click to run from the folder. Alternatively download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Rename the mbam-setup.exe to xxxx double click to install, update and perform Quick Scan :-)
I have the nasty windows protection suite on my computer. I downloaded spydoctor but when I try to open it nothing happens. Is there something else I need to do?
I downloaded Spyware Doctor but it won’t execute, I think due to the spyware.
I have tried many times, including all the updates and Spyware Doctor cannot remove PCMightyMax. So don’t waste your time or money
THANKS JESS
Spyware Doctor is crap. download Malwarebytes antimalware. its free, easy and it works.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.co.....2009#files
My pc is currently infected by pc antispyware 2010
When I Run Smart Updates, it says Update Failed, Error downloading list of updates
A mi me trabo mi maquina y la tuve que formatear por aberlo instalado.
Did you get rid of the viruus Sophia ?
HEY EVERYONE! GO TO THIS LINK AND IT SHOULD HELP YOU OUT!
http://www.bleepingcomputer.co.....us-remover
Did you ever get help with that ….. because i have the same situation lol its feckin’ annoying.
I agree that internet is eating it self up, people getting tired of all the SPYWARE, Koobfaces etc, to buy more BULL#### software… F=== that.
I say we find these SOBs and beat the crap out of them…twice.
I have never asked you for your help so -lease take ypurself of my web site. You have made such a mess of my computor nowSO I DO NOT NEED YOUR HELP . remove now
I down loaded spyware dr but it will not let me run it. I tried to delete these stupid files, but will not let me. What do I have to do to get this off my computer?
@#$#%$$#@#$^%$#^$#@^#$@@$&$%&^%^&*^&$#%%^@!!!!!!!!!!!
Going postal is kiddie stuff…what kind of freaks start these things????????
how can we bring these assh*les to their knees besides not buying. maybe they have to prove their product before loading on the web.i would pay a fee to a web site who checks them out. it would have to be someone not influenced by sellers.maybe as group we could get something going.email me at
nolanl@rogers.com
i bought the full version of malware removal bot.i got sucked in for $70.00 for 3 programs
the trial scan showed i had 774 problems .after purchase they went away.that was a month ago and i still 4-5 threats each time it scans showing same threats i will never buy another one i agree with the people who ask how do you know if it is a fake.is there any real programs. i got stung but never ever again. the internet is slowly commiting suicide.lets get together on this
nolanl@rogers.com.
My computer has been raped by System Security spyware. I have read numerous solutions…however this little devil overrides any solution offered (i.e., Spyware Doctor) etc. Does anyone have another solution to override this little bastard?
koita egw prospathw n to leitourisw alla mou bgazei tus misou ious oi alloi den lene na ksekolisoun uparxei kapoios sstos tropos na tous petaksw eksw ?i tha mou meinoun gia panta sto pc?
How do I get the free Spyware to my infected (win32brontoc) pc? I cannot access the internet.
I know of a good freeware program that i used to get rid of windows security suite it’s called iobit security 360 it’s well worth the download it found a lot of spyware in my pc that my av program didn’t catch
I bought Spyware Doctor the whole kit and kaboodle and nothing changed with the barracuda virus I have. So now what?
Hey guys… it took me 4 hours to fix the computer from the virus system security which wasn’t letting me open anything. I started the computer in safemode, went to run and typed msconfig. From there i went to startup and disabled all the startup files, and also i went to control panel and deleted the system security. After i restarted the computer, it gave me a chance to install the new spyware which fixed it…. Hope it helps anyone else.. I know i felt like smashing the pc, but because it’s my jobs’ comp., i retracted….LOL
I use AVG FREE 8.5, and to get it, you have to type in free.AVG.com. download it, run it, and run a scan in safe mode. don’t try to use the restore points. Most likely, they are all gone like mine. Spyware Doctor is a crook.
CANT RUN THE PROGRAM AFTER DOWNLOAD. MSG – FILE IS INFECTED. NOT USEFUL. WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY
this is must be illegal i bet people are being paid to make these viruses. i think (presume) antivirus companies are paying hackers so that the victims have to buy these packages!!!!
just stop supporting SD and get Stinger
how to remove virus
I had viraus via pen drive , difficult removed any other antyvirus
Joe, you are absolutely right.
So how much did they pay you and doctor Phil for your endorsement?
At least ClamWin is open source and Malwarebytes is free for non-automated scans. Spyware Doctor finds viruses, but you have to pay to remove them? What a joke.
Have you resolved this problem? I have the same thing. This thing is nasty!
Help, I downloaded Sd but now the System Sec 4.51 says I cant open because pctsgui.exe is infected and won’t let me run my spyware. Help what can I do?
What I believe is, Spyware Doctor is a spyware. Period.
I bought Spyware Doctor 6 – everything downloaded great , did the full scan on computer, but it did not detect Personal antivirus -why did i pay for something to remove it when it did not even detect the problem? ps full scan took 55mins
I too got the fun filled gift of that stupid antivirus pro thing and NOTHING worked however as I read alllll the comments one thing came up FINALLY!!! TREY THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!!lol I did what he said and went into the windows task manager and in the processes menu ended the process
sysguard.exe and when I did that it deleted everything!!!!!!!!!
usually there is an option to change the default search provider under internet tools/options. If you are using firefox (which is the best browser IMHO) you can click the little down arrow next to the search bar, and choose either ‘find more providers’ or ‘change search defaults’.
hope this helps!
I had the Antivirus System Pro virus that kept having the pop ups and icon in the system tray. I have McAfee, but that didn’t remove it. After reading everyone of the comments listed here (I like the disgruntled gunsman), I downloaded Spy Doctor (and ended the process sysguard.exe in my Task Manager as I read that the virus hid there). They are right. Spy Doctor scanned, but when I clicked on “Fix Checked”, it prompted me to buy it. I did not buy it. It wanted to run Intell-guard (or something like that). I did. It prompted to me to restart and it ran again. The pop ups and icon are now gone. Thank God…hope this helps.
I also counld not get any of these things to work. Scanners would not open. No .exe would run. I had a second hard drive with windows on it so I put my old drive in and set the infected drive as slave. Rebooted and ran virus scan and removed virus. Reinstalled drive and ran scan again. Has been working fine. This was a VERY nasty virus. Good Luck!!
i used opera browser and was able to download it but i cant open taskmanager… it keeps saying that taskmanager was disabled by administator
pls pls pls pls pls pls help me this system security nonsense wont go away and wont allow me to install any anti virus stuff
Ok well deleted the spydoctor, didnt want to pay.. even though i got threats, it says… but anyway, after doing the “Search” removal and first doing the “ctrl alt delete” end processes, i dont seem to be having anymore problems
I think to remove allt he fake alerts.
Ctrl alt delete
go to Processes, and End Process on the
Xpdelexe.exe file.. it worked for me
Dont know wtf happened, i deleted it like it said.. Where you do Search, at first didnt work, then typed it in and did everything, deleted those. no more pop ups now, so thank god.. But im still a little, on the suspicious side, so i downloaded spyware…
It was weird, turned on computer this morning and its like saying all this stuff about my computers not protected, buy this, activiate this, someones trying to send my info out and such… then friend sent me this website, think i deleted it but not 100% sure..
Casalemedia – i get the same results.. Nothing show’s up on a search and S.D. does not find it.. yet every time I reboot, it shows up for me to buy a screen saver.. p.s. i also tried Malwarebytes with no luck as well… my p.c. is running slow now…
hello. l keep gettlng thls pop up (god yet another one) and lt says “appllcatlon cannot be executed. The flle tfswctrul.exe ls lnfected – suggestlons???
ok so like all the files u put on the maunal remover i went through but i couldnt find any can u pla help me
who is responsible for this junk?
Help, I downloaded Sd but now the System Sec 4.51 says I cant open because pctsgui.exe is infected and to run my spyware. Cant do it What do I do?
I have Spyware Doctor (paid and updated) and it does not remove this adware… I wish it would! :-)
Bloody right Shoot Them. I’m having problems with this system Security..
The spyware won’t let me open the page that helps me register and pay for Spyware Doctor in order to remove the program. Help! Is there a number I can call or something?
I am willing to give SD a try but right now it is not possible to manually edit the registry. And, every time a brontok file is deleted it replaces itself. And a few of the processes you listed have the same names as legitimate windows entities. How to distinguish one from the other in the Task Manager?
How am I supposed to trust something like this? My virus says it does the same thing, and it’s a virus… And the manual removal instructions are all useless and ineffective. How do I know it’s not a trick?
The exact same thing is happening to me. No matter what i try to download the System Security will not let me open it. It says the the file is infected. I can’t uninstall it either and i really need help.
Okay so I am not sure if this is the Virus I have, although my Windows Security Centre told me it was. When I try and open Internet Explorer, it opens for maybe 2-10seconds, once in awhile staying open for a minute. It wont let me open any sites that have information or downloads that coul maybe remove it. Firefox is a little better, but sometimes it dosn’t open at all. I have run both Spybot and AVG, but neither seems to be finding them?
Spyware Doctor owns malware doctor. When i got one soon after I got the other.
when restarting your computer go into safe mode, from safe mode you can install the software that it doesn’t allow you to….you might have to download the software on another persons computer because in safe mode you may not have internet connection.
I downloaded the free version of Spyware Doctor and I saw my PC was infected with Trojan Fakealert. But How can I remove them?
I tried to removed them manually, but I didn’t find any Trojan related stuff in processes within Task Manager (Ctrl+ Shift+Esc). What should I do??
I simply googled ’spyware protect 2009′ and checked many sites. This website doesnt work unless you buy Spyware Doctor but ‘http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-spyware-protect-2009#files’ was simple. Just follow the instructions by downloading ‘Malwarebytes‘ Anti-Malware’ and let it restart your computer and such. I don’t have problems now.
You are all a bunch of crooks….. So much for free….I bet you wrote the virus!!!
IM HAVIN THE SAME PROBLEM JESSICA HAD. I DOWNLOAD SYPWARE BUT IT WONT LET ME OPEN THE SYSTEM SO I CAN SCAN MY COMPUTER…. PLEASE PLAESE PLEASE HELP ME ASAP
All this would be great, except I can’t control anything! My mouse won’t move and this damn program pops up scanning with other windows even Internet Explorer pops up! Can I get this spydoctor or Spybot on disk and run it, or download it to a disk or something? Or should I just shoot my computer, go find these sorry son of a !!!!!!!’s and hang um high? HELP PLEASE!!!
get virus from system security, form a web site name “supportnetcenter.com”
use your download but cannot cure, pls help
The thing keeps poping up that the Spyware Doctor has a virus and the damn thing closes down the program before i can even start the scan. ANY USEFUL INFO OR LINKS?maybe even someones keyword so i can disable it?
after the scan finishes that is
on the trial it should show them differently and have a fix checked button on the bottom, that should take care of them
I installed for free and ran the scan and it does show i have many virus… Then to fix the problems I must buy it.
First off, is this legitimate? And second off, since I have a trojan and antivirus pro malware that takes information and passwords, is it bad to put in my credit card info to buy this program? Will the trojans and viruses take the information?
hey i tried to download Spyware Doctor and it downloaded great btu im trying to get this system security off and i did everthign it asked but when i went to go open the Spyware Doctor thing it would not lt me cause of the system security thing whst should i do
just tried with Spybot and it worked. it completely removed the spyware protect 2009 you should try it too.
If you are having trouble with System security 2009 I found a way to kill it. My trial Spyware Doctor did not find it but the removal info on this site was helpful. its root is in the application area. I couldn’t delete its folder while it was up so I moved it to the desktop and restarted my computer. In the few seconds before it runs and freezes you up, quickly delete that folder. the file name for mine was a bunch of numbers and had the image icon in it. so far it hasn’t come up again.
I don’t think any of this crap works… system security 4.51 really messed up my PC. You can’t open any applications, you can’t install any anti-virus software let alone trying to get this Spyware Doctor??? Looks like I need to rebuild by PC and lose all my info and it looks like the rest of you will have to do the same… doesn’t look like anyone responds to these things anyway!!!
i was able to download the free Spyware Doctor but the system security virus won’t let me open it by saying it’s infected & i already tried to manually remove the thing & it doesn’t work because it says that everything is infected…HELP!
i even cannot download the Spyware Doctor!!!!!!!!
please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tried downloading your application for free trial… it hung up for 2 mins for the last 0.1MB. Strange… maybe i do have the Conficker virus? I passed the eye check tho… will let you know how the manual removal works after i scan my PC. Spyware Protect 2009 has popped up 5 times while typing this!
pc tools antivirus hasn’t detected anything wrong with my computer but I am still getting the annoying pop ups of winpc and I can’t bear it anymore. Tell me if there is another way to remove it please. Thanks
Everyone had a lot of great suggestions, and I appreciate it, but none of them worked for me. After about 6 hours trying to figure this out, I ended up purchasing Spyware Doctor and I must say that did the trick. After 6 hours, for $29.95, it was worth it. One thing that has ahppened afetr everything was cleared up si every time I go to do a search in Yahoo, it goes through ToseekA? Does anyone out there know what the hell this is and how I can get rid of it? It does not offer the same quality of search and connection to the website I am looking for as Yahoo. Any help is appreciated.
I just got rid of Antivirus 360 by performing a scan with a free spyware program, PC Tools Spyware Doctor. It seemed to work.
hey i used Spyware Doctor to get rid of this peace of crap Antivirus XP 2008… looks like it did the job… but there is one little snag… it didnt return my screensaver tab… how do i get it back?…