Windows Additional Guard uses generic Windows design features to pose as a legit Windows antispyware program, but don’t get taken in by this old trick. Windows Additional Guard is just another badware application from the wonderful people who brought us Smart Virus Eliminator, Malware Catcher 2009, and other knock-off scamware.

You’d think putting out the same software over and over under different names would get old after a while. But no, these guys never get tired of it.

Once the Windows Additional Guard pop-up finishes its fake system scan, it says, “Sample Scan results 15 potential threats found” and that you’re infected with eb.exe/Trojan-Spy.HTML.Bayfraud.hn, but don’t worry. This is the same line it feeds everyone. It’s just trying to scare you into clicking the “Protect Now” button, which takes you to a payment screen.

But paying for this phony software definitely will not, as it promises, “enhance your PC protection against potentially harmful items.” Windows Additional Guard is a harmful item. I’ll show you how to uninstall Windows Additional Guard, for free.

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