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A guide to uninstall ScanGuard from your PC

ScanGuard is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by ScanGuard. You can find out more on ScanGuard or check for application updates here. Click on to get more details about ScanGuard on ScanGuard's website. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard directory (same installation drive as Windows). The complete uninstall command line for ScanGuard is C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\uninst.exe. ScanGuard.exe is the ScanGuard's primary executable file and it takes close to 2.59 MB (2717112 bytes) on disk.

ScanGuard installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 6.62 MB (6946814 bytes) on disk.

  • ScanGuard.exe (2.59 MB)
  • SecurityService.exe (431.36 KB)
  • uninst.exe (161.29 KB)
  • Update.Win.exe (327.95 KB)
  • subinacl.exe (291.13 KB)
  • devcon.exe (87.63 KB)
  • devcon.exe (62.13 KB)
  • openvpn.exe (728.34 KB)
  • openvpnserv.exe (32.34 KB)
  • avupdate.exe (1.88 MB)
  • sd_inst.exe (87.30 KB)
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This data is about ScanGuard version 1.36.97 only. You can find here a few links to other ScanGuard releases:

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Quite a few files, folders and registry entries can not be deleted when you remove ScanGuard from your PC.

Directories that were left behind:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ScanGuard

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall ScanGuard:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ScanGuard\1.17.0\avira32redist.zip
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ScanGuard\ScanGuard-1.36.98.zip
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ScanGuard\vdf_1520061099.zip
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ScanGuard\vdf_1520522945.zip

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\ScanGuard_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\ScanGuard_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ScanGuard


A way to erase ScanGuard with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ScanGuard is an application released by ScanGuard. Frequently, users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this manually requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to uninstall ScanGuard is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find ScanGuard or simply activate the Search feature and type in "ScanGuard". If it exists on your system the ScanGuard program will be found very quickly. When you click ScanGuard in the list , the following data about the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about ScanGuard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for ScanGuard:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.scanguard.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\uninst.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall ScanGuard.
Uninstall ScanGuard


8. After uninstalling ScanGuard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of ScanGuard which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling ScanGuard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall ScanGuard by ScanGuard from your PC, we are not saying that ScanGuard by ScanGuard is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall ScanGuard supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-10-30 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-10-30 15:01:56.210