ScanGuard

A guide to uninstall ScanGuard from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove ScanGuard for Windows. It was coded for Windows by ScanGuard. You can read more on ScanGuard or check for application updates here. You can see more info on ScanGuard at https://www.scanguard.com. ScanGuard is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The full command line for removing ScanGuard is C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\uninst.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. ScanGuard.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 5.00 MB (5238888 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are contained in ScanGuard. They take 11.67 MB (12238647 bytes) on disk.

• nfregdrv.exe (48.00 KB)
• PasswordExtension.Win.exe (251.29 KB)
• ScanGuard.exe (5.00 MB)
• SecurityService.exe (269.16 KB)
• uninst.exe (175.07 KB)
• wscf.exe (289.76 KB)
• subinacl.exe (291.13 KB)
• devcon.exe (87.63 KB)
• devcon.exe (62.13 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,013.87 KB)
• ams_setup.exe (171.02 KB)
• apc_random_id_generator.exe (267.42 KB)
• avupdate.exe (2.78 MB)
• savapi.exe (634.10 KB)
• savapi_restart.exe (126.67 KB)
• savapi_stub.exe (302.20 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.23.167 of ScanGuard. Click on the links below for other ScanGuard versions:

• 4.13.75
• 5.1.10
• 1.31.9
• 5.18.284
• 5.17.470
• 4.6.14
• 4.2.31
• 5.21.159
• 4.13.71
• 1.32.17
• 4.14.25
• 1.39.31
• 1.29.15
• 4.10.38
• 4.8.12
• 5.5.83
• 5.22.37
• 5.15.69
• 1.37.85
• 5.13.8
• 4.13.76
• 1.36.97
• 1.28.59
• 5.23.185
• 5.14.15
• 5.15.67
• 1.33.39
• 1.38.12
• 4.4.12
• 5.19.33
• 1.35.18
• 5.19.15
• 5.23.174
• 4.6.19
• 1.34.8
• 5.16.203
• 4.13.39
• 4.9.36
• 4.1.7
• 1.27.21
• 4.7.19
• 1.39.26
• 4.14.31
• 1.39.36
• 4.8.35
• 5.16.175
• 5.23.191
• 5.4.19
• 1.36.98
• 4.12.10
• 1.29.12
• 4.0.17
• 1.30.24
• 5.24.38
• 4.3.6

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When you're planning to uninstall ScanGuard you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall ScanGuard:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\Accessibility.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\avira.managed.remediation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\avira.managed.sdk.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\avira.managed.update.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\AviraLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\bins\subinacl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\BouncyCastle.Crypto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\Branding.Desktop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\cachey-bashi.netcore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\clrcompression.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\clretwrc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\clrjit.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\coreclr.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\dbgshim.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\DirectWriteForwarder.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\DotNetZip.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\driver\amd64\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\driver\amd64\OemWin2k.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\driver\amd64\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\driver\amd64\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\driver\i386\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\driver\i386\OemWin2k.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\driver\i386\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\driver\i386\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\Engine.Win.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\EntityFramework.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\GUI.Win.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\GUI.Win.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\GUI.Win.runtimeconfig.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\hostfxr.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\hostpolicy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\HtmlAgilityPack.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\install.name
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\installer.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\installoptions.jdat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\lib_SCAPI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\lib_SCAPISharp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\da_DK.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\de_DE.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\es_ES.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\fr_FR.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\it_IT.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\nl_NL.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\nn_NO.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\pl_PL.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\pt_PT.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\sv_SE.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\locale\tr_TR.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\Manifest\chrome-manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\Manifest\edge-manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\Manifest\firefox-manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\ScanGuard
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\ScanGuard
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\ScanGuard
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\scanguard
• 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

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-524199427-3452483915-2111362194-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\ScanGuard.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SecurityService\ImagePath

A way to remove ScanGuard from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ScanGuard is an application offered by the software company ScanGuard. Some people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because performing this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY practice to uninstall ScanGuard is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find ScanGuard or simply activate the Search field and type in "ScanGuard". If it exists on your system the ScanGuard app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select ScanGuard in the list of applications, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about ScanGuard, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for ScanGuard:

• The publisher is: https://www.scanguard.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanGuard\uninst.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove ScanGuard.


8. After uninstalling ScanGuard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of ScanGuard which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing ScanGuard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove ScanGuard by ScanGuard from your PC, nor are we saying that ScanGuard by ScanGuard is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove ScanGuard supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.