How to Remove GuardBytes Plus Virus

Know More about GuardBytes Plus

Being classified as a fake anti-spyware, GuardBytes Plus belongs to Braviax/Fake Rean rogue family. It disguises as a legal and helpful antivirus program, but as a matter of fact, its solitary aim is to cheat users for money. To begin with, GuardBytes Plus is able to get into your PC without your consent. Once getting inside, it will scan the target machine automatically and show warning notice to you. It declares that your PC is contaminated and you are required to remove the infections soon, or your machine will encounter serious damage. Certainly, GuardBytes Plus will ask you to buy its full version to safeguard your system. However, after you finish the payment, you still can't get rid of those infections. On the contrary, you give a chance for users to get more money from you. 

Usually, a common antivirus has a scan engine and a database, but GuardBytes Plus doesn't have either of them. Hence, it is not able to do any detection. Once a computer is impacted by GuardBytes Plus virus, it is also capable of injecting different kinds of harmful programs to your machine secretly. Commonly, this virus is spread through bundling with freeware like video and music players or PDF creators which can be downloaded on the Internet. So you have to get rid of GuardBytes Plus soon and try to run a scanner on your whole system in order to clean other kinds of viruses on your PC.

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Bad Sides of GuardBytes Plus

1. It blocks your computer and starts computer scan compulsively.
2. It shows you fake alerts and warnings to scare you.
3. It aims at cheating computer users to buy full version of this program.
4. It disables your firewall and antivirus programs.
5. It degrades computer running speed terribly.
6. It tries to steal your personal information for illegal purposes. 

Recommended Solution: 
Certain computer expertise is required to perform the manual removal. If you are not comfortable with taking the risk of deleting virus files, please use this powerful Automatic Virus Removal Tool to help you get things done perfectly.

GuardBytes Plus Removal Guide
Before the removal, please first back up your system! You should be extremely careful when deleting any file, because any mistake may lead to system crashes and other severe consequence.
METHOD 1. Manual Removal
Step One:
Reboot the computer and before Windows interface loads, hit F8 key repeatedly. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then press Enter key. System will load files and then get to the desktop in needed option.
 
Step Two:
Open Windows Task Manager and end virus processes. There are three ways to launch the Task Manager

① Press keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.

② Press keys Ctrl+Shift+Esc.

③ Press the Start button→click on the Run option→Type in taskmgr→press OK.
                                              
Step Three:
Click “Start” button and open the “Control Panel”, then double-click “Folder Options”. When the Folder Options window shows up, please click on the “View” tab, tick “Show hidden files and folders” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)” and then press OK. 
                                                
Step Four:

Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete GuardBytes Plus files: 

%Temp%\GuardBytes Plus

C:\Program Files\GuardBytes Plus

Step Five:

Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all GuardBytes Plus registry entries and keys.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe

METHOD 2. Automatic Removal
To completely delete GuardBytes Plus , you need to know that the manual removal above may not be able to remove virus  completely, because the creators of virus are always updating the virus version.Besides,any tiny mistake during the manual removal process may lead to severe consequences. Therefore,to ensure a complete and safe virus removal, it’s recommended that you get rid of virus with Automatic GuardBytes Plus Removal Tool. 
                                                                                   

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