Trojan.SafeGuard
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Short bio
Trojan.SafeGuard is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a Trojanthat is marketed as a false anti-malware scanner.
Type of infection
Trojan.SafeGuard performs a LSP hijackon infected machines.Trojan.SafeGuard is usually installed by the users themselves as part of a bundleror as a result of aggressive marketing.
Protection
Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.SafeGuard
Business remediation
How to remove Trojan.SafeGuard with the Malwarebytes Nebula console
You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.
Nebula endpoint tasks menu
Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections pageto see which threats were found.
On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.
Home remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.SafeGuard without further user interaction.
The user should be prompted to reboot at least once, because of the needed reset of the Winsock. Without a reboot, the user could potentially lose their Internet connection.