Forest Guard PUP - How to remove

Forest Guard is detected by many anti-malware programs as a PUP (potentially unwanted program). There are several reasons why this classification is correct. First of all, Forest Guard displays fake alerts and false positives to convince users to buy its full version. Secondly, Forest Guard is distributed through bundling with other free programs, however, the information about the additional offer is not clearly mentioned. Users are not able to get a clear understanding of what else they are going to install, so this results in the unwanted installation of Forest Guard and possibly other malicious programs.

Forest Guard is similar to Win Tonic, Qbit Clean Pro, and OneSafe PC Cleaner. It is not correct to detect these programs as viruses, however, this is the first thought that comes to the minds of people who notice the wide range of scary alerts by these programs. This tutorial will give more detailed information about Forest Guard, its infiltration methods and instructions to remove (manual and automatic solutions).

Impact of Forest Guard on your PC

Upon successful drive-by downloading and installation, Forest Guard immediately begins its malicious activity within your computer. It modifies certain system parameters in order to be automatically launched whenever you start your computer. As soon as your Windows operating system is loaded, Forest Guard comes up and begins imitation of PC checkup. It runs its fictitious scanning lasting for only a few seconds. While the scan is taking place, Forest Guard starts displaying the multitude of faulty statements mentioning a lot of threats to be found in your computer. This is done in order to scare you about the condition of your computer, but remember that nothing reported by Forest Guard is true.

Finally, upon completion of its fictitious scanning, Forest Guard gives you a long report about the summary of the faulty errors supposedly found by it in your computer. However, the program does not let you fix these problems for free. It leads you to its associated payment processing page where you will be instructed to obtain the full registered copy of Forest Guard. Frankly speaking, its full version is not really different from trial one, both being equally useless. When your computer is functioning slowly due to real problems, Forest Guard will not help to fix these issues, no matter what version of it you use. In fact, Forest Guard will instead be the problem. It will cause continuous high CPU usage of your computer and may result in system slowdown and even possible crashes.

Forest Guard distribution methods

It is quite unlikely that people will make their personal decision to download and install Forest Guard through its official landing page. In fact, we attempted to download Forest Guard from https://softsinn.com, its related website, for the purpose of analysis. However, the link to download it simply did not work. The developers of this software refer to the practice of bundling. They integrate the installer with other free applications that people may decide to install. During the setup process, the information about Forest Guard is not clearly mentioned. When people click on “Next” or “I agree” during the installation they automatically allow the installation of other third-party utilities.

It is important that you always use only reliable websites for downloading free programs. Make sure you additionally carefully read the setup instructions and the EULAs (End User License Agreements) associated with free software. These documents may clearly mention that they additionally may contain third-party software installation offers. Switch to the “Advanced” or “Custom” installation mode where you may uncheck Forest Guard from the default installation option.

How to uninstall Forest Guard

The good thing about Forest Guard is that it provides users with the direct uninstaller. You may access the Control Panel of your PC and check the list of available programs. Locate Forest Guard and remove it just as you get rid of other programs you do not need. It might be necessary that some process related to Forest Guard will prevent you from removing the program manually, so you may refer to the help of Task Manager to end its task.

Manual removal of Forest Guard does not guarantee that your PC will be free of other malware. Furthermore, the fact that this program was installed through bundling means that your current anti-virus failed to protect your computer ahead of time. This is why we recommend you to perform additional scanning with Spyhunter to identify problems that cannot be manually discovered.

How to remove Forest Guard PUP using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Forest Guard PUP install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Forest Guard PUP . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Forest Guard PUP easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

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