Should I remove Privacy SafeGuard?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.1	100.00%

Rankings

• #7,111 SamsungMovie
• #7,112 Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year by PopCap Games
• #7,113 Bad Piggies by Rovio
• #7,114 TIPP10 Version 2.1.0 by Tom Thielicke IT Solutions
• #7,115 Cool Edit Pro 2.0 by Adobe Systems
• #7,116 Privacy SafeGuard version 1.1
• #7,117 Groovorio by Crawler
• #7,118 GTK2-Runtime by Alexander Shaduri
• #7,120 Copernic Desktop Search - Home
• #7,121 Amazon 1Button App

from Privacy SafeGuard

Remove Privacy SafeGuard version 1.1

Privacy SafeGuard is driven by industry-grade phishing site feeds like the powerful and community driven PhishTank project. We guard against over 300,000 known IPs and sites that steal and sell your information.

Privacy SafeGuard version 1.1 is a program developed by Privacy SafeGuard. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The main program executable is PrivacySafeGuard.dll. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 1.07 MB (1,121,966 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows Vista (SP2). While about 93% of users of Privacy SafeGuard come from the United States, it is also popular in India and Canada.

URL: www.privacysafeguard.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PrivacySafeGuard\

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\PrivacySafeGuard\unins000.exe"

Estimated size: 1.07 MB

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program Privacy SafeGuard version 1.1, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Privacy SafeGuard.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 80% Win Vista 0%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 69% Keep it 31%

GLOBAL RANK #7,116

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	92.99%
India	4.47%
Canada	0.20%
United Kingdom	0.20%
France	0.15%
Iran	0.15%
Saudi Arabia	0.15%
Brazil	0.10%
Korea	0.10%
Australia	0.10%
Mexico	0.10%
IQ	0.10%
BB	0.10%
Germany	0.10%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Publisher URL: www.privacysafeguard.com

---