Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com Adverts Effectively

BrowsingGuard(.)com is the domain of a supposed security software for browsing. The strange thing is that BrowsingGuard cannot be downloaded directly from the site. There are advertisements that the platform spreads if you have it installed and thus considered adware. You can be redirected. To remove all advertisements related to this adware, you should read the whole article.

Threat Summary

Name	BrowsingGuard(.)com
Type	Adware, PUP
Short Description	The site generates advertisements on various websites.
Symptoms	You can see advertisements all over your browsers, such as pop-ups or banners about the BrowsingGuard software or site.
Distribution Method	Freeware Installations, Bundle Packages, Direct Download
Detection Tool	See If Your System Has Been Affected by BrowsingGuard(.)com Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss BrowsingGuard(.)com.

BrowsingGuard(.)com – Distribution

BrowsingGuard(.)com can be distributed in different ways. At one time the direct download buttons on the official website should have worked. The software could be spread with third-party installations. Without your awareness, the adware can be injected to your PC with those third-party installations, whether they are freeware or bundled. Install setups could be set to add extra components along with the software they advertised to install. Avoiding any unwanted program from installing is manageable if you find Custom or Advanced settings inside the setup. In there you can deselect.

BrowsingGuard(.)com can also be distributed with various advertisements displayed in websites. Banners, pop-up and pop-under ads can be used for redirection to the platform. If you visit websites with an unknown origin or suspicious ones, you could see that this could be another distribution method for this adware. Redirects could be hosted on those sites as well. Browsers that could be affected are the following: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari.

BrowsingGuard(.)com – Detailed Information

BrowsingGuard(.)com is the official website page for a supposed software for browser security, namely – BrowsingGuard. The page has banners and buttons for direct downloads of that software. They do not do anything when you click on them. Advertisements and redirects can show up when browsing if you have any application associated to BrowsingGuard. The program is considered adware. Below in the picture you can view how the main page of the BrowsingGuard(.)com website looks:

If your computer has any software related to BrowsingGuard(.)com, you could be a witness to a lot of online advertising content. That is also true if you have plug-ins, extensions or add-ons nested in your browsers, which are tied to the adware. You could get redirected to many different websites, too.

Adverts can have one of the following texts inside:

• Ads by BrowsingGuard(.)com
• Advertisement by BrowsingGuard(.)com
• Ad by BrowsingGuard(.)com
• Advert from BrowsingGuard(.)com
• Powered by BrowsingGuard(.)com
• Brought to you by BrowsingGuard(.)com

Links and adverts that redirect, which are connected to the BrowsingGuard service might be placed on websites to generate Web traffic. The traffic could make revenue for the adware platform on a pay-per-click basis.

The adverts that are displayed can vary in shape and form as other sites which are ad networks are involved with this adware. Advertisements associated with BrowsingGuard(.)com can show as pop-ups, in-text links, pop-unders, banners, and even interstitial ads. Other kinds of advertisements are not excluded from appearing, too.

BrowsingGuard(.)com – Privacy Policy

The Privacy Policy of BrowsingGuard(.)com is quite short, but gives some insight about information collection and the invasion of your privacy by the platform. In the policy, claims about how your privacy is valued exist but are supported by a statement that third party ad networks may collect information about you and all of their policies apply as well. You can see that from the following excerpt from the policy here:

Other Third Party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track users activities on this website to measure advertisement effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies, this site has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third party advertisers.

You can see a picture of the Privacy Policy below:

The policy gives little detail about what exactly is collected:

• Your IP address
• Date of access
• Time of access
• Other, personal information

Personally identifiable information is collected, including your IP address. The remainder of the collected information is not mentioned in this policy, but it is almost certain ad networks using cookies on this website collect a lot more than that. Be careful when using this site, program, services or anything related, as the adware might push other things than ads and redirects.

Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com Effectively from Your PC

To remove BrowsingGuard(.)com manually from your computer, follow the step-by-step removal tutorial provided below. In case this manual removal does not get rid of the ads completely, you should search for and remove any leftovers with an advanced anti-malware tool. Such software can keep your computer secure in the future.

Manually delete BrowsingGuard(.)com from Windows and your browser

Note! Substantial notification about the BrowsingGuard(.)com threat: Manual removal of BrowsingGuard(.)com requires interference with system files and registries. Thus, it can cause damage to your PC. Even if your computer skills are not at a professional level, don’t worry. You can do the removal yourself just in 5 minutes, using a malware removal tool.

2. Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com from Your Browser

Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com from Your Browser.

Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Safari

Start Mozilla Firefox Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu

Select BrowsingGuard(.)com and click “Remove”

After BrowsingGuard(.)com is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and Open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate BrowsingGuard(.)com and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After BrowsingGuard(.)com is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click “‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’

Select BrowsingGuard(.)com to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After BrowsingGuard(.)com has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Safari

Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.

From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’
In the new window select ‘Extensions’
Click once on BrowsingGuard(.)com
Click ‘Uninstall’

A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall BrowsingGuard(.)com. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the BrowsingGuard(.)com will be removed.

Automatically remove BrowsingGuard(.)com by downloading an advanced anti-malware program

1. Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Install SpyHunter to scan for and remove BrowsingGuard(.)com.2. Scan with SpyHunter to Detect and Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com.

Step 1: Click here to go to SpyHunter’s download instruction page.
Step 2: Guide yourself by the download instructions provided for each browser.
Step 3: After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to automatically update.

Step1: After the update process has finished, click on the ‘Scan Computer Now’ button.

Step2: After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any BrowsingGuard(.)com files, click on the ‘Fix Threats’ button to remove them automatically and permanently.

Step3: Once the intrusions on your PC have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart it.

2. Back up your data to secure it against attacks related to BrowsingGuard(.)com in the future

Back up your data to secure it against attacks in the future

IMPORTANT! Before reading the Windows backup instructions, we highly recommend to back up your data automatically with cloud backup and insure it against any type of data loss on your device, even the most severe. We recommend reading more about and downloading SOS Online Backup .

SOS Online Backup

1. For Windows 7 and earlier 1. For Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 1. Enabling the Windows Defense Feature (Previous Versions)

1-Click on Windows Start Menu

2-Type Backup And Restore
3-Open it and click on Set Up Backup

4-A window will appear asking you where to set up backup. You should have a flash drive or an external hard drive. Mark it by clicking on it with your mouse then click on Next.

5-On the next window, the system will ask you what do you want to backup. Choose the ‘Let Me Choose’ option and then click on Next.

6-Click on ‘Save settings and run backup’ on the next window in order to protect your files from possible attacks by BrowsingGuard(.)com.

1-Press Windows button + R

2-In the window type ‘filehistory’ and press Enter

3-A File History window will appear. Click on ‘Configure file history settings’

4-The configuration menu for File History will appear. Click on ‘Turn On’. After its on, click on Select Drive in order to select the backup drive. It is recommended to choose an external HDD, SSD or a USB stick whose memory capacity is corresponding to the size of the files you want to backup.

5-Select the drive then click on ‘Ok’ in order to set up file backup and protect yourself from BrowsingGuard(.)com.

1- Press Windows button + R keys.

2- A run windows should appear. In it type ‘sysdm.cpl’ and then click on Run.

3- A System Properties windows should appear. In it choose System Protection.

5- Click on Turn on system protection and select the size on the hard disk you want to utilize for system protection.
6- Click on Ok and you should see an indication in Protection settings that the protection from BrowsingGuard(.)com is on.

Restoring a file via Windows Defense feature:
1-Right-click on the encrypted file, then choose Properties.

2-Click on the Previous Versions tab and then mark the last version of the file.

3-Click on Apply and Ok and the file encrypted by BrowsingGuard(.)com should be restored.

Optional: Using Alternative Anti-Malware Tools

Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com Using Other Alternative Tools

STOPZilla Anti Malware

1. Download and Install STOPZilla Anti-malware to Scan for And Remove BrowsingGuard(.)com.
Step 1: Download STOPZilla by clicking here.
Step 2: A pop-up window will appear. Click on the ‘Save File’ button. If it does not, click on the Download button and save it afterwards.

Step 3: After you have downloaded the setup, simply open it.
Step 4: The installer should appear. Click on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 5: Check the ‘I accept the agreement’ check circle if not checked if you accept it and click the ‘Next’ button once again.

Step 6: Review and click on the ‘Install’ button.

Step 7: After the installation process has completed click on the ‘Finish’ button.

2. Scan your PC with STOPZilla Anti Malware to remove all BrowsingGuard(.)com associated files completely.
Step 1: Launch STOPZilla if you haven’t launched it after install.
Step 2: Wait for the software to automatically scan and then click on the ‘Repair Now’ button. If it does not scan automatically, click on the ‘Scan Now’ button.

Step 3: After the removal of all threats and associated objects, you should Restart your PC.

Berta Bilbao

Berta is the Editor-in-Chief of SensorsTechForum. She is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space.

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