The program associated with the file fguard.exe is PC Tools Antivirus, licensed under Threat Expert. The file fguard.exe installs the Browser Defender Social On Disk for Browser Guard. The process is also called FakeGuard Module. The default location of the file is C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools Security\BDT\FGuard. It runs as a background process when enabled, and is launched simultaneously with Windows startup. What the program does is detect fake applications of anti-virus utilities. It alerts users by displaying pop-ups when a fake anti-virus process or application has been detected. It provides online browsing security, and is often utilized by Internet surfers when they play online games. Reviews by users show that they disable the security tool because they find that constant display of pop-ups interferes with their browsing experience. Improper or incomplete installation of the file, without removal of the program from the computer after such incident, may render the file and the system vulnerable to virus attacks.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. fguard.exe. is used by PC Tools Internet Security, If you shut down fguard.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop fguard.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is PC Tools Internet Security, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed fguard.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as PC Tools Internet Security, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if fguard.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that fguard.exe, belongs to, in this case PC Tools Internet Security