The fguard32.sys file is the process called Folder Guard Device Driver that is used by the application Folder Guard Professional Edition authored by WinAbility Software. This process file is a driver. A driver is a computer application that controls or operates a certain device attached to the computer. The driver commonly communicates with the device by means of a computer subsystem or computer bus that is connected to the hardware. The location of fguard32.dll file is in the C:\Program Files subfolder. Known sizes for this file include 77,072 bytes and 72,192 bytes with 85% occurrence. This file has a digital signature from WinAbility Software Corp. with certificate issued by VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer. This process automatically starts on drivers installed. The Folder Guard Device Driver version 7.9.2.567 with a size of 54,008 bytes has an MD5 algorithm fingerprint of f87bd63452c24df2dd11d64a89ec25dd, SHA1 of 581d2b3902f0ca81099b27cd37a71a65786de45e and SHA256 of f0a74db6d956ab88bc7da0a07f71f3774a04f9c27812506aa845261f52d00bca. The directory of this process is %PROGRAMFILES%\FGUARD. Folder Guard is a security software that provides you with control over access to Windows resources such as Start Menu and Control Panel, folders and files. You can protect you folders and files with passwords, and make folders invisible until you input the right password.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. fguard32.sys. is used by Folder Guard Professional Edition, If you shut down fguard32.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop fguard32.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Folder Guard Professional Edition, 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.

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A process usually a part of an installed application such as Folder Guard Professional Edition, 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 fguard32.sys. 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 fguard32.sys, belongs to, in this case Folder Guard Professional Edition