How to remove TheDefend rogue anti-spyware
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How to remove TheDefend rogue anti-spyware
Malware Description:
TheDefend (aka The Defend) is a fake spyware removal tool. TheDefend originates from the family of fake anti-spywares which was lately replenished by such scareware applications as REAnti, IGuardPc and Guard Pcs TheDefend takes advantage of people’s credulity or weak PC security capabilities when compromising computers. You are more than unlikely to notice TheDefend entering your PC – for a few reasons. First of all, TheDefend uses trojans to spread throughout computer networks so taking into consideration how stealthy trojan viruses are, it’s useless to hope encountering the infiltration proper. Secondly, TheDefend trialware may be uploaded from insecure internet sources and fake online scanners that mislead you into downloading some purported useful stuff but you will eventually end up getting your PC contaminated with TheDefend scam. And here is what TheDefend does after it gets on to your machine. First of all, TheDefend changes your Windows registry and adds its own registry keys. This usually leads to TheDefend loading right at startup whenever you reboot. When running, TheDefend displays lots of misleading popup ads and fake scanners that report malware which isn’t there in fact. Such trick is done for you to get brainwashed into installing and registering TheDefend which is stated to remove the allegedly detected infections. Well, since TheDefend detects unreal and made-up viruses, there’s no need to remove anything but TheDefend junkware itself, is there? So do not linger and get rid of The Defend scareware program right after it gets intercepted on your machine.
Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown
Threat Level: 
Critical
Advice: Immediately remove and scan for additional malware
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How to remove TheDefend manually:
Manual removal of TheDefend is a feasible objective if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.
The files to be deleted are listed below:
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\TheDefend.lnk
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\TheDefend
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\TheDefend\1 TheDefend.lnk
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\TheDefend\2 Homepage.lnk
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\TheDefend\3 Uninstall.lnk
- %Program Files%\TheDefend Software
- %Program Files%\TheDefend Software\TheDefend
- %Program Files%\TheDefend Software\TheDefend\TheDefend.exe
- %Program Files%\TheDefend Software\TheDefend\uninstall.exe
- %Temp%\nsv2.tmp
The registry entries that need to be removed are as follows:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TheDefend
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\TheDefend
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TheDefend
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “TheDefend.exe”
Please, be aware that manual removal of TheDefend is a cumbersome process and does not always ensure complete deletion of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal TheDefend, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
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