WinPC Defender ; WinPC Defender, disguises itself as a Windows XP or Vista protection software, but conversely, is a counterfeit anti-spyware software which will screw up your computer just like other rogue antispyware software. Win PC Defender does nothing good but giving you headaches. WinPCDefender is destructive and devastated. Generally, Win PC Defender will advertises itself as a video codec or ActiveX control then installed in your PC without your notice and consent. WinPCDefender will then display annoying and misleading system popups to trick user to buy the paid version of WinPCDefender. Good luck in fighting with Win PC Defender!. When WinPC Defender is installed it will scan your computer and display a variety of infections that cannot be removed unless you purchase the WinPC Defender program. These infections, though, do not actually exist on your computer. Instead WinPC Defender is programmed to always show the same scan results regardless of the computer it is run on. WinPC Defender does this in order to scam you into thinking that you are infected and hoping that you will purchase the WinPC Defender program in order to remove the infections. Even if you purchase the WinPC Defender program, it still would not remove any of the infections and continued to state that your computer was infected.     

A byproduct of this WinPC Defender software running on your computer is an endless barrage of false warnings and Internet Explorer hijackings. These alerts are programmed to stay on top of your desktop so that if you have any running applications you need to close the alerts before you can get back to the screen you were working on. Even more annoying is that when you close these alerts you will then have to wade through a bunch of "Are you sure?" screens before the alert will close. The alerts that we saw when testing included a Firewall Warning and a Trojan alert. This WinPC Defender program, in addition to the nag screens, will hijack your Internet Explorer browser so that it randomly shows a warning when you are browsing the web. While browsing the web, you may be shown a Insecure Internet Activity. Threat of virus attack screen, instead of the page you are trying to browse to. This screen will contain an option to continue to the page or purchase WinPC Defender. Regardless of the choice you select, you will still be brought to the purchase page for the WinPC Defender program. As you can see, WinPC Defender program has only one purpose and that is to trick you into thinking you are infected so that you purchase it. Please ignore any warnings that this program may display and instead use the free removal guide to remove WinPC Defender and any associated malware.

Remove WinPC Defender

1. Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options. Delete Temporary Internet Files, cookie, off line content and Reset.

2. Disable System Restore - Right-click My Computer and select properties. Turn off System Restore on all drives.

3. Download and install Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and update its definitions.

4. Download, install SUPERAntiSpyware and update its definitions. Don't scan now.

5. Download and save SmitfraudFix to the Desktop. Don't scan now.

6. Reboot computer into Safe Mode - Restart your computer and gently tap the F8 key repeatedly before Windows loads. Select Safe Mode from the resulting menu. Safe Mode disables much of the startup routine (including some common Malware
hiding places).

7. Run SmitfraudFix.exe and select the option 2 and follow the on screen instructions. Then select the option 5 and continue. Then Exit.

8. Run Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware Malware Scanner. Run both malware scanners sequentially and delete malware found.

9. Reboot and turn System Restore back on. Enjoy your Spyware free computer.