How to remove Security Defender

Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 4:58 am
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Security Defender description

Security Defender is a typical rogue program. It pretends to be a useful tool in order to gain a purchase while the software itself is malicious. Do not expect SecurityDefender to protect a computer: it’s only made to fabricate security warnings until a victim agrees to pay for the software.

Security Defender is distributed via fake online scanners and similar deceptive web sources. Unfortunately, the fraud may also be installed automatically by trojans and other types of malware.

SecurityDefender brings tons of counterfeit alerts trying to intimidate people. It may also disable regular applications and it may redirect web browser to malicious websites. Do not trust Security Defender and do not waste your money for it. Security Defender is malicious and it should be removed with no hesitation.

Security Defender is a Rogue Antispyware software

How to manually remove Security Defender

To remove Security Defender spyware you must block Security Defender sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other Security Defender files and registry utility. Follow the Security Defender detection and removal instructions below.

The most typical software removal method is to remove Security Defender by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden Security Defender files, running processes and registries in your computer, so Security Defender may recreate all other files after reboot.

Security Defender manual removal instructions

Locate and delete Security Defender registry entries:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{56a10a26-dc02-40f1-a4da-8fa92d06b357}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{56a10a26-dc02-40f1-a4da-8fa92d06b357}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "56a10a26-dc02-40f3-a4da-8fa92d06b357_33"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "56a10a26-dc02-40f3-a4da-8fa92d06b357_33"
Read more how to delete Security Defender registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by Security Defender

Detect and delete other Security Defender files:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\56a10a26-dc02-40f3-a4da-8fa92d06b357_.mkv
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\56a10a26-dc02-40f3-a4da-8fa92d06b357_33.avi
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\56a10a26-dc02-40f3-a4da-8fa92d06b357_33.ico
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\56a10a26-dc02-40f3-a4da-8fa92d06b357_33.lnk
c:\Program Files\Security Defender
c:\Program Files\Security Defender\Security Defender.dll
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Security Defender.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Security Defender.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\56a10a26-dc02-40f3-a4da-8fa92d06b357_33.lnk
%Temp%\.dll

We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track Security Defender and automaticaly remove Security Defender processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.

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2 Responses to

Security Defender

  1. Asunchion

    will the Security defender removal tool delete Security defender off my coumputer?

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    Gina Reply:

    No. Security Defender is a scam. You need to delete it with reputable spyware scanner or use manual removal guide provided here.

    Reply

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