How to remove Total PC Defender

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Total PC Defender description

Total PC Defender a.k.a. Total PC Defender 2010 is a rogue security tool. It’s a new version of Desktop Defender 2010 scam. It displays counterfeit alerts to trick people into purchasing the program. Total PCDefender is not a real anti-spyware but it looks like one because it mimics interface and actions of security applications.

TotalPC Defender fabricates infections alerts and system scan reports. All those messages invite purchasing TotalPCDefender 2010 for fixing the imaginary problems. Don’t trust this tool and remove it as soon as it appears on your PC.

Here are examples of the falsified alerts loaded by Total PC Defender:

TotalPCDefender_SystemUnderAttack

Warning! System under attack
Threat detected: Worm
File name: notepad.exe
Threat name: Generic Pup.z!7ec2eb2a

TotalPCDefender_SecurityWarning

Security Warning!
Malicious programs that may steal your private information and prevent your system  from working properly are detected on your computer.
Click here to clean your PC immediately.

TotalPCDefender_PossibleLoss

Total PC Defender
Possible loss of data!
Your online guard helps to stop unauthorized changes to your computer.
Details: Too many privacy violation attempts on your computer! The details about your credit card, post address, phone numbers from the submitted forms can be lost.
Suggestion: Remove Trojan sending data to the other PC, to prevent data loss.
Result: Quarantined.
Remove Trojan
Virus scanner needs your permission to continue. Desktop Defender 2010 helps to stop unauthorized changes to your computer.

Total PC Defender is a Rogue Antispyware software

How to manually remove Total PC Defender

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

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

Total PC Defender manual removal instructions

Block Total PC Defender sites:
dcspyware.com
protective-program.com Read more how to block Total PC Defender sites

Stop and remove Total PC Defender processes:
Total PC Defender.exe Read more how to kill Total PC Defender processes

Locate and delete Total PC Defender registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Total PC Defender Read more how to delete Total PC Defender registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by Total PC Defender

Detect and delete other Total PC Defender files:
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Total PC Defender
C:\Program Files\Total PC Defender
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Total PC Defender.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Total PC Defender\Total PC Defender.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Total PC Defender.lnk
C:\Program Files\Total PC Defender\Total PC Defender.exe

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

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42 Responses to

Total PC Defender

  1. Ashley
    January 10th, 2010 at 10:29 am

    I have a computer that this uninstalled without my permission and it pops up too quick and won’t let me go to internet explorer or anything to let me get rid of the damn program.

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    Wattie Sanders Reply:
    January 20th, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    Did anyone ever come with a solution for this problem. I have the same problem as Ashley. PC Defender disables everything before you can use the computer. I tried to boot in safe mode but an error message says windows encountered a problem and it freezes. Please advise!!!!!

    V/r
    Wattie

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    Zhengli Wu Reply:
    April 15th, 2010 at 6:45 am

    I thing you have to simply load eveything into a chip (not the scam) ang deleate eveything. Then you can just load the information in.

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    neo Reply:
    January 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    look in order to stop it for a time you got to open broswer before the thing pops up once you do that the screen goes black but you can still acess start menu then go to control panel and uninstall it but it will download again sometime so then just run a scan for total pc and delete files and follow the steps they have and to make everything eiser get spyware doctor

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    Steph Reply:
    January 30th, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for. Worked like a charm. Then once I had control again I ran Rkill and it disabled the program then cleaned it off the machine with bit defender. Thank you again.

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    Teresa Reply:
    February 5th, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    I was just attacked with this program. At first it just popped up then it got worse until it finally took over. But this is what I did and it didn’t cost me a dime. I turned my computer off and continually hit f8 to bring up the safe mode. I had to do the install from last restore point or something like that.. once I got there it gave me some time. I then was able to go onto my internet and download the malwarebyte.org download. It cleaned my files up with the quick scan then I went back and did the full scan. If you just use the uninstall it will come back. You have to get to the malware and get all the hidden files deleted. Again this shut my whole computer down and wouldn’t let me open it in the safe mode anymore. So this is the way that i got through it. There were over 500 of my files infected with this virus. Hope this helps…

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    Ashley Hennings Reply:
    February 8th, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    I got it off my computer by trying to beat the program coming up and getting ca antispyware to come up. It come up after the program came up but poped on top of it so I was able to do the spyware scan and get rid of it.

    The computer is came on does not have enough memory to take it to last restore point.. believe me I thought of it.

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    pooran kanta Reply:
    May 12th, 2010 at 5:23 am

    I GOT THIS THING , REFUSE TO CALL IT’S NAME, I FRIST DOWNLOADED AVG9.0, WHICH SCANED AND SHOWED ALL VIRUS, THEN GO TO VAULT AND CLICK EMPTY / REMOVE, WENT TO ADD /REMOVE PROGRAM. AND DELATED ANY THING NAME OR TAGGED TOTAL PC …….. AND ALL STRANGE NAMED VIRUS REMOVER.
    STILL SOME REMAINING POP-UP’S, THEN I READ IN ONE OF THESE FROUM , ANY TRYED THIS… BEFORE YOU PC OPENS ANY PROG. AT START UP, PRESS CLRT.+ ALT+DELATE, TASK MASTER COMES UP, HIGHLIGHT TOTAL PC & ANY OTHERS, AND CLICK END TASK.
    I HAD TO DO THIS ON FOUR DAYS , AND THEN ALL PC DEFENDER AND ASS. STOP COMPLETE, IT IS NOW SEVEN DAY’S THAT I HAVE NO PC DEFENDER POP-UP’S. AND MY PC IS STARTING UP FASTER, I CAN NOW USE IT FOR LONG HOUR’S. GIVE IT A SHOT

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  2. ciara vallely
    January 25th, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    can anyone tell me step by step instructions how to get my computer going again, this pc defender thing has completely locked me out of my computer, i cant access anything, it jus keeps asking for a license key, im getting all the pop ups, i dont even know where it came from coz i didnt download it……………. can anyone help me out please.

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    Luciana Reply:
    January 26th, 2010 at 1:24 am

    Step-by-step removal guide for deleting Total PC Defender is right above the comments section on this page.

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  3. Annie
    January 25th, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    i have deleted all of the files containing total pc defender and my computer still doesnt work. please help me!

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    Luciana Reply:
    January 26th, 2010 at 1:32 am

    This means that either the infection caused some changes you need to restore manually or you have other malware running on your computer. Run anti-spyware to make sure no infections are left onboard.

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  4. Abbas
    January 26th, 2010 at 9:46 am

    Hello all,
    Total PC Defender prevents access to my desktop! I get a brief loading of desktop followed by blue screen and Total PC Defender splash. Safe mode did not work either, so installing a removal software is not an option. Please Help!!

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    Luciana Reply:
    January 27th, 2010 at 12:32 am

    You still got an option to remove Total PC Defender manually.

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  5. Yvi
    February 1st, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    Try starting in Safe Mode ( F8) and then following the steps above. That worked for me.

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  6. denise
    February 3rd, 2010 at 9:33 am

    I am trying to remove total pc defender. Have tried to get into “accessories”, to go to system restore; it won’t let me stay in “Programs” long enough to take that step! Have also tried F2, to get to safe mode and remove it from there…no luck! Any ideas? I have printed out the instructions to download the removal program (including rkill), but can’t GET IN! Help! I don’t want to have to spend $130-$150 to get this fixed, if I can avoid it!

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  7. Josh
    February 3rd, 2010 at 7:23 pm

    I did all the steps above, i download Malwarebytes and Spyware doctor, I think the program is gone.. except, I cant run the Malwarebytes setup.. I tried restarting, safe mode.. I don’t know what else to do.. and my mousepad on my laptop doesn’t work..

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  8. Angry
    February 25th, 2010 at 7:50 am

    this virus has destroyed access into my opening of business computers. At the end of the screens site it has an email address if you have concerns.

    DO NOT SEND ANY INFORMATION TO THIS SITE:: safetyantispywareshop.com.

    This is a bogus attempt to gather additional information from you, especially after you have already entered your name, credit card info, etc.
    If I ever find out who these idiots are, there will be blood……..

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  9. CincyScott
    February 28th, 2010 at 8:17 am

    For anyone having trouble even starting these steps above because the program takes over their pc as soon as they boot….

    Here’s how I got rid of it on my kids XP machine (twice now… he keeps going out to these sites looking for cheat codes for his nintendo ds games… and that’s where he is picking up this wretched virus… this has at least been a good lesson for him, but I’m rambling….)

    step 1: reboot (hold your power button on your pc if you have to) and as soon as your machine starts booting, hit F8 a few times (before the Windows loading screen shows up). You’ll come to a screen that says ‘Please select an option:’ From here use your arrow keys on the keyboard to pick ‘Safe Mode with Command Prompt’

    step 2: it takes a while but you’ll eventually be looking at a command prompt. Type this in exactly as shown and press enter: del “C:\Program Files\Total PC Defender*.*” It will ask you if you’re sure, type a ‘Y’ and press enter.
    This will delete teh actual program causing the problem. Afterwards type ‘exit’ and press enter.

    step 3: after step 3 it looks like my machine is attempting to boot up to safe mode, but it freezes so I just hold in the power button which forces the PC to restart.

    step 4: we’re rebooting again, and we’re going to hit F8 again, but this time we’re going to select ‘Safe Mod’ (not the ‘Safe Mode with Networking’ option… b/c if this thing has mechanisms built it to download itself if it’s missing, we don’t want it to be able to see the internet)

    step 5: once we boot up into safe mode, we can now follow the steps outlined above on this webpage, including adding those sites to the hosts file, reenabling task manager etc in the registry (be careful!), and deleting any remnants of the program such as shortcuts, etc.

    I noticed in my hosts file that TONS of websites such as google, yahoo, etc were all being redirected to some mysterious IP address. I deleted every one of those (about 80 freaking entries in total) because there’s no reason for that. I suspect Total PC Defender, or some other malware put those entries in there. Have they been tracking all my google searches? Those dirty B@$7@Rdz

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    Richard Reply:
    March 9th, 2010 at 7:39 am

    I tried your methos – but got “Access Denied” message :-(

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  10. j
    March 1st, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    I was able to use start to get to restore point before it froze everything out then used control alt delete to use switch to to use restore point to get it out

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  11. Deborah
    March 21st, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    Thank you so much…all your instructionsworked and I was able to get this ?@#$% off my laptop.

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    Ewan Reply:
    March 24th, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    To anybody having trouble with loss of task bar:

    Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up Task Manager once Total PC Defender is running. End the Total PC Defender task. Once this is done, press the New Task button at the bottom of the task manager while under the applications tab and type the following:

    explorer.exe

    That should bring back your task bar and desktop so that you can continue with the other steps.

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    Georgina Reply:
    May 1st, 2010 at 3:00 pm

    THANK YOU!!!!

    let’s see if this can restore the task bar, from which point we will have to do manual removal, I guess…….

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  12. Jim
    March 30th, 2010 at 6:24 am

    Hey Folks – these PC Defender 2010 folks keep upping the ante and adapting

    The version I have has Disabled Task Manager, and will not allow start up in safe mode with or without networking (I’ll try command prompt when I get home and see if it will let me delete the PC Defender Program files to get a leg up)

    When attempting to go in via Safe Mode it just disregards that and starts up as normal

    Once the computer starts up PC Defender 2010 runs and doesn’t allow anything else to run nor any access to anything

    I was able to get McAfee running before the PC Defender started up and they were running concurrently but the McAfee scan said it didn’t find anything – so this isn’t on their radar screen or the program disabled McAfee. I can’t get Malwarebytes to run.

    If this doesn’t work the only thing I can think of is to take out the Hard Drive – put it in an external enclosure, plug it in as an external hard drive and clean it with malwarebytes and other programs – which I’m thinking should work since the Operating System is where this is contained (that’s always the problem – that these things infect the operating system and you can’t clean the OS when it’s running).

    Seeing as they are trying to dupe people into paying money, I don’t understand why the authorities don’t track back who is getting the money and take action (though I know this is an out of country attack in all likelihood.)

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  13. Sue
    April 2nd, 2010 at 5:24 am

    I started my computer in safe mode. Went to the control panel and deleted Total PC Defender. Went to Programs and deleted the file there also. Restarted my computer, went on the internet, downloaded Spyware Doctor. Ran it, and no more problems. Hope this helps you too!

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  14. sandy
    April 11th, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    HI, the total pc defender is on my lap top…… It won’t let me do anything but purchase the key….. what do I do?? someone help me please

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    Luciana Reply:
    April 11th, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    Take a look at manual removal guidelines and follow them carefully.

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  15. Vern
    April 15th, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    I had total pc defender on my laptop. Got in safe mode used windows defenders software explorer as well as the programs and features to disable the program temporarily. double checked through my computer and deleted it from start menu. I was able to start windows normally, still some glitches though, so used ccleaner, and ntregopt for the heck of it. double checked using the manual method on this page blocking the sites and it appears to be taken care of

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  16. Ingrid
    April 20th, 2010 at 10:34 pm

    Ipressed Control-Alt- Delete and searched for the PC Defender task and stopped that. Thanks to my Microsoft keyboard Elite for Bluetooth, I pressed “My Documents” and my computer icons and task bar showed up. I immediately searched for “all files” for PC Defender and deleted all of them and emptied my Recycle Bin. I also searched for HKEY and it knew it was PC Defender which there was none. So far so good. I do play on line games from time to time and not from many different sites but I do know that is how I got this big bad thorn in my computer. My next step is to purchase some of my favorite games and not play on line anymore. Hope this can help someone else with this unpleasant surprise.

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  17. E’sha
    April 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 am

    Thnx so much this websit helped alot the saf4e mode thng helped alot!!!

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  18. Harsh
    April 28th, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    Hi,I had almost gone mad in a fear of losing all the data but thnx alot this site saved my data.

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  19. Jeff
    April 30th, 2010 at 6:01 pm

    VERY helpful info here!!
    I was able to use many of these tips to save my wife’s PC.
    I’m no computer genius, but tonight I’m the hero.
    Thanks to those who took the time to leave tips for the rest of us.
    I am very grateful.

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  20. Roger
    May 1st, 2010 at 9:06 am

    ok so i have tried all options adn now it has control of my safe mode …add/remove does nothing but open the total pc defender.
    everything i have done to get around (IE. ctrl atl delete) or add remove it has disabled those options wither im in safe mode or not it is now at the point where i cant use my keyboard DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS PLS AND TY

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  21. Oliver West
    May 3rd, 2010 at 2:58 am

    PC Defender has locked up my laptop preventing me from working my my theis. These kinds of companies should be held acountable for the damge they do!

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    vieral Reply:
    May 3rd, 2010 at 12:34 pm

    This is not a real company, It is just probably a group of losers who have no life.
    Don’t go shaming actual companies by associating them with these guys

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  22. perka
    May 3rd, 2010 at 8:45 am

    well what is the US gov’t. and the FBI. doing about the crime that total pc defender is commiting. it fraud. and a cyber hijacking.do something mr. president.

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  23. king
    May 5th, 2010 at 7:26 am

    I can not start in safe mode ctrl+alt+dlt prompt comes up to log in, I do that it says logging on, then it logs right back off.

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  24. darby
    June 8th, 2010 at 9:53 am

    When the laptop freezes, the cursor freezed as well and wasn’t able to do anything. I used a mouse for speed reasons and after turning the laptop on safe mode, I quickly started spybot search&destroy. Please do NOT forget to clean out your recycle icon once you cleaned out all of totalpcdefender files.

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