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PC Defender Removal Instructions

PC Defender (PCDefender) refers to names fabricated by hackers or borrowed from reliable antispyware reports and databases. Those names are not the names of infections that PC Defender can find. It finds several entries actually present in the memory of your PC, which entries are files dropped by the very hackers marketing PC Defender. Other scan results are not the names of infections actually found by PC Defender and are put into its scanner in advance.
It is strongly recommended to remove PC Defender the fake scanner and its harmless infections. The scan by PC Defender is not the only show that hackers have for you, there are also alerts repeated randomly and executables blocking legit software or preventing its launching or terminating its processes. To get rid of PC Defender completely and to obtain a solution to prevent further infecting, click here to start downloading PC Defender removal tool.

Automatic removal of PC Defender:

Malware is likely to be accomponied by a group of numerous relatives and assisting programs. That is why we recomend to scan computer for malware and viruses if  PC Defender is your computer resident. The scan is 100% free. After the scan, you can remove PC Defender in a safe mode as fast as your PC perfomance permits. Click here to scan your computer for free and get rid of PC Defender.

If PC Defender blocks remover download:

Where PC Defender attempts to evade its removal and terminates or disallows true antispyware downloading, the problem is usually resolved when you run your OS in safe mode. To start Safe Mode session, please restart your computer and before Windows starts loading press F8 and hold it until you enter Windows Advanced Options Menu; by using your keyboard choose the following option: Safe Mode with Networking, and let Windows start in Safe Mode. Try to download the antispyware of your choice again. If PC Defender still blocks remover download – act as follows:

Step 1: click Start at the left bottom corner of your monitor
Step 2: choose Run in its menu
Step 3: type “command” in the line and click OK or press Enter
Step 4: in the window that is to appear type “notepad”
Step 5: once notepad is open, insert the following text into Notepad by copy and paste:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@=”exefile”
“Content Type”=”application/x-msdownload”

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile]

Step 6: save the resulted file as “exefix.reg” (no quotes) at the Desktop. When saving, please choose All Files at the “Save As” drop-down list. Open “exefix.reg” file (on your Desktop) and press “Yes”. After that you can download Spyware Doctor and other legitimate anti-spyware applications.

Download Spyware Doctor to remove PC Defender malware

Manual removal of PC Defender:

PC Defender manual removal means that you have relevant skills for managing .dll files and PC registry. After you remove PC Defender manually, we still highly recommend you due to the reasons explained above to perform free scan for malware. Follow the relevant link above to start free scan (click on “Download Spyware Doctor to remove PC Defender malware”).

Delete PC Defender files:

PC Defender.lnk
Antispyware.exe
hook.dll
proccheck.exe

Delete PC Defender registry entries:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Def Group\Antispyware
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Userinit” => “C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,”C:\Program Files\Def Group\PC Defender\Antispyware.exe”

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