PC defender plus virus is a fake antivirus or anti spyware that bluffs you about some non-existent viruses, spywares, malware and what else. It is also known as scare ware because they are distributed and worked under cyber criminals just to make you get false antivirus through scaring you about some hidden viruses and infected files. Trying you to get PC defender plus virus in your computer, they show false alerts and bogus scanning and showing fake viruses in your computer system.
Remember that don’t ever buy or download such antiviruses because they ask you to give your credit card numbers. Giving your codes freely to these false software can affect you badly because this information is shared with the third parties and your information is completely unsafe. This rogue spyware sometimes blocks windows system utilities like task manager so that you are unable to figure out that there are no such viruses existing in your computer.
How to remove PC Defender Plus virus?
As this virus restrains you from running security programs easily. So, it is recommended that you open your computer with safe mode. This way, you will have access to internet and you will be able to remove it then. To remove PC Defender plus virus, follow the instructions given below:
1. Restart your computer and press F8 or F2 and then F8 to run your computer in safe mode. Navigate through the advance windows options by pressing up and down arrow. Press Enter when “safe mode with networking” is highlighted.
2. Open the task manager by pressing “Ctrl+Alt+Del”. Click on “Processes” tab and uncheck the option “choose a proxy server for your LAN”.
3. Stop these processes if they are running.
%AppData%\NPSWF32.dll
%AppData%\Protector
%AppData%\result.db
4. Press the start icon appearing in the bottom left corner and write “regedit” in search. Press “Enter” to open the registry.
5. Go to the “file” and click “export”. Choose the location where you can save all your system’s back up. When your back up is saved, open registry and remove following registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Win 8 2013 Antivirus”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Windows PC Defender” HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3F2BBC05-40DF-11D2-9455-00104BC936FF} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WP345d.DocHostUIHandler
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes “URL” => http://search-gala.com/?&uid=201&q={searchTerms} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer “PRS” = http://127.0.0.1:27777/?inj=%ORIGINAL%
6. Now reboot your system normally.