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How to remove Desktop Security 2010 (Uninstall instructions)

Desktop Security 2010 is a rogue antispyware program. It is a clone of Total PC Defender, which is also a rogue antispyware application. Desktop Security 2010 usually installs itself onto your computer through the use of trojans that come from various misleading websites.

During installation, Desktop Security 2010 configures itself to run automatically every time, when you start your computer. Once running, the rogue will scan your computer and reports a variety of infections that can not be removed unless you pay for a paid version of the rogue. However, this is a scam, because Desktop Security 2010 is unable to detect or remove any infections. So you can safely ignore the false scan results.

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How to remove ProtectSoldier (Removal guide)

ProtectSoldier is a rogue antispyware program from WiniGuard family as APcSecure, ProtectDefender, etc. The rogue is usually promoted and installed through the use of trojans that may come from fake online malware scanners or misleading websites that supposedly provide free videos.

When the trojan is downloaded and started, it will download and install ProtectSoldier onto your computer. The trojan will also configure the rogue to run automatically when Windows starts and will drop a lot of files with random names (22874hacztoo933d.bin , 169fthzef3596.exe, …) in Windows folder. All of these files cannot harm your computer, but ProtectSoldier labels them as infections and it won’t remove those infections unless you purchase this fake antispyware. Of course, this is a scam. The scan results are false and you may safety ignore them.

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How to remove APcSecure (Uninstall instructions)

APcSecure is a rogue antispyware program. It is installed throught the use of trojans that come from fake “youtube” websites that ask users to download a fake codec or a flash player update needed to view a video online. Once the trojan is started, it will download and install APcSecure onto your computer and register it in the Windows registry by creating a registry value at the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run” to run automatically when Windows starts. The trojan will also create numerous files with random names that made to appear as infections, but in reality all of them are harmless.

When APcSecure is running, it will imitate a system scan and labels previously created files as spyware, malware and worms to make you think that your computer in danger! Then it will prompt you to pay for a full version of the rogue program to remove them. This is of course nothing more but a scam. So, you can safety ignore the scan results!

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How to remove ProtectDefender (Uninstall instructions)

ProtectDefender is not a legitimate security tool. It is a rogue antispyware program that installed through the use of trojans that pretend to be flash player updates or even video codecs required to watch a video online.

When the trojan is started, it will download and install ProtectDefender onto your computer and register it in the Windows registry to run automatically when Windows loads. The trojan will also create a lot of files with random names, which are actually harmless but will be later, during the scan, “detected” by ProtectDefender as worms, spyware and malware. However, this is a scam! All of these “infections” cannot harm you computer, ProtectDefender only imitates system scan to scare you into thinking that your computer in danger!

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How to remove ArmorDefender (Uninstall instructions)

ArmorDefender is a rogue antispyware program that installed through the use of trojans that come from fake online malware scanners. Once the trojan is running, it will download and install the rogue onto your computer and will register it in the Windows system registry to run automatically every time when computer loads.

When ArmorDefender is installed, it will start a system scan and reports a lot of infections, then you will be asked to pay for a so-called “full” version of the program. Of course, these infections are all fake, it just uses the real names of infections to make the scam look more realistic. The only real infection is ArmorDefender!

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How to remove Win Security 360 (Uninstall instructions)

Win Security 360 is a rogue antispyware program. It is distributed through the use of trojans that come from malicious websites that pretend to be online malware scanners. That online scanner is fake and could not possibly detect malware on your computer.

During installation, Win Security 360 will be configured to run each time you logon into Windows. Once started, the rogue will run a fake system scan and report legitimate Windows files and not existing files as infections that will not be fixed unless you first purchase the program. Important to know, all of these reported infections are fake, so you can safely ignore the scan results that Win Security 360 gives you.

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How to remove cls_pack.exe, extrac64_cab.exe and winhlp64.exe trojan (Fake Security Center Alert)

cls_pack.exe, extrac64_cab.exe and winhlp64.exe are components of trojan FakeAlert. Once the trojan is installed and started, it will configure itself to run automatically when Windows loads. Then it will show a Security Center Alert that stats that “Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program” (Trojan-Downloader.JS.Multi.ca, Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.t, Net-Worm.Win32.DipNet.d, Rootkit.Win32.Agent.pp) as a method to make you think your computer has a security problem. An example of above alerts:

Security Center Alert
To help protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program.
Do you want to block this suspicious software?
Name: Rootkit.Win32.Agent.pp
Risk Level: Middle Risk

However, all of these alerts are fake and should be ignored!

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How to remove DefendAPc (Uninstall instructions)

DefendAPc is a rogue antispyware program. It is a clone of SysDefenders, which is also a rogue antispyware application. Both programs are from the family of WiniGuard scareware. DefendAPc is distributed from malicious web sites through the use of trojans, which usually pretend to be flash player updates or even video codecs required to watch a video online.

When the trojan is started, it will download and install the fake antispyware application and register it in the Windows system registry to run automatically when you login to Windows. The trojan will also create numerous files with random names in Windows folder, which later during the scan, DefendAPc will detect as infections. Then the program will prompt you to purchase a full version of the program to remove them. This is of course nothing more but a scam, all of these “infections” are fake and cannot harm you computer! So you can safely ignore the scan results that DefendAPc shows you.

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How to remove Ghost Antivirus (Uninstall instructions)

Ghost Antivirus is a rogue antispyware program. It is usually installed from fake online malware scanners that reports that your computer is infected and you must install a program to clean your PC. That online scanner is scam and could not possibly detect malware, trojans and viruses on your computer. The program is a trojan that, once started, will download and install Ghost Antivirus onto your computer. The trojan will also configure Ghost Antivirus to run automatically when you Windows starts.

Once installed, Ghost Antivirus will start to scan your computer and list numerous infections that will not be fixed unless you first purchase the program. Important to know, all of these infections are fake and do not actually exist on your computer, so you can safely ignore them.

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How to remove SysDefenders (Uninstall instructions)

SysDefenders is a software that classified as rogue antispyware program because it installed through the use of trojans, simulates a system scan and reports false infections in order to trick you into paying for a license.

When the trojan is started, it will download and install SysDefenders onto your computer and configure it to run automatically when you login to Windows. The trojan will also create a lot of harmless files with random names, which later during the scan, SysDefenders will label as infections. Then it will ask you to pay for a full version of the program to remove them. However, this is a scam, all of these infections cannot harm you computer! SysDefenders shows the false scan results in order to scare you into think that your computer in danger.

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