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Home › Rogue Anti Spyware › Tutorials - HowTo › How to remove Personal Defender 2009

How to remove Personal Defender 2009

Myantispyware team October 31, 2008     No Comment    

Personal Defender 2009 is a rogue antispyware application. It uses the trojans and advertising for the hit on your computer. In both cases, your PC will display false alerts with a warning that you must download and install Personal Defender 2009 to protect your computer.

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During installation, it configures itself to run automatically every time, when you start your computer. Once running, Personal Defender 2009 will scan your computer and reports false or exaggerated system security threats on the computer that cannot be removed unless you first purchase the software. Do not do it!

Symptoms in a HijackThis Log:

O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [Personal Defender 2009] “C:\Program Files\Personal Defender 2009\pdefendr.exe”

Use the following instructions to remove PersonalDefender2009.

1. Using Smitfraudfix.

  • Download SmitfraudFix.
  • Reboot your computer in Safe Mode by doing the following:

    1. Restart your computer
    2. After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, press F8.
    3. Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear
    4. Select the first option, to run Windows in Safe Mode.

  • Double-click SmitfraudFix.exe.
  • Press the number 2 on your keyboard and the press the enter key to choose the option Clean (safe mode recommended).
  • You will be prompted : “Registry cleaning – Do you want to clean the registry ?“; answer “Yes” by typing Y and press “Enter” in order to remove the Desktop background and clean registry keys associated with the infection.
  • The tool will now check if wininet.dll is infected. You may be prompted to replace the infected file (if found); answer “Yes” by typing Y and press “Enter”.
  • The tool may need to restart your computer to finish the cleaning process; if it doesn’t, please restart it into Normal Windows.

2. Using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

  • Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM). Close all programs and Windows on your computer.
  • Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
  • If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
  • Once the program has loaded, select “Perform Quick Scan”, then click Scan.
  • The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.
  • When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
  • Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
  • When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.

Note: If you can not download these antispyware programs, then try to boot your PC in the Safe mode with networking.

* Restart your computer.
* After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, press F8.
* Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear.
* Select the “Safe mode with networking” option, to run Windows in Safe Mode with networking.

Try follow instructions above again.

If you need help with the instructions, then post your questions in our Spyware Removal forum.

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Author: Myantispyware team

Myantispyware is an information security website created in 2004. Our content is written in collaboration with Cyber Security specialists, IT experts, under the direction of Patrik Holder and Valeri Tchmych, founders of Myantispyware.com.

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