Delete Great Defender

Great Defender Removal Software
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What is Great Defender?

Great Defender is a fake security application that can be easily cataloged as a malware of the type “scareware” due to the fact that once installed it will display various misleading and exaggerated security notifications in an attempt to trick the end user into purchasing a non existent licensed version of the product. For this reason, once the application has been detected it is recommended to take all necessary steps and completely delete Great Defender’s related files, folders as well as registry entries.

While Great Defender has the same characteristics as most other similar rogue antispyware applications from its family, the software deploys various techniques used to insure its presence. For this purpose, the application is running several processes used for different purposes such as fixing its own damaged files, displaying fake security messages, installing additional spyware or compromising general operating system security.

Even if it is possible to properly and completely delete Great Defender, the entire manual process is sometimes difficult and may proof to present certain risks if not done properly. For this reason and due to the fact that the rogue antispyware spreads using Trojans and other forms of malware, usage of a genuine antivirus such as Spyware doctor with Antivirus is recommended.

Great Defender Removal

File Removal Procedures

While willing to delete Great Defender’s files and folders it is first required to end its processes in order for the files to be accessible. For this reason, using the Windows Task Manager, the following tasks should be stopped immediately upon detention:

GreatDefender.exe

[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

uninstall.exe

After all processes have been successfully identified and stopped from execution it is possible to delete both files, folders and resource files connected with Great Defender. For this reason, the following paths should be accessed and all files connected with the rogue antispyware software application deleted:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ GreatDefender

C:\Program Files\GreatDefender Software

C:\Program Files\ GreatDefender Software\GreatDefender

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ GreatDefender\1 GreatDefender.lnk

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\GreatDefender\2 Homepage.lnk

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\GreatDefender\3 Uninstall.lnk

C:\Program Files\GreatDefender Software\GreatDefender\GreatDefender.exe

C:\Program Files\GreatDefender Software\GreatDefender\uninstall.exe

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\GreatDefender.LNK

Once all files and folders have been removed it is possible to say that the operating system is almost free of Great Defender, the only elements remaining being connected to the Windows registry.

Even if you delete Great Defender related files and folders it is still possible that additional malware is already installed in the system. For this reason, proper investigations done by certified remote computer repair specialists can save the end user from a lot of problems. For this reason, a good service to consider when deleting Great Defender is www.onlinecomputerrepair.org.

Registry Removal Procedures

In order to completely delete Great Defender it is not only required to remove its files but to delete its connected registry keys as well. For this purpose, the following registry keys should be deleted in order to ensure proper Great Defender removal:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\GreatDefender

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GreatDefender

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GreatDefender

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\GreatDefender.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

Conclusion

Even if it possible to delete Great Defender files and registry keys manually, in some cases, the application may be more difficult to disable due to the large number of different variants that are currently circulating on the Internet. In order to make sure that Great Defender is being properly deleted from your PC it is recommended to submit the form present on the website www.onlinecomputerrepair.org in order to benefit from a money-back guarantee, risk free expert technical service.

Now you will need to run a scan using Spyware doctor with Antivirus » download. While the free trial does not remove threats it will still stop every virus from re-installing and it will help identify whate files are left over for you to manually remove. We do suggest you use Spyware doctor with Antivirus to remove any left over traces or any other virus that it finds but that is just a suggestion.