Desktop Defender 2010 Removal Software
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Did you just get some warning with a text similar to :
Possible loss of data!
Too many privacy violation attempts on your computer!
The details about your credit card, post address, phone numbers from the submitted form can be lost.
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You have been infected by a proxy-relay Trojan server with new and danger “SpamBots”.
You should then know your computer is infected by Desktop Defender 2010. It is a malware displaying such messages. Because a very bad program known as Desktop Defender 2010 just infected your computer !
You will have to remove to remove Desktop Defender 2010 and clean your computer.
What is exactly Desktop Defender 2010 ? It is a rogue software, a program dedicated to hurt your computer and to steal your money. It will report a fake system scan will many viruses and ask you to buy a full version in order to clean all those threats.
This program is from the same family as the Contraviro malware. It has some very nice Windows vista design elements. The purpose is to make it more credible.
Be aware, this program can do the following problems:
it will disable many Windows applications, including your Task Manager. You will find your you do not have your computer control anymore.
It will pose problems to your Internet connection, including not being able to update your anti-virus programs, or similar programs
Be careful of the following methods used by malware like Desktop Defender 2010 to propagate themselves and to infect computers:
Fake online scanners. They will claim to be new, free and more. They will ask you to download and run a small application, in fact it will be the malware disguised.
Fake codecs. This is a common method for malware like Desktop Defender 2010 to infect system.
Such fake codecs can be installed through what is called a ‘drive by download’. You will find this method in many websites, either ones created for that purpose or others that have been hacked. Example would be you were browsing a given website and the website push a download unto your computer. Without the right and recent security tools or if the thread is a recent one, your computer most likely got infected. What was pushed… was the malware disguised.
Once downloaded and installed, Desktop Defender 2010 will start to create many fake files. The more the better. It will also modify the Registry to run itself on subsequent boot. ! On the next boot, it will do a system scan, it is a fake scan. It will then display a window with the Desktop Defender 2010 header and reports all those fake files as being infections. The main goal is to scare you in order to buy the registered version. The malware saying it is but a scanner and to clean your system, you need the full version.
Given those are all fake files with a fake report, you already guessed that Desktop Defender 2010 only wants to steal your money. Do not buy any full version, it will never work.
Desktop Defender 2010 was programmed to block many applications and features, so you do not delete this malware so easily. You will find out your own security program will not work, neither if you try to update it. As to accessing others online, it is also blocked.
Others application, like System Restore and the Registry Editor, are disabled once your computer is infected by the rogue program. Desktop Defender 2010 will also modify your browser settings, will show you lots of advertisements and will stays resident in the background.
You should first, rather than believing this fake program, remove Desktop Defender 2010 . To remove such malware, simply do a full, in-depth scan of your computer with this excellent software: Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. I do recommend it. It will definitively clean your system of any threats found.
Otherwise, if you don’t feel comfortable running such program, your best option would be :
this computer repair company. This online service is run by professionals and for like 89 dollars, they will remove Desktop Defender 2010 . It is done quickly and it does cost less than your local service shop.
To manually remove Desktop Defender 2010, do the following:
Kill Processes:
Desktop Defender 2010.exe
uninstall.exe
gedx_ae09.exe
kgn.exe
kn.a.exe
kilslmd.exex
Delete Registry Values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\antivirus_contextscan
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{C0E56AC2-9F72-436E-B6E7-AEC28AF9E4EB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\IEAddon.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{08EEC6AD-7486-487F-89B7-5A3716DDAE14}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CCB5551D-8594-4999-85F9-1E3EABCB95AC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\antivirus_contextscan
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\antivirus_contextscan
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEAddon.StatusBarPane
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEAddon.StatusBarPane.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{5B184B9D-B7BD-4FEA-8D1F-5E27182206A5}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{3ED0E410-5C8E-47B6-A75D-D10B886E903C}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Desktop Defender 2010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{CCB5551D-8594-4999-85F9-1E3EABCB95AC}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Desktop Defender 2010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tdifw_drv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform “Desktop Defender 2010″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Desktop Defender 2010″
Delete Files:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Desktop Defender 2010.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Defender 2010.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Defender 2010\Activate Desktop Defender 2010.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Defender 2010\Desktop Defender 2010.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Defender 2010\How to Activate Desktop Defender 2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Desktop Defender 2010.lnk
c:\Program Files\Desktop Defender 2010\daily.cvd
c:\Program Files\Desktop Defender 2010\Desktop Defender 2010.exe
c:\Program Files\Desktop Defender 2010\guide.chm
c:\Program Files\Desktop Defender 2010\tdifw_drv_WLH.sys
c:\Program Files\Desktop Defender 2010\tdifw_drv_WXP.sys
c:\Program Files\Desktop Defender 2010\uninstall.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\tdifw_drv.sys
c:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\tdifw\log.txt
%Temp%\gedx_ae09.exe
%Temp%\kgn.exe
%Temp%\kilslmd.exex
%Temp%\kn.a.exe
Delete Directories:
c:\Program Files\Desktop Defender 2010
c:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\tdifw
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Defender 2010