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Remove GreatDefender, Great Defender Removal Help

By Bryan on December 30, 2009 | Rogue Antispyware Remove GreatDefender, Great Defender Removal Help

GreatDefender is a fake security tool which is far from greatness. It's an online fraud which seeks to infect one's computer and even take money for it. Great Defender pretends to be a security software which scans the system for viruses and displays warning messages when something goes wrong or some virus is found. Unfortunately, none of the threats detected by this fraud are real. The less experienced internet users may fall for this scam and loose their money. GreatDefender offers payed security services, so purchasing this malware should be avoided.

GreatDefender is not an antivirus nor it may provide security. One may catch this parasite while browsing online with a poorly protected machine, so in order to avoid GreatDefender and other similar threats it is important to obtain a reputable system protection program.

As Great Defender is know for displaying various fabricated pop-up security alerts here are some examples:

Security Center Alert!
Infiltration Alert!
Your computer is being attacked by an Internet Virus. It could be a password-stealing attack, a trojan-dropper or similar.
Do you want GreatDefender to block this attack?

730 SPYWARE Found
! Attention: DANGER!
GreatDefender has detected 730 Critical SPYWARE Objects while scanning the system. Following object will shortly interrupt system running by:
! Annoying advertisements wasting your traffic.
! Slow page download speed. Web browser is not working properly.
! Cyber thieves get access to credit card.
! Criminals will steal your personal data and photos.
! Hackers will get access to email box, personals, hosting and Internet services. They will use your computer and IP address for illegal purposes.
Register GreatDefender to block or remove threatening objects. Click “Clean” to register the version to render revealed threats.

GreatDefender is not an application to keep, remove it by following the instructions bellow.

GreatDefender websites

www.greatdefender.com Learn how to block rogue websites

New processes created

GreatDefender.exe
uninstall.exe Learn how to remove malicious processes

New GreatDefender registry entries created

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GreatDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GreatDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GreatDefender
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "GreatDefender.exe" Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan your registry errors
Learn how to remove malicious registry entries

New files and directories created

GreatDefender.lnk
1 GreatDefender.lnk
2 Homepage.lnk
3 Uninstall.lnk
GreatDefender.exe
uninstall.exe Learn how to unregister malicious DLL files

Symptoms in a Hijackthis log

O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [GreatDefender.exe] C:\Program Files\GreatDefender Software\GreatDefender\GreatDefender.exe

How to remove GreatDefender

To remove GreatDefender manually you must block rogue GreatDefender related websites, remove malicious processes and registry entries, unregister dlls and delete all malicious GreatDefender files from your computer.
Please note: cleaning your computer is a difficult and dangerous task, manually editing registry entries and removing processes and files may cause serious damage to your system. We strongly recommend scanning your computer with one of the legitimate antispyware scanners.

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