Today we would like to present you the newest rogue antispyware applications that under no circumstances should be in use or trusted. Its name is TheDefend (also known as The Defend). It is notorious fake security software that recently appears to be promoted by Trojans and can be picked up form misleading and infected Internet sites. Trojan, that this badware is pushed by, sneaks inside users’ computers and installs TheDefend without their consents. TheDefend is modified the way it will start its nasty work every time the user logs in into Windows. After this, TheDefend will scan the whole system and will alert about unreal threats. Its alerts should not be trusted, because all infection v informs you about were made by this unwanted program only for one reason: to trick you and make you feel afraid about your own PC. They are harmless, but TheDefend will never let you remove them without purchased license, which you can find if follow the link this nasty security application pops up. Do not forget that TheDefend was created by those people who make profit on tricking ordinary users. For this reason everything TheDefend offers you to must be ignored. What is more, the same Trojan that installs TheDefend, will also block all real security software and will deny any endeavourers of visiting security related pages to prevent its detection. In case you picked up this infection, please get rid of it as soon as possible, otherwise you will face huge troubles and can lose not only your money, but important documents and useful files on your computer as well. Always keep in mind that TheDefend is extremely perilous security application that only pretends to be such, but indeed has nothing to do with computer protection.
Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown
Threat Level: Critical
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How to remove TheDefend manually:
It's possible to remove TheDefend manually, but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.
The files to be deleted:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\TheDefend.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\TheDefend
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\TheDefend\1 TheDefend.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\TheDefend\2 Homepage.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\TheDefend\3 Uninstall.lnk
%Program Files%\TheDefend Software
%Program Files%\TheDefend Software\TheDefend
%Program Files%\TheDefend Software\TheDefend\TheDefend.exe
%Program Files%\TheDefend Software\TheDefend\uninstall.exe
%Temp%\nsv2.tmp
Remove registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TheDefend
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\TheDefend
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TheDefend
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “TheDefend.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\TheDefend
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TheDefend
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “TheDefend.exe”
Please be careful because manual removal of TheDefend may seriously damage operational system and sensitive data. Also there is a big possibility of incomplete removal, because some files could be hidden and program could re-install itself after you delete files and registry entries. So we strongly recommend you to use automatical removal tool.
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