How to Remove Malware Defender 2009 (Removal info)
March 31st, 2009 | by Alex |Malware Defender 2009 Descriptions:
Malware Defender 2009, also known as MalwareDefender2009, is essentially the same counterfeit anti-spyware software called System Guard 2008 or 2009. Just like most fake antispywares, Malware Defender 2009 issues misleading and exaggerated results. Malware Defender 2009 usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Vundo Trojan, Virus or fake software. MalwareDefender2009 will display fake system alerts or fake security alerts to trick user to buy the paid version of MalwareDefender2009 , in order to remove the potential and reported problems. Not only does it cause your machine to slow down dramatically, it would also put your privacy and data in risk. Good luck in removing Malware Defender 2009!
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Manual Malware Defender 2009 Removal Instructions:
Stop Malware Defender 2009 Processes:
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malwaredef.exe
Find and Delete these Malware Defender 2009 Files:
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c:\Program Files\Malware Defender 2009
c:\Program Files\Malware Defender 2009\dbbase.div
c:\Program Files\Malware Defender 2009\malwaredef.exe
%UserProfile%\Desktop\sccmsk.dll
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\ikbmqvex.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\MalwareDefender2009 1.32.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\MalwareDefender2009.lnk
%UserProfile%\My Documents\MalwareDefender2009
%UserProfile%\My Documents\MalwareDefender2009\SDBHO.dll
%UserProfile%\My Documents\MalwareDefender2009\sdcfg.dat
%UserProfile%\My Documents\MalwareDefender2009\Logs
%UserProfile%\My Documents\MalwareDefender2009\Quarantine
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\MalwareDefender2009
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\MalwareDefender2009 1.32.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\MalwareDefender2009\MalwareDefender2009 1.32.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\MalwareDefender2009\MalwareDefender2009 Website.lnk
Remove Malware Defender 2009 Registry Values:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “MalwareDefender2009″
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2 Responses to “How to Remove Malware Defender 2009 (Removal info)”
By John from MA on Mar 20, 2009 | Reply
To whom it may concern:
My nephew clicked on a welding website and the Malware Defender 2009 came up and he stopped with the popup asking to scan the pc. I took over and stopped the iexplorer.exe process. But noticed the following processes running, 11374.exe, 8086.exe and userinit.exe., also every couple of seconds a second 8086.exe would appear. My cpu usage was at 85% then went to 99% and the pf usage was starting to climb rapidly from 383M/1245M to 946M/1245M. I stopped the 3 extra processes (plus jqs.exe for mem usage, mem delta, & pf delta climbing fast) from running (this only works for a short time you have to keep killing the 3 extra processes) and proceeded to use the above info. but could not find anything mentioned.
Resolve: Deleted 11374.exe, 8086.exe, 20232.exe from %Locals~1\TEMP folder. Deleted the 8086.exe from the prefetch folder on a search. Deleted the key “Cognac” in the registry after a search on “malware”. Stopped the userinit.exe from running in the processess and Rebooted. On the power up userinit.exe was still running, stopped the process and deleted the userinit.exe (also noticed it was in the form of an iexplorer icon) from Windows\system32 folder (this will reinsert itself as a blank executable icon) and rebooted again. No issues. Hope this will help if it happens to someone else.
By Oblifffen on Apr 22, 2009 | Reply
hmm… nice