Remove GreatDefender

January 5th, 2010 | by Alex |

GreatDefender Descriptions:

GreatDefender is one of the latest roguewares from the Winisoft, or Winiguard family. This is the fake application and should be never trusted. GreatDefender is designed to threaten computer users and take their money away.

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GreatDefender is usually installed after computer users try to download a video codec or an update for the flash player. As soon as the fake software enters your PC, all the fun starts. GreatDefender scans your computer, detects a list of infections and starts threatening everyone with pop-up messages.

If you have the application on your computer,Â the full list of removal instructions is provided below.

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Manual GreatDefender Removal Instructions:

Stop These GreatDefender Processes:
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GreatDefender.exe
uninstall.exe

Find and Delete These GreatDefender Files:
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c:\Program Files\GreatDefender Software
c:\Program Files\GreatDefender Software\GreatDefender
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
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\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

Remove These GreatDefender Registry Values:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “GreatDefender”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GreatDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GreatDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GreatDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform “WINFC 2.0.0.1″

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