WinPC Defender Descriptions:
WinPC Defender, disguises itself as a Windows XP or Vista protection software, but conversely, is a counterfeit anti-spyware software which will screw up your computer just like other rogue antispyware software. Win PC Defender does nothing good but giving you headaches. WinPCDefender is destructive and devastated. Generally, Win PC Defender will advertises itself as a video codec or ActiveX control then installed in your PC without your notice and consent. WinPCDefender will then display annoying and misleading system popups to trick user to buy the paid version of WinPCDefender. Good luck in fighting with Win PC Defender!
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Manual Removal Instructions:
Stop WinPCDefender Processes:
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WinPCDefender.exe
Find and Delete these WinPCDefender Files:
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WinPCDefender.exe
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Launch WinPC Defender.lnk
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\delwdef2008.bat
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\[Random Name].tmp
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\data.dat
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\FwHookDrv.sys
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\HOSTS.hst
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\Manual.url
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\options.xml
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\reserve.dat
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\rules
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\Rules.txt
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\siren.wav
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\Support.url
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\svo.scf
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\temp
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\Uninstall.exe
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\Uninstall_st_st_.exe
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\vfile
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\WDefDemo.exe
%ProgramFiles%\WinPC Defender\Web.url
Remove WinReanimator Registry Values:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinPCDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinPCDefender.com
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Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!! winpc defender scared me!!! Thanx to Rudd & Mike I got rid of it!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks it help a bit
I am brasilian.
Thanks Rudd. You are the man!!!
I thank you too Mike!!!! Except I had to look for pcdefender.exe and needed to choose properties to see where the file was located. Good luck all.
I was surfing the web and al of a sudden WinPC Antivirus installed itself… I tried to uninstall but found it was not available for uninstall so I googled it and found out it was a virus… I opened task manager while the WinPC window was up (otherwise it did not show up in processes) ended the task which “terminated” the process… then I was able to find the target for the exicutible in Application Data and deleted it… and so I thought all was well. I did not however empty my recycle bin. I was so flustered that I did not think of it. Instead I ran a scan on my computer using my usual AVG just to be safe (AVG was not up to date when I was infected because I did not allow the reboot earlier today so I figured thats how the infection was allowed), a leave my computer to scan and go watch a movie, then I come back two hours later and my computer is definately on but my screen is black… did I just loose my hard drive to this trojan?
its in the “Processes” tab at the top
Yeah norton 360 charges u £70 for doing something that its antivirus should have stopped getting onto your PC / laptop in the first place. Its useless n i def aint guna be subscribin wen mine runs out shortly!!
if anyone is running adobe7 uninstall that i found it to help alot
adober reader 7* after i uninstalled and rebooted nothing happened
i tryed the steps that ruud and mike said, not sure if it is gone but the annoying windows asking me to download this and that now have stopped. my question is,if this has just temporarly disabled it, will a full destructive format get rid of the hidden virus files?
On my system, it was not called winpcdefender.exe, it was called something like adserve.exe I think. Other than that, the steps posted earlier worked just fine. To find out the name of the .exe file, right click on the WinPC icon and go to properties.
After I went to task manager and deleted. I clicked on the icon on the desktop and it will not open where its located. It is still popping up and trying to run the program.
thanks Ruud.
when i right click on the .exe there’s no “find location” option, it just says end process and end process tree. i can find the location from the right click and properties but that just takes me to another shortcut that i can’t delete because i can’t find the folder it’s telling me to go to!
i had win pc defender on my vista. here is how i got rid of it 1. hit ctrl alt delete 2, start task mgr 3. click on process tab 4. click on pc defender 5 click on end processes 5. all done
Some process tabs in the task manager
DO NOT HAVE PC DEFENDER . in any way shape or form listed AS PC DEFENDER.exe
and therefor cannot be stopped
and then deleted.
IT’S calling itself SOMETHING ELSE! That’s what these people are trying to tell those of you that are helping.
and I don’t know what it is and can’t stop that process. I did click on properties on the shortcut, there is no .exe listed in any of the menus!
Ruuds directions worked for me. However, on my end process, the flippin’ program showed up as WP23AB not WinPC or pcdefender.
I would like to follow the advice from Ruud and others, but how do you stop pc defender, if you can’t open task manager?? It just doesn’t come up when I select it!
Please help!!
Mine shows up in the Task Manager as “WP7ccc.exe”, so I right click the exe file and selected ‘End Process’.
1. Windows PC Defender usually shows up when you go to Windows logo -> All Programs -> right click and select Properties.
1. Look for the location of its directory.
(I found mine at c:\programdata\7ccc47a)
FYI: You won’t find this directory in Windows Explorer even if you set your Folder Options to Show hidden files and folders
2. Restart your computer in safe mode with command prompt.
3. In your command prompt type:
cd\ (press enter key on your keyboard)
cd programdata (press enter key on your keyboard)
rd (type the folder location here) /s /q (press enter key on your keyboard)
exit (press enter key on your keyboard)
4. Restart your computer.
Well Ruud i must say your good, but what if i ain able to press Cntrl-Alt-Del (actually i aint able PLZ HELP)
I don’t have the pc defender trojan on mine but on my sister-in-law’s. I am trying to get rid of it for her. My problem is that her computer will not open the task manager. It doesn’t make any difference how you try it still doesn’t. Task bar right click, ctrl-alt-del, nothing, so you can’t see any running processes. So what do I do next?
Allen
haaaaay, i tried my best to delete this pc defender, but i can’t, even my task manager was disabled, i cannot access it.. reformat is the answer… hate it
You totally rock!!! All of you! But until Kit said that this process showed up as WP7ccc.exe, I couldn’t find it either. Mine said WP5764c.exe. Thank you again! Especially you Ruud! You are freakin awesome!!!
Hello,
tried the steps that you gave. Can’t get to task manager. Not sure what to do. Please help. I’ve got t get rid of this – windows pc defender.
thx
Have the winpcdefender demon but I cannot get task manager to open tried Ctl alt del tried run even tried to kill power to get it to boot in safe mode but nothing works help please