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How to uninstall Defender 2009

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Old 20-08-2009
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How to uninstall Defender 2009

My computer recently got infected with some Defender 2009. It come to my computer while downloading a video from internet. I have search a lot of methods on the internet to remove this but always was unsuccessful. I even tried to uninstall it from Add/Remove programs but nothing fixed. Can you tell me how can I uninstall Defender 2009 from my computer?
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Re: How to uninstall Defender 2009

Malware Defender 2009 is the latest rogue malware remover. It belongs to the same family as System Guard 2009 and Spyware Guard 2009. To remove it from your computer, delete the following files:
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009\conf.cfg
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009\malwaredef.exe
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009\mbase.vdb
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009\quarantine.vdb
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009\queue.vdb
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009\uninstall.exe
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009\vbase.vdb
  • %Program Files%\Malware Defender 2009\quarantine
  • %WINDOWS%\reged.exe
  • %WINDOWS%\spoolsystem.exe
  • %WINDOWS%\sys.com
  • %WINDOWS%\syscert.exe
  • %WINDOWS%\sysexplorer.exe
  • %WINDOWS%\vmreg.dll
  • %WINDOWS%\system32\wcenter.exe
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\Drivers
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\win.exe
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\svchos.exe
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\t.id
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\Drivers\c.cgm
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\Drivers\hdddriver.dll
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\Drivers\vifwnhzqoe.dll
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\install.exe
  • %UserProfile%\Desktop\Malware Defender 2009.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Malware Defender 2009
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Malware Defender 2009\Malware Defender 2009.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Malware Defender 2009\Uninstall.lnk

and also remove the below registries:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3F0691F1-70E6-44A9-938A-1DC356674878}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8B2C743A-D44A-4A93-8233-ABEE8BF8ED62}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Malware Defender 2009
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Malware Defender 2009
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “updater”
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “malwaredef”
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad “DriversLoad”
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad “HardwareDrivers”
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Old 20-08-2009
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Re: How to uninstall Defender 2009

Perfect Defender 2009 is a fake anti-spyware program that uses various techniques to force you to purchase their software. It produces a fake advertisements showing you that it has detected so many infections on your computer but the reality is that it doesn't actually know if you are really infected with anything or not. You can use Malwarebytes to remove this kind of infections.
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Re: How to uninstall Defender 2009

Computer Defender 2009 is a fake anti-spyware application that has spread over the internet affecting many computer users. Once installed, Computer Defender 2009 will configure itself to automatically start as soon as you log into Windows. It produces rogue pop-ups asking you to purchase their program to remove the infection which is completely false. You can use SmitFraudFix to remove this. It can remove any kind of rogue anti-spyware applications utilizing trojans to issue fake taskbar security alerts.
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