How to remove winpc defender.com malware

[Jasonholt]

I dont know how but my computer was recently attacked by winpc defender.com hijacker. I have tried to remove it with my AVG Antivirus but this bugger still comes back. Can anyone tell me how to remove WinPC Defender malware. Thank you

[Zachary]

WinPC Defender manual removal:

Kill processes:
1234.exe 7339880.exe pcdefender.exe install.exe

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\ext\stats\{96ad72e4-2e2b-4ffc-a5bb-279c2714af12}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\winpc defender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{96ad72e4-2e2b-4ffc-a5bb-279c2714af12}\programmable
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{a54dc52d-7aad-4d40-a126-337211631edc}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{a54dc52d-7aad-4d40-a126-337211631edc}\1.0\0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{96ad72e4-2e2b-4ffc-a5bb-279c2714af12}

[unidentified]

Have you searched the forums before on similar type of topics?

http://forums.techarena.in/virus-spyware/1168723.htm

[Mr. Boo Bear]

You can choose to remove WinPC Defender manually or using out automatic removal tool (Spyware Doctor).
For manual removal, you need to find WinPC Defender files and registry entries mentioned in our post above.