PC Defender 2008
PC Defender 2008 disguises and promote itself as a genuine antivirus software. It misinform computer users of alarming messages and scan results. With these methods, PC Defender 2008 was categorized as rogue security program that needs to be removed from computer. It may be difficult to remove PC Defender 2008 from computer since it has no entry on the add/remove program of Windows. Other tools to remove it manually was disabled such as Task Manager, Registry Editor and Folder Options. Only one sure thing to remove PC Defender 2008 is by using a known and trusted anti-malware application.
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Risk Level: Medium
File Size: Varies
Affected System: Windows
Common Symptoms:
1. Computers infected will be redirected to pcdefender2008.com.
2. Continuous display of fake alert messages.
PC Defender 2008 Screen Shot Image:
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1. Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware (mbam-setup.exe) and save it on your Desktop.
2. After downloading, double-click on mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
3. Follow the prompts and install as “default” only
4. Before the installation completes, check on the following prompts:
- Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
- Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
5. Click “Finish.” Program will run automatically and you will be prompt to update the program before doing a scan. Please update.
6. Scan your computer thoroughly.
7. When scanning is finished click on the “Show Results”
8. Make sure that all detected threats are marked, click on Remove Selected.
9. Restart your computer.
Note: PC Defender 2008 may prevent mbam-setup.exe from downloading and running. You can download and rename this program from a different computer before running it on infected system.
2. After downloading, double-click on mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
3. Follow the prompts and install as “default” only
4. Before the installation completes, check on the following prompts:
– Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
– Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
5. Click “Finish.” Program will run automatically and you will be prompt to update the program before doing a scan. Please update.
6. Scan your computer thoroughly.
7. When scanning is finished click on the “Show Results”
8. Make sure that all detected threats are marked, click on Remove Selected.
9. Restart your computer.
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