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What is PC Defender Antivirus?
PC Defender Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware application. To be more precise, it is a same fake antivirus like XP Or Win 7 Internet security 2010, you will see a different name according to your OS though. It is a scam that should not be taken lightly. Although threats PC Defender Antivirus shows in its scan logs are false, your Vista PC got serious infection -the rogue promoting trojans. You might get them by clicking on infected facebook/myspace ads or by downloading useless shareware or fake codecs.
Once PC is infected, PC Defender Antivirus performs fake system scan and reports various bogus results and fallacious alert messages stating that computer has serious security problems. In order to remove these imaginary threats and protect the system from future attacks, user is advertised to purchase a full version of Renus2008. However, it's a scam. A full version of Renus2008 doesn't even exist. Instead of buying this worthless application, remove it from the system immediately after firts appearance.
Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as PC Defender Antivirus, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim's computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install PC Defender Antivirus, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.
How to remove PC Defender Antivirus?
To remove PC Defender Antivirus you are going to have to either remove it manually, download a special tool to remove it for you, which can include running a true antivirus or malware removal program. Removing it manually is not a very good idea because of how much damage you can cause by making one simple mistake. Manually removing this rogue program is going to require you to delete registry entries, which if you don't know what you are doing you can accidentally delete the wrong entry and prevent your operating system from booting up correctly. In order to automatically remove PC Defender Antivirus you are going to need to install a spyware removal program, if you haven't done so already. To remove the rogue problem all you have to do is run a full scan with the spyware removal program and restart your computer if needed. If PC Defender Antivirus blocks the spyware removal program from functioning, boot into Windows Safe Mode and then attempt to run the program. An added bonus is that a spyware removal program can also be used in the future as routine maintenance for your computer.
A highly recommended tool to remove PC Defender Antivirus is RegistryQuick which is available for free at http://www.registryquick.net Before you try other programs, give RegistryQuick a try! You will be surprised!
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