subject: Get Rid Of The Defender - Keep Your Computer Secure From Malicious Software [print this page] Get Rid Of The Defender - Keep Your Computer Secure From Malicious Software
If you use a computer on a regular basis you know that occasionally companies that create helpful and most times necessary programs release updates to improve the abilities of their software as technology progresses and becomes increasingly complicated. Unfortunately, there are people out there that take advantage of our desire to keep up to date and instead of a program update for things like video viewers or even popular online programs. They instead contain programs that pretend to be PC security software in an attempt to get you to purchase them. One common program such as this is called the defender.
One of the first red flags that should tell you something is not right with a program called the defender is that, it installs by itself. Did you know it was going to start up the next time your computer rebooted and scan your computer? More than likely no.
the scan it produces and that list of viruses on there sure is long and some of them sound rather nasty by the description and warning level, but they are put there by this malware and some are even windows files not malware and getting rid of those would be bad news for your computer.
Another red flag is that you start getting several security alerts from different sources. Some from the defender program, others come from places like your web browser and even your operating system. They look rather convincing as well with a grim message telling you that unless you purchase and activate your copy of this malware your PC will be accessed by a random person on the internet or that it is sending your private and personal information to an unknown location, including your passwords. Instead of buying it you need to get rid of the defender as quickly as possible.
That bit of information there is more than enough to make anyone on their computer have serious doubts about the level of security they currently have on their PC. The only thing you really need to do is to go and get yourself a real PC protection software. Once installed and run, you will no longer have any problems from the likes of this malware or any other program designed to deceive you or give someone you don't even know access to your computer and the information on it.
Once way to get rid of the defender from your PC is to download a system and registry scanner. This will search the whole of your drive and the windows registry for any malware. Not just what you think is installed but others you may know about. It will also find file errors and optimize your computer to run faster. If your computer is running slow and displaying warning messages your first step should be to scan it and get rid of this malware as quickly as possible.
