subject: How to Remove Defense Center Malware - Get Rid Of Defense Center From Your PC [print this page] What is defense center? What is defense center?
This is another fake antivirus and anti-malware program that attempts to trick you into buying the so called "full version" of this scamware to remove malware from your computer. Once it gets onto your computer it can be extremely difficult to remove as this malware uses several tricks to prevent you removing it. To many people this malware looks like a genuine anti-malware program and all the warnings and pop up messages warning you about critical viruses, spyware and trojans on your computer are enough to trick many people and you need to remove defense center fast.
If your computer is infected with this malware you will start to see messages which are auto-generated by defense center and warn about fake viruses and,spyware, malware and Trojans and tell you to click a button to remove this. Clicking the button will take you to a page to buy this malware which will not protect your computer and is just malware.
You will see a constant stream of these fake error messages and they are just designed to get you to part with your money. Remember these messages are fake and not real.
This malware will even disable and remove genuine antivirus software and warn you it is infected to get you to remove it. If you see any warning messages telling you that your antivirus software is infected ignore it and follow these steps below to protect your computer and remove defense center fast.
How can I prevent defense center installing on my PC.
Defense center gets onto your computer by exploiting vulnerabilities or holes in your internet browser and operating system and other programs to find a way onto your computer and there are several steps you can take to keep this malware away from your computer.
#1 Run windows update and set it to update automatically. You can do this by going to windows control panel then security center and setting automatic updates to on.
#2 Make sure all the programs on your computer are up to date. If you get any messages saying there are updates available update them.
#3 If you visit websites and get warnings close the site immediately.
How can I get remove Defense Center from my computer?
If you are one of the thousands of people who have fallen victim to this malware recently you can take steps to get rid of it. When it installs it will start generating pop up warning messages every few minutes and these will increase in frequency until it reaches the point where you cannot even use your computer. There are two ways to remove defense center from your computer. Manually or automatically.
Manual method to get rid of defense center from your PC.
This can be a long process and there is no guarantee it will remove every file because of the nature of malware the names of files are always changing to prevent removal.
#1 Restart your computer in safe mode by pressing the F8 key at startup and start task manager by pressing the ctrl-alt-del keys together.
#2 Go to the processes tab in task manager and stop any of the following processes that are present. mswinsck.exe, wscsvc32.exe, defcnt.exe, uninstall.exe.
These all for defense center and you need to stop them if you want to get rid of defense center from your computer.
#3 Stat the registry editor by going to the windows start menu, then run and type in regedt32. Use the find button on the menu to find the following entries and delete them. The exception are the two entries marked: "DisableTaskMgr" = "1" this shoud be changed to "DisableTaskMgr" = "0".
#4 close the registry editor and then use the search button to search for anything related to defense center on your computer and delete anything you find.
#5 Restart your PC. The manual method is time consuming and risky if you make any mistakes and delete the wring files. The other method is quicker and safe.
Automatic method to remove defense center from your PC.
This is the recommended method.
#1 Download and install a system scanner that will scan and check your windows computer for malware, spyware and Trojans. You can find many of these online that will tell you if there is any malware on your computer and how to remove it.
#2 Follow the steps that come with the software to remove all traces of it. A good malware scanner will remove all registry entries and any hidden files that may be used to download and reinstall the malware after you have removed it.
Following these steps will remove defense center from your computer and make it run like new again. Click here to scan your computer now.
How to Remove Defense Center Malware - Get Rid Of Defense Center From Your PC
