subject: Xp Defender Removal - How To Remove This Fake Antivirus Program [print this page] XP Defender is a fake antivirus program that is similar to Antivirus Security and other rogue security programs. In reality, this rogue program is actually spyware. This rogue program is installed onto your computer without your knowledge using Trojans. In most cases, XP Defender is installed onto your computer after you have clicked on an advertisement, so make sure you are careful where you click.
Once XP Defender has installed itself onto your computer the first thing that you will notice is how slow your computer is running. The reason that your computer is running so slow is because the threat is running in the background and while it is running it is using up many of your computer's resources, which makes your computer performance slow and irritating. It will automatically perform a fake scan and report back to you that it has found numerous virus infections. This report is fake and the only real threat is XP Defender.
Something else that you will notice once the rogue program has installed itself onto your computer is all of the annoying popups and notifications that are being displayed. The main point of the popups and notifications is to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected with a virus of some sort. This spyware preys on people who have limited computer knowledge because they are going to be the ones to click on the popups and notifications to try to purchase the fake program.
What you need to realize with this spyware is that even though it acts like it is a part of Internet Explorer it is not part of Internet Explorer, no version of Internet Explorer has a built in antivirus program that sends pop ups to your computer. Internet Explorer 8 blocks threats in the background, but you never receive any alerts to what is going on. XP Defender is trying to scare you into thinking the messages are real so that you will purchase the full version of the program that is being offered so that you will be protected. This is the worst thing that you can do because it will simply cause more problems on your computer because the virus doesn't go away it actually gets worse.
The best thing that you can do once you are infected is to remove the rogue program as soon as possible. When it comes to removing the rogue program you have two choices, you can use a program to remove it for you or you can manually remove it yourself. Using an antispyware program to remove the rogue program is the easiest and safest method. Manually removing the program is not recommended unless you have experience with deleting the registry keys because one mistake can cause problems that make the virus seem like nothing. An added benefit of using an antispyware program is that your computer is protected from future spyware threats.
Do not wait for your system to be further compromised, Remove XP Defender now! Once your computer is infected with this spyware it is crucial to remove it as soon as possible.
