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How to remove Great Defender rogue anti-spyware

Malware Description:
Great Defender (aka GreatDefender) is a pseudo security program disguised as a legitimate spyware removal tool. The scrutiny of Great Defender reveals some interesting facts that contribute to the idea that it a dangerous rogue application. Great Defender has lots of common features with TheDefend, RESpyWare and Sys Defence which are recent junkwares from the WiniGuard gang of fake anti-spyware tools. Great Defender trial version is often secretly embedded with fake video codecs and spam Email attachments which people are recommended to download in order to get access to some allegedly unavailable functions. By dropping its trojan horses on to the targeted Operating System, Great Defender manages to reconfigure the registry and create a string of files that overwhelm the system and almost paralyze it. Great Defender will run at each startup displaying its phony security scanners that report malware detections in great quantities. Great Defender also generates a lot of spoof warning messages popping up mislead the victim yet further. Great Defender then insists on your registering its commercial version which is claimed to defend you against the just ‘spotted’ infections. You got to be aware that GreatDefender will not protect your computer, nor does it really detect anything unsafe. Great Defender is in fact impostor software that strives to get hold of your money without actually giving anything in return. Please disregard Great Defender ads; remove this rogue antivirus tool instead using the tips below.

Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: Critical

Advice: Immediately remove and scan for additional malware

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How to remove Great Defender manually:
Manual removal of Great Defender is a feasible objective if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\GreatDefender.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\GreatDefender
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\GreatDefender\1 GreatDefender.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\GreatDefender\2 Homepage.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\GreatDefender\3 Uninstall.lnk
• %Program Files%\GreatDefender Software
• %Program Files%\GreatDefender Software\GreatDefender
• %Program Files%\GreatDefender Software\GreatDefender\GreatDefender.exe
• %Program Files%\GreatDefender Software\GreatDefender\uninstall.exe

The registry entries that need to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GreatDefender
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GreatDefender
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GreatDefender
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “GreatDefender.exe”

Please, be aware that manual removal of Great Defender is a cumbersome process and does not always ensure complete deletion of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal Great Defender, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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