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How to remove Total Defender rogue anti-spyware

Malware Description:
Total Defender (AKA TotalDefender) is a fake anti-spyware utility that is programmed to deceive computer users into purchasing its commercial software. In other words, being infected with Total Defender trialware will cause you to get tons of annoying popup ads that will inform you about non-existent security problems you have on your PC. In addition, Total Defender tends to generate fabricated system scans that will also report infections that aren’t actually there. The use of misleading technique like this aims at getting the victims concerned about their computer protection, which means the are expected to start looking for a solution to remove the “exposed” hazards. The misleading choice will lie on the surface – it’s the paid commercial version of Total Defender, which is communicated to victims as the right malware remover to use in their particular case. Following such recommendations means to forget about normal PC functioning, since Total Defender will slow your PC down and keep giving you more and more of those annoying popups, over and over again. Remove Total Defender if you are infected with its trialware or if you happen to have installed its commercial software, otherwise you may soon face general system disruption.

Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: Medium

Advice: Remove

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How to remove Total Defender manually:
Manual removal of Total Defender is feasible if you have sufficient expertise in working with program files, system processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• base.dat
• main.ini
• totaldefender.exe
• TotalDefender.lnk

The associated registry entries to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TotalDefender
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TotalDefender
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
  “Antivirus” = “%ProgramFiles%\TotalDefender\TotalDefender.exe”

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

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