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How to remove WinDefender 2009

Malware Description:
WinDefender 2009 is a rogue anti-spyware application that simulates the presence of malware ‘infection’ on your computer. WinDefender 2009 drills its way inside your PC through Trojans that generate misleading popups claiming your computer is under the threat of malicious digital parasites. The next thing you know is having WinDefender 2009 on board, with all subsequent negative outcomes. Once inside your machine, WinDefender 2009 uploads automatically each time you start your computer, and succeeds in ‘detecting’ various malware that needs to undergo urgent removal procedure. The whole deceitful chain is supposed to end up getting the unsuspecting victim to pay $49.95 for WinDefender 2009 ‘full’ version. The utmost irony of this vicious circle consists in the fact that the malware detected by WinDefender 2009 is mostly the same Trojans that promoted it to the victim’s computer. Our advice is obvious – get rid of WinDefender 2009 as soon as possible before it makes you regret you were born in the era of high technologies.

Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware

Malware Author: Innovagest2000

Threat Level: High

Advice: Immediately remove

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How to remove WinDefender 2009 manually:
Manual removal of WinDefender 2009 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:

• \WINDOWS\k.txt
• \Program Files\WinDefender
• \Program Files\WinDefender\uninstall.exe
• \Program Files\WinDefender\windef.exe
• \Program Files\WinDefender\WinDefender.s1
• \Program Files\WinDefender\WinDefender.s2
• \Program Files\WinDefender\WinDefender.s3
• \Program Files\WinDefender\WinDefender.s4
• \Program Files\WinDefender\WinDefender.s5
• \Program Files\WinDefender\WinDefender.s6
• %UserProfile%\Desktop\WinDefender 2009.lnk
• %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinDefender 2009.lnk

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinDefender2009
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinDefender 2009
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “WinDefender2009″

Please, be aware that manual removal of WinDefender 2009 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 of WinDefender 2009, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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