What Is PC Defender Plus?
PC Defender Plus is a rogue security program which is orchestrated to make fortune by providing counterfeited solution to fictitious computer threats. As you may have experienced, the rogue targets range of computer system features to make it unstable even unusable, and seem the only way out truly seemed to be activation of the full version of PC Defender Plus.There are numerous websites dressed up as though they are able to scan computers online using the given facilities and once users download the deceptive program, the Trojan may get the opportunity to intrude the system. The rogue may also get on the computer when users browse compromised websites with the Trojan code inserted. Once it penetrates into the system successfully in either way, system registry will be amended in a way that the rogue can be started as soon as Windows gets loaded.
Fake antivirus program are intended to create the illusion of a severely contaminated system, other than getting on your nerves by corrupting the system. It displays bogus notification of Firewall alert out of nowhere, especially when you are working online, stating that a legit progress, such as explorer.exe is infected and block the activities. It happens also when you opening a .exe file or any other executable files.
Another trick is that the rogue uses a convincing layout of a legit security software and mimic scanning followed with an unbelievable report with numerous infections listed. It's proven that PC Defender Plus is poorly programmed with no virus directories, thus it won't be qualified to fix any tiny infection. Last but not least, rogue variants are usually undetectable since antivirus cannot trace its activities. Therefore we highly suggest users manually remove PC Defender Plus with expertise guidance once you find that you are unfortunately hit with this sophisticated malware.
PC Defender Plus Screenshot
What Does PC Defender Plus Do?
- Sneaks into the system without explicit user consent.
- Modifies registry entries to add itself in Windows start-up.
- Steals banking details and other important credentials.
- Blocks file download, upload and execution.
- Disables Windows Firewall, task manager and installed antivirus.
- Creates a shortcut of itself on desktop and deletes programs from start menu.
- Blocks visit to multiple websites where you may get help regarding the removal.
- Disables network and causes unexpected restart, blue screen of death, and many others.
Take Below Steps as Reference to Manually Stop PC Defender Plus
Step 1： Restart the infected computer into safe mode with networking by pressing and holding F8 before Windows launches.Step 2: Search for and delete its related files
%commonappdata%\pcdfdata\defs.bin
%commonappdata%\pcdfdata\support.ico
%commonappdata%\pcdfdataconfig.bin
%commonprograms%\PC Defender Plus\PC Defender Plus.lnk
%commondesktopdir%\PC Defender Plus.lnk
%commonappdata%\pcdfdata\app.ico
%commonprograms%\PC Defender Plus\Remove PC Defender Plus.lnk
%commonappdata%\pcdfdata\vl.bin
%commonprograms%\PC Defender Plus\PC Defender Plus Help and Support.lnk
%commonappdata%\pcdfdata\uninst.ico
Step 3: Navigate to remove the registry entries associated as below in Registry Editor:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\.EXE\SHELL\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\.EXESHELL\OPEN\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\.EXESHELL\OPEN\COMMAND\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\.EXESHELL\RUNAS\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\.EXESHELL\RUNAS\COMMAND\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\.EXE\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\.EXE\DEFAULTICON\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\
WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\PCDFDATA\
Notes: If you are still confused with above procedures, please click here to contact a 24/7 online expert for more details.
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