How to remove Defender Pro

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Defender Pro description

Defender Pro is rogue anti-spyware program which enters the system with the help of trojan. Trojan comes via system’s flaws and makes a perfect background for parasites to sneak. Defender Pro downloads and installs itself automatically without user‘s knowledge.

Once active it starts to scan your PC and displays numerous pop-ups that state about computer infections. Your desktop will be flooded with a lot of fake warning messages and rogue security alerts. It definitely will offer you to purchase illegal version of the program. Malware can hijack your browser to misleading web pages that advertise Defender Pro’s supposedly registered version. Do not fall for this blatant scam because it may cause you serious trouble. Use decent anti-spyware application and get rid of Defender Pro as soon as possible.

How to get rid of Defender Pro

This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.

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How to manually remove Defender Pro

To get rid of spyware such as Defender Pro you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other Defender Pro related files from your computer.

Take Note: The manual process of removing spyware from your computer is difficult and puts you at risk of damaging your computer. We advise using our automatic Defender Pro remover.

1. Uninstall Defender Pro from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these Defender Pro processes:
   ave.exe
   To stop processes press Ctrl + Alt + Del or click Start > Run > type "taskmgr". Select malicious process in the list and click "End Process" button.
3. Delete Defender Pro registry entries: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\start
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\start\command
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\DefaultIcon
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\runas
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\runas\command
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\start
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\start\command
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command | @ = “”%AppData%\ave.exe” /START “%1″ %*”
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command | IsolatedCommand = “”%1″ %*”
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe | @ = “secfile”
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe | Content Type = “application/x-msdownload”
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command | @ = “”%AppData%\ave.exe” /START “%1″ %*”
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command | IsolatedCommand = “”%1″ %*”
   To open registry editor click Start > Run > type "regedit".
   Warning! Manual registry entries editing may cause damage to your system.
   Download Uniblue RegistryBooster 2010 to scan for registry errors.
4. Search and delete these Defender Pro related files:
   %AppData%\ave.exe