How to remove Quick Defrag
Quick Defrag description
Quick Defrag is a rogue anti-spyware tool. This potentially unwanted application can be installed on your computer by another trojan infection who usually visited unknown websites and fake anti-virus web pages. The trojan based software starts its activities as soon as it is installed on your computer. Malware is a copy of Quick Defragmenter and HDD Low programs.
Once active Quick Defrag pretends being legitimate program and imitates computer scans. Your desktop will be flooded with various fake pop-ups that state your system is infected, such as:
Critical Error
Hard Drive not found. Missing hard drive.
Critical Error
RAM memory usage is critically high. RAM memory failure.
Critical Error
A critical error has occurred while indexing data stored on hard drive. System restart required.
Malware will hijack your browser to counterfeit websites that advertise the program. There you’ll find a lot of information about the program. Do not fall for this fraud because this is a scam. Ignore all notifications but use reputable anti-spyware application and terminate Quick Defrag program as soon as possible.
How to get rid of Quick Defrag
This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.
Spyware Doctor is widely valued as one of the best AntiSpyware programs available to protect you from Quick Defrag and the latest internet security threats. If your computer is infected with Quick Defrag we strongly recommend automatic spyware scanner.
How to manually remove Quick Defrag
To get rid of spyware such as Quick Defrag you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other Quick Defrag 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 Quick Defrag remover.
- Uninstall Quick Defrag from Control Panel
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall. -
Delete Quick Defrag registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS]"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe"
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. -
Search and delete these Quick Defrag related files:
%Temp%\[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
%Temp%\dfrg
%Temp%\dfrgr
%Temp%\[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].dll
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Quick Defrag.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Quick Defrag\
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Quick Defrag\Quick Defrag.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Quick Defrag\Uninstall Quick Defrag.lnk
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