How to remove WinPC Defender

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WinPC Defender description

WinPC Defender is another rogue antispyware program. WinPC Defender is a clone of malicious application called XP Police Antivirus.

Once installed WinPC defender performs fake system scan and generates fake reports stating that your computer is full of spyware threats. It’s usually installed as a fake video codec. It also shows fake firewall warnings:

Trojan detected!
A piece of malicious code was found in your system which can replicate itself if no action is taken. Click here to have your system cleaned by WinPC Defender

Firewall Warning
Hidden file transfer to remote host was detected.

It’s just another way to scare and scam you, cause WinPC Defender claims paying $49.99-$99.99 for removing imaginary threats.

How to get rid of WinPC Defender

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 WinPC Defender and the latest internet security threats. If your computer is infected with WinPC Defender we strongly recommend automatic spyware scanner.

How to manually remove WinPC Defender

To get rid of spyware such as WinPC Defender you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other WinPC Defender 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 WinPC Defender remover.

1. Uninstall WinPC Defender from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these WinPC Defender processes:
   WinPC Defender.exe
   pcdefender.exe
   install.exe
   7339880.exe
   1234.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. Unregister WinPC Defender DLL files:
   ieocx.dll
   To unregister DLL click Start > Run > type "regsvr32 /u PATH_TO_FILE/FILE.dll"
4. Delete WinPC Defender registry entries: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\ext\stats\{96ad72e4-2e2b-4ffc-a5bb-279c2714af12}
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\winpc defender
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{96ad72e4-2e2b-4ffc-a5bb-279c2714af12}\programmable
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{a54dc52d-7aad-4d40-a126-337211631edc}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{a54dc52d-7aad-4d40-a126-337211631edc}\1.0\0
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{96ad72e4-2e2b-4ffc-a5bb-279c2714af12}
   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.
5. Search and delete these WinPC Defender related files:
   1234.exe
   7339879
   7339880.exe
   ieocx.dll
   %appdata%\pcdefender.exe
   %desktopdirectory%\winpc defender.lnk
   %startmenu%\winpc defender.lnk
   install.exe
   ieocx.dll
   
6. Block WinPC Defender malicious domains:
   win-pc-defender.com
   xp-police-09.com
   xp-police-2009.com
   xp-police-antivirus.com
   xp-police-av.com
   xp-police-engine.com
   xp-police.com
   viewworldmy1.com