Advanced Defender Removal Guide
Do you know what is Advanced Defender?
Advanced Defender is another rogue anti-spyware application – a complete scam! Advanced Defender is designed to coerce PC users into believing that their computer system has been infected with various spyware and malware, all of which are tactics employed to ensure the unsuspecting user will fall for the scam and ultimately purchase the full version of Advanced Defender, which, quite obviously is completely useless. Advanced Defenderusually infects computers via misleading advertisements, which claim to be online virus scanners. Alternatively, Advanced Defender may also enter into a computer system via Trojan infections.
In non-techie terms:
Once Advanced Defender is installed on a computer it will perform a system security scan and will definitely report malware infections found – it is important to note that these reported infections are fake! Advanced Defender will also display annoying pop-up warning messages and system alert notifications, stating that the computer is infected. These warnings are also fictitious and should NOT be trusted! Do not fall for the Advanced Defender scam! Do not purchase this corrupt software, and most importantly remove Advanced Defender and all its components from an infected system ASAP!
Aliases: AdvancedDefender, Advanced.Defender, Rogue.Advanced.Defender.
Advanced Defender Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Advanced Defender Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Advanced Defender manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Advanced Defender will be removed completely. So read the Advanced Defender removal steps carefully and good luck.
Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.
- Uninstall Advanced Defender Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Advanced Defender if found. - To stop Advanced Defender processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these Advanced Defender processes:
Advanced XP Defender.lnk
AXPDefender.exe
AXPDefender.lnk
install.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Advanced Defender DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Advanced Defender DLLs:
AXPDefenderSkin.dll
To locate the Advanced Defender DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Advanced Defender and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Advanced Defender DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister). - To unregister Advanced Defender registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these Advanced Defender registry keys: - If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
- Remove Advanced Defender Directories.
To find Advanced Defender directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Advanced Defender directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Advanced Defender folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Advanced Defender and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Advanced Defender could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Advanced Defender icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Advanced Defender manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Advanced Defender problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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