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Personal Defender 2009 Removal Guide

Published by Allen on November 3, 2008 09:18 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Personal Defender 2009 is?

DESCRIPTION

Personal Defender 2009 or PersonalDefender 2009, is a nasty and very serious threat to the security of your computer. Personal Defender 2009 is basically a fake security tool that claims to fix security issues on your computer if you purchase the full version of Personal Defender 2009.

Do not trust the Personal Defender 2009 program for anything especially protecting your computer from internet security attacks. Personal Defender 2009 performs many illicit tactics to get computer users to voluntarily download and install the Personal Defender 2009 program.

You may have a Trojan infection identified by a malicious executable file, mupd1_2_1711951.exe, which could install the PersonalDefender 2009 program automatically. This infection is known to display fake Windows Firewall notifications asking to “enable protection”. If this message is clicked on it may install Personal Defender 2009 without your permission.

In non-techie terms: Personal Defender 2009 (PersonalDefender2009) is a worthless program that should never be installed or purchased. If you find that you have Personal Defender 2009 you may notice that your computer is performing slow or displaying a large number of popup messages. It is important to take the necessary steps to remove Personal Defender 2009 completely from your system and avoid purchasing the full version because Personal Defender 2009 is ultimately a waste of time and money. Never visit the www.personaldefender2009.com website because it is known to distribute the dangerous Personal Defender 2009 program.

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Personaldefender2009.com website image:

Aliases: Personal Defender 2009, PersonalDefender 2009, PersonalDefender2009, www.personaldefender2009.com.

Personal Defender 2009 Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Personal Defender 2009 Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Personal Defender 2009 manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Personal Defender 2009 will be removed completely. So read the Personal Defender 2009 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 Personal Defender 2009 Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Personal Defender 2009 if found.
To stop Personal Defender 2009 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 Personal Defender 2009 processes:
mupd1_2_1165664.exe
Personal Defender 2009.lnk
personaldefender2009[1].exe
Uninstall Personal Defender 2009.lnk
pdefendr.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Personal Defender 2009 DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Personal Defender 2009 DLLs:
There are no dll's.

To locate the Personal Defender 2009 DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Personal Defender 2009 and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Personal Defender 2009 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 Personal Defender 2009 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 Personal Defender 2009 registry keys:
Personal Defender 2009
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 Personal Defender 2009 Directories.
To find Personal Defender 2009 directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Personal Defender 2009 directories:
There are no directories.

Right-click on the Personal Defender 2009 folder and select Delete.
A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Personal Defender 2009 and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Personal Defender 2009 could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes.
To remove Personal Defender 2009 icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the Personal Defender 2009 manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Personal Defender 2009 problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.

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