Smart Defender Pro Removal Guide
Do you know what Smart Defender Pro is?
DESCRIPTION
Smart Defender Pro is a rogue anti-spyware program that is able to use aggressive tactics to persuade purchase of a full version of Smart Defender Pro. Smart Defender Pro, through these malicious tactics, can seriously annoy you.
Smart Defender Pro may be claimed as a security application that can rid your system of parasites. This is false information as Smart Defender Pro cannot be trusted for detection or removal of any type of computer parasite. When running Smart Defender Pro it may display an alert message the reads like the following:
“Your computer is being attacked by an Internet Virus. It could be a password-stealing attack, a trojan – dropper or similar.”
“Your computer is infected with spyware. It could damage your critical files or expose your private data on the Internet. Click here to register your copy of %s and remove spyware
threats from your PC.”
In non-techie terms:
Smart Defender Pro may redirect you to malicious web pages that could further infect your system. It is very important to remove Smart Defender Pro before it is able to cause damage to your system forcing you to reinstall software or worse, the Windows operating system.
Aliases: Smart Defender Pro, SmartDefender Pro, Smart DefenderPro, SmartDefenderPro.
Smart Defender Pro Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Smart Defender Pro Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Smart Defender Pro manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Smart Defender Pro will be removed completely. So read the Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Smart Defender Pro if found. - To stop Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro processes:
There are no processes.
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Smart Defender Pro DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Smart Defender Pro DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Smart Defender Pro DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Smart Defender Pro and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro registry keys:
There are no 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 Smart Defender Pro Directories.
To find Smart Defender Pro directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Smart Defender Pro directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Smart Defender Pro folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Smart Defender Pro and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Smart Defender Pro could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Smart Defender Pro icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Smart Defender Pro manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Smart Defender Pro problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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