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How to Remove Desktop Defender 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware?

Desktop Defender 2010 Information:

Desktop Defender 2010 is a misleading anti-spyware application from the same family as Contraviro malware. After installed, Desktop Defender 2010 configures itself to start automatically when Windows starts. The rogue program reports false or exaggerated system security threats and displays fake security warnings to convince you that your PC is baldy infected with Trojans, spyware and other malware. In reality, the scan results are false and Desktop Defender 2010 is not actually finding any infections. The main goal of Desktop Defender 2010 is to trick you into purchasing its full version of the application which actually does not even exist. This is a scam! Do not pay for this rogue anti-spyware and remove Desktop Defender 2010 from your computer as soon as possible.

Desktop Defender 2010 Screenshot:

Manual Removal

Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Desktop Defender 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.

Step 1: End its process by openning Task Manager.

Desktop Defender 2010.exe

gedx_ae09.exe

kgn.exe

kilslmd.exex

kn.a.exe

uninstall.exe

Step 2: The files you need to delete:

Desktop Defender 2010.exe, guide.chm, hjengine.dll, IEAddon.dll, MFC71.dll, MFC71ENU.DLL, AF.dll, daily.cvd, msvcp71.dll, msvcr71.dll, pthreadVC2.dll, shellext.dll, siglsp.dll, tdifw_drv_WLH.sys, tdifw_drv_WXP.sys, uninstall.exe, tdifw_drv.sys, log.txt, gedx_ae09.exe, kgn.exe, kilslmd.exex, kn.a.exe, Desktop Defender 2010.lnk, Activate Desktop Defender 2010.lnk, How to Activate Desktop Defender 2010.lnk

Step 3: The registry entries you need to delete:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\antivirus_contextscan

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{C0E56AC2-9F72-436E-B6E7-AEC28AF9E4EB}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\IEAddon.DLL

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{08EEC6AD-7486-487F-89B7-5A3716DDAE14}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CCB5551D-8594-4999-85F9-1E3EABCB95AC}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\antivirus_contextscan

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\antivirus_contextscan

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEAddon.StatusBarPane

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEAddon.StatusBarPane.1

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{5B184B9D-B7BD-4FEA-8D1F-5E27182206A5}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{3ED0E410-5C8E-47B6-A75D-D10B886E903C}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Desktop Defender 2010

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{CCB5551D-8594-4999-85F9-1E3EABCB95AC}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Desktop Defender 2010

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tdifw_drv

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform “Desktop Defender 2010″

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Desktop Defender 2010″

Step 4: Unregister DLL files:

hjengine.dll

IEAddon.dll

MFC71.dll

MFC71ENU.DLL

AF.dll

msvcp71.dll

msvcr71.dll

pthreadVC2.dll

shellext.dll

siglsp.dll

Step 5: Delete the following directories:

c:\Program Files\Desktop Defender 2010

c:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\tdifw

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Defender 2010

%Temp%\

Please, be aware that manual removal of Desktop Defender 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of Desktop Defender 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

Automatic Desktop Defender 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware Removal:

1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.

2. Download Spyware Cease (Spyware Cease review), install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Spyware Cease fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Spyware Cease can detect all potential malware in your system.

NOTE: If you have problem installing Spyware Cease, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.

3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let Spyware Cease delete all detected virus.

4. Click to repair your corrupted registry

Why should you need to repair the registry?

As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.

To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install Multi-Awarded Registry Tool.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.

After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!

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