Remove AVDefender 2011

Rogue program keeps on spreading the Internet and there’s no way security experts can stop it. Some made it popular and entered into millions of computers by their own, and some are just one day experiment because antivirus program catches them before they were propagated. Just today, a promising rogue program called AVDefender 2011 was noticed to be residing on infected web sites. They managed to infect these web sites and will use them as a download area for a Trojan infected users who will later hijacked and point their browser on these sites.

AVDefender 2011 carries a hazardous purpose, it should remain installed and let the victim pay for the full version before it can be taken out from the computer. Task manager, registry editor, antivirus programs and other tools to remove AVDefender 2011 will remain disabled. Here is a quick guide in removing this potentially unwanted program.

To Remove AVDefender 2011:

1. Download CCleaner hereand save to a location on your computer. Next is rkill.com from hereand lastly MalwareBytes AntiMalware from this page. Get these files on to the CD or USB Flash drive. This will later be use to clean the infected computer.

2. Go to the affected system and boot it is Safe Mode, this can be done by pressing the F8 key repeatedly once turned on. You will have the choices on how you would like Windows to be loaded. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking.” It will take some time before the selected choices is loaded. A “Safe Mode” desktop will show a different and minimal configuration.

3. Install CCleaner, just follow the prompts and install with default settings. After installation, click on Cleaner button located on the left pane and select Run Cleaner. This tool will delete unnecessary files from the computer including temp files, cookies and recycle bin.

4. Go to the folder where rkill is located, it was designed to stop any malicious process running on the infected computer. Again, this will take time, but be patience, this step is important in successfully removing Security Suite virus processes.

5. Install MalwareBytes’ AntiMalware, proceed with the default settings on the setup. It will prompt if you want to update its database after the installation, please click Yes. MBAM will download needed updates and will restart once finished. On the interface, be sure that you are on “Scanner” tab. Select Perform Full Scan and click on Scan to start cleaning your system. When scan is complete, it will will display a button, click Show Results to view infected files detected. Select all and click on Remove Selected to start deleting malicious files by AVDefender 2011. This will be the final step in removing the threat. Restart the computer and all you have to do is to make sure that you will have a protection this time. Install an antivirus and anti-malware program. Set them to automatically update to have the fresh definition files. Always install Windows and other software updates that will patch any vulnerabilities on the computer.