Saturday, December 19, 2009

Malware Defense - new rogue with known face

Malware Defense or MalwareDefense is adware that seems to be a subject to permanent modifications. That is, new tactics and techniques are applied in every new modification of Malware Defense in order to go ahead of antispyware and thus to avoid blocking and removal of Malware Defense. Another aim of the modification is to introduce new techniques of influence on users.
In particular, Malware Defense, at the very beginning, was typically propagated by means of trojan of Vundo type. It is now also propagated by trojans, but there are lots of evidences indicating that current modification of Malware Defense is aimed rather at user’s decision to download and install it. Naturally, such a decision is made under hard oppression of intrusive advertisement.
To get rid Malware Defense adware you thus need to use a reliable antispyware that has been keeping track of its modifications and ready to provide effective solution to remove Malware Defense irrespective of its version concerned. Click here to start free system scan and apply verified and examined Malware Defense removal tool (Spyware Doctor).

Malware Defense screenshot:

Malware Defense removal tool:

Malware Defense manual removal guide:
Delete Malware Defense files:

help.ico
md.db
mdefense.exe
mdext.dll
uninstall.exe
Malware Defense Support.lnk
Malware Defense.lnk
Uninstall Malware Defense.lnk
Delete Malware Defense registry entries:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SimpleShlExt
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SimpleShlExt
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Malware Defense
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Malware Defense”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This has been the most useful post I have yet read, Thx! The solution worked perfectly! I have now sorted out this really unpleasent attack - a virus that gets in by praying on unsuspecting kids. IMHO the perpetrators should be arrested.... Terry R