Vista Defender Pro Rogue Anti-Spyware - removal guide

Vista Defender Pro

Created: 2010-04-07 03:05:11 Author: Paul McRubben

Information about Vista Defender Pro

Vista Defender Pro is a rogue anti-spyware program that reports false scan results and displays fake security alerts to make you think that your computer is infected with malware. The rogue program is just a rename of Vista AntiSpyware 2010 or Vista Guardian malware. It is promoted through the use of Trojans and fake online anti-malware scanners. Usually, Trojans are disguised as video codecs required to view certain online videos.

Once active, Vista Defender Pro will scan your computer each time you log into Windows. The scan results are of course false. This fake program will displays a variety of infections and claim that those security threats can be removed only with a registered version of Vista Defender Pro. Do not purchase this program. Furthermore, Vista Defender Pro will constantly display fake security alerts. These fake alerts may appear like every 30 seconds. It will also impersonate Windows Security Center and display counterfeit notifications form Task bar claiming that anti-virus protection is disabled or that your computer is under attack.

What is more, Vista Defender Pro will hijack your Internet browser and redirect you to various misleading websites full of ads. You should remove this parasite from your computer as soon as possible.Please use the removal guide below to remove Vista Defender Pro from your computer for free.

Vista Defender Pro Facts

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Vista Defender Pro pretends to increase security of your PC
Vista Defender Pro free version will show popups, alerts and fake results to convince you to pay
Vista Defender Pro creators will not deliver license keys upon paying or the full version will not be functional
Vista Defender Pro might be used to download and advertise other malicious software
Vista Defender Pro might disable some of your PCs or its programs functions

Manual Vista Defender Pro removal instructions

Note: Manual removal of parasite Vista Defender Pro is tedious and dangerous task if done incorectly. Stoping and deleting incorrect executables and DLLs, deleting registry entries might harm your PC. Thus we recommend using Spyware Doctor of PCTools for automatical scan and removal of computer parasites, or another reputable spyware remover.

1

Kill malicious Processes:

How to kill malicious processes

av.exe
ave.exe

2

Remove malicious Registery entries:

How to remove malicious registry entries

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "AntiVirusOverride" = "1"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "FirewallOverride" = "1"

3

Remove harmful Files:

How to remove harmful files

av.exe
ave.exe

4

Scan your System:

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