Remove ArmorDefender. Description and removal instructions

Title: ArmorDefender	Also known as: Armor Defender
Type: Spyware	Severity scale: (68 / 100)

ArmorDefender is a rogue anti-spyware application that reports false scan results to make you think that you are infected or constantly displays fake pop-ups claiming that your computer is under attack or overall has many security issues. It interrupts work in progress and states that you must pay for a full version of the program in order to remove the infections which of course don't even exist. ArmorDefender is a typical scareware and should be removed upon detection. Please use the removal guide below and remove this virus from your computer immediately. You can do that either manually or with an automatic removal tool.

[Figure 1. ArmorDefender graphical user interface]

Usually, ArmorDefender comes from fake online scanners and must be manually installed, but it may come bundled with other malicious software too. If wee assume that this virus came from fake online scanners then your PC is infected with at least one Trojan virus that displays this ArmorDefender rogueware. Another quite annoying thing is browser hijacking. The rogue program redirects users to entirely different websites, usually scam websites that re full of false information and at the end may infect your PC even more. One of such websites is armordefender.com [Figure 2]. It's supposedly a home page of ArmorDefender. Don't visit that website even knowing that it doesn't host any harmful files.

[Figure 2. Armordefender.com screenshot]

There shouldn't be any doubts that Armor Defender is a scam. Most importantly don't purchase it. If you have inadvertently paid for it, contact your credit card company and dispute the charges. Next, please read the removal instructions below about hoe to remove ArmorDefender from your PC.

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Related files: ArmorDefender.exe, ArmorDefender.lnk, ykd2.tmp.exe, 1193z5py605.exe, Uninstall.exe, 1076zspa9bot475.cpl, 1218bzckd9o5653.bin, 122z5not-a-virus795.exe, 391dsz95are2473.exe, 3922tzr5at91349.ocx

ArmorDefender properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Automatic ArmorDefender removal:

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ArmorDefender manual removal:

Kill processes:
ArmorDefender.exe ykd2.tmp.exe 1193z5py605.exe 391dsz95are2473.exe 122z5not-a-virus795.exe Uninstall.exe

HELP:
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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ArmorDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ArmorDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ArmorDefender
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "ykd2.tmp.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "ArmorDefender"

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
ArmorDefender.exe ykd2.tmp.exe ArmorDefender.lnk 1193z5py605.exe Uninstall.exe 1076zspa9bot475.cpl 1193z5py605.exe 1218bzckd9o5653.bin 122z5not-a-virus795.exe 391dsz95are2473.exe 3922tzr5at91349.ocx

HELP:
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Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\ArmorDefender Software

Other programs to remove ArmorDefender:

• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/01/10
Information updated: 20/01/10

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