Desktop Defender 2010
Desktop Defender 2010 is known as a rogue security client that provides no real benefit and shows false and exagerated scan results in an effort to scam users out of their money. Once the fake client has run it’s scan it will then ask you to purchase the program to remove the threats shown. If you are already infected with this threat then you will want to read this Remove Desktop Defender 2010 guide. This program is from the same family as the Contraviro malware. This program looks and feel very professional. The purpose of this is to make it more credible. It is very common for programs like this to disable the Windows Task Manager and other similar programs. You will find your you do not have your computer control anymore.
It will pose problems to your Internet connection, including not being able to update your anti-virus programs, or similar programs. The following are a few tricks many of these hackers are using to pitch fake security software. They will claim to be new, free and more. You will be prompted to install or run a small program that is pretending to be something like a video codec but in reality it’s a virus.
Fake codecs. This is a common method for malware like Desktop Defender 2010 to infect system.
Such fake codecs can be installed through what is called a drive by download. You will find this method in many websites, either ones created for that purpose or others that have been hacked. Example would be you were browsing a given website and the website push a download unto your computer. If you do not have an active security client then chances are that is how your system got infected. What was pushed… was the malware disguised. It is not uncommon for even savvy computer users to need help removing this threat. If you need an expert to help remove this threat then you need to check out this Remote PC Repair site. This repair company is very well known and repairs computers online for an honest price. The thing that reall bugs most people is once this software is installed on your computer it will then create junk false files that serve no purpose and then they call the files they create virus threats. The more the better. It will also modify the Registry to run itself on subsequent boot. ! On the next boot, it will do a system scan, it is a fake scan. The Desktop 2010 program will show you a report that has many fake scan results. The whole purpose of this program is to scare you into making a purchase of the bogus client. This client will only scan your system and show you the misleading results, it will then insit you purchase the client to remove the threats. Given that the scans were fake you should already know that this program is nothing more then a scam. Do not buy any full version, it will never work. This program often times will block many security websites and even applications like security clients. Often times this client disables the real security software on your computer. It will often block other online security tools and sites. Others application, like System Restore and the Registry Editor, are disabled once your computer is infected by the rogue program. In my testing of this threat we also had our browser settings highjacked and were getting re-directs to the sales page of this program.
You should first, rather than believing this fake program, remove Desktop Defender 2010 . To remove such malware you will need to first terminate the running process called DesktopDefender2010.exe. Once this is done you should be able now remove most of the traces located at Documents and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuPrograms and Program FilesDesktop Defender 2010. Do not forget to go into the registry and remove the false entires there. As we already mentioned you should check out the removal guide linked above for exact steps on how to do this.
