How to remove Antivirusdefense.com ?

November 20th, 2008
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What is Antivirusdefense.com?

Antivirusdefense.com hijacks web browser in order to push people into purchasing Antivirus 2009 software. The website is capable of installing Antivirus2009 malware without user’s permission, but visitors may also download it manually. Antivirus 2009 is not an anti-virus; it’s only named this way so people get interested and pay for using the program. In other words: this whole deal is a scam.

Antivirusdefense.com browser hijacker redirects web browser to antivirusdefense.com. The website imitates computer scan and reports many security problems that can only be solved by purchasing Antivirus 2009. People should only worry about Antivirusdefense.com infection, because all the other threats are made-up in order to scare visitors. Antivirusdefense hijacker may prevent visiting other websites except for the fraudulent antivirusdefense.com.

Antivirusdefense.com is Threat

arrow Antivirusdefense.com is a parasitic Browser Hijacker
arrow Antivirusdefense.com may show numerous annoying advertisements
arrow Antivirusdefense.com logs your internet browsing history
arrow Antivirusdefense.com will replace (hijack) your browser homepage
arrow Antivirusdefense.com may spread additional spyware
arrow Antivirusdefense.com violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Manual Antivirusdefense.com removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Antivirusdefense.com, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Remove these Antivirusdefense.com processes:
Remove these Antivirusdefense.com files:
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Antivirusdefense.com is classified as a Browser Hijacker, which means its parasitic damage payload consists of hijacking your browser homepage, error page, or search page with its own, mostly a commercial site of its creators, forcing you to accumulate force hits to a particular website to make it more popular or by using pay-per-click sites to earn money.

The easiest way for a Browser Hijacker such as Antivirusdefense.com to infect your computer is to exploit certain ActiveX controls and other security holes in your Internet Explorer browser. By browsing insecure websites on the internet, users may encounter various pop-ups, which secretly install Browser Hijackers like Antivirusdefense.com on your computer once clicked upon.

As soon as Antivirusdefense.com completes its operations, the overall browser stability and performance severely degrade, making it nearly impossible to surf the web normally.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Browser Hijacker such as Antivirusdefense.com?

Slow internet connection: Browser Helper Objects are constantly using your internet connection to send your private information to remote servers, as well as receive ads and pop-ups from third party servers, which causes much slower internet connection speed and overall connection instability.
Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Browser Hijacker keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Browser Hijackers.

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