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How to remove BitDefender 2011 (fake)?

April 21st, 2011

What is BitDefender 2011 (fake)?

BitDefender 2011 is one of the trickiest rogue anti-spywares that ‘borrow’ their names from legitimate antivirus programs in order to get ability and easily rip their victims off. Of course, BitDefender 2011 has been designed after BitDefender antivirus which is a powerful tool created for computer’s protection. Without a doubt, BitDefender 2011 was created for commercial reasons only because it starts offering its ‘registered’ version as soon as it gets inside the PC. Trying to create a need, it firstly scares users into thinking that computer is dangerously infected with malware. It goes without saying that you should never trust BitDefender 2011 and pay for it. If you have already did this, contact your credit card company to dispute the charges and use a reputable anti-spyware (Spyhunter is recommended) to remove BitDefender 2011 as soon as possible.

Bit Defender 2011 rogue is spread through insecure websites pretending to be free online anti-malware scanners. In truth, these ‘scanners’ in reality are advertisements that return the same results after the scan is finished. Users are usually told that their computers are infected and that they need to install BitDefender 2011 in order to protect their PC against these viruses. However, these fake online scanners return identical to all PC users.

After getting inside, BitDefender 2011 starts working as soon as you reboot your computer. It will result t in running fake system scanners and alerts that all will say that your PC is infected with various malware. Please, never fall into such information given by BitDefender 2011 because these files reported may be legitimate your system files important for a normal computer’s functionality and their removal can damage your computer. If you attempt to use BitDefender 2011 for removal, you will be asked paying for its license and won’t let you remove any of these ‘viruses’. In most cases, BitDefender 2011 displays such warnings:

Warning!
Virtumonde is an adware program that tends to monitor your Internet browsing habits and may display targeted advertisements onto your computer screen. Virtumonde may also create a malicious DLL file in order to log your keystrokes and send the recorded information to a third party website. Virtumonde is an unwanted application and recommended to be removed.

About Internet Explorer Emergency Mode
Your PC is infected with malicious software and browse couldn’t be launched

You may use Internet Explorer in Emergency mode – internal service browser of Microsoft Windows system with limited usability.

Notice: Some sites refuse connection with Internet Explorer in Emergency Mode. In such case system warning page will be showed to you.

Warning! Identity theft attempt detected!
Attacker IP: <random IP address>
Attack Target: Microsoft Corp. Keys
Description: Remote host tries to get access to your personal information.

Warning! New virus detected!
Threat Detected: Keylogger.iSnake.Pro
Infected File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\asr_ldm.exe

Please, ignore such notifications because they only try to rip you off. When trying to remove BitDefender 2011, you may face some problems with doing that because this scam tends to disable all legitimate spyware removers, such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware or Spyhunter. In addition, this scam may also disconnect you from Internet Explorer, so read the following BitDefender 2011 removal guide:

1. Reboot PC into Safe Mode with networking
2. Disable Proxy server in your browser.
3. Start task manager and stop processes of BitDefender 2011: random letter and bitdefender 2011.
4. Download and scan your PC with Spyhunter, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to identify the infected files. Do full system scan or search for stopped processes on the disk.
5. Delete these files.
6. Restore the windows shell to explorer.exe if you haven’t used automatical removal procedure.


BitDefender 2011 (fake) is Extremely dangerous

arrow BitDefender 2011 (fake) is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program
arrow BitDefender 2011 (fake) may spread via Trojans
arrow BitDefender 2011 (fake) may display fake security messages
arrow BitDefender 2011 (fake) may install additional spyware to your computer
arrow BitDefender 2011 (fake) may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow BitDefender 2011 (fake) violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Note: Spyhunter trial provides detection of parasite like BitDefender 2011 (fake) and assists in its removal for free. You can remove detected files, processes and registry entries yourself or purchase a full version.



BitDefender 2011 (fake) screenshots


BitDefender 2011 (fake) screenshot

Manual BitDefender 2011 (fake) removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove BitDefender 2011 (fake), 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 Spyhunter or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these BitDefender 2011 (fake) processes:
Remove these BitDefender 2011 (fake) Registry Entries:
Remove these BitDefender 2011 (fake) files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other BitDefender 2011 (fake) infected files and get help in BitDefender 2011 (fake) removal by using free Spyhunter scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing BitDefender 2011 (fake) and similar threats.

BitDefender 2011 (fake) is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only BitDefender 2011 (fake) can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads BitDefender 2011 (fake) trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, BitDefender 2011 (fake) offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, BitDefender 2011 (fake) does not only fix the errors, but it also takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.

Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as BitDefender 2011 (fake), may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install BitDefender 2011 (fake), which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.

Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as BitDefender 2011 (fake), is nearly impossible to remove manually.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Rogue Anti-Spyware such as BitDefender 2011 (fake)?

Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Rogue Anti-Spyware parasite 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 Rogue Anti-Spyware.
Changed or new icons: Sometimes, Rogue Anti-Spyware installs unwanted software to a victim’s PC without user’s knowledge and consent. This may lead to slower PC performance and stability, as well as more unwanted programs you can't remove.

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