Friday
2009-03-18, 16:56
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.MalwareDefender2009" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.MalwareDefender2009 pretends to be a security software. It scares the user with false alarms to make him pay for fixing threats.
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Important: There are more autorun entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "Malware Defender 2009".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
A file with an unknown location named "malwaredef.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "MalwareDefender2009.exe".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Malware Defender 2009.lnk".
The file at "<$PROFILES>\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\Drivers\hdddriver.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Malware Defender 2009\conf.cfg".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Malware Defender 2009\uninstall.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.MalwareDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Malware Defender 2009\quarantine".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Malware Defender 2009".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Malware Defender 2009".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.MalwareDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{3F0691F1-70E6-44A9-938A-1DC356674878}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{8B2C743A-D44A-4A93-8233-ABEE8BF8ED62}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "Malware Defender 2009" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If Fraud.MalwareDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.MalwareDefender2009 pretends to be a security software. It scares the user with false alarms to make him pay for fixing threats.
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Important: There are more autorun entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "Malware Defender 2009".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
A file with an unknown location named "malwaredef.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "MalwareDefender2009.exe".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Malware Defender 2009.lnk".
The file at "<$PROFILES>\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\Drivers\hdddriver.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Malware Defender 2009\conf.cfg".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Malware Defender 2009\uninstall.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.MalwareDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Malware Defender 2009\quarantine".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Malware Defender 2009".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Malware Defender 2009".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.MalwareDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{3F0691F1-70E6-44A9-938A-1DC356674878}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{8B2C743A-D44A-4A93-8233-ABEE8BF8ED62}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "Malware Defender 2009" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If Fraud.MalwareDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.