Friday
2011-11-09, 12:22
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.SecurityDefender" 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:
trojan
rogue
Description:
Fraud.SecurityDefender is a Trojan horse that gets promoted via spam emails. The sites linked in the spam mails shows false detection warnings. Fraud.SecurityDefender tries to trick the user into downloading its installer and install it to continue the false detection warnings and make the user pay for useless software.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Security Defender.lnk".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Security Defender\{E8B48843-AA03-48A6-1AAE-876C3E1E89A6}.pst".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Security Defender\{EFFF3370-D028-42A2-C9A7-ED3CADDB10C0}.pst".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Security Defender\Security Defender.lnk".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Security Defender.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Security Defender\Security Defender.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Security Defender\Security Defender.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Defender\Security Defender.lnk".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SecurityDefender 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 "<$APPDATA>\Security Defender".
The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Security Defender".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Security Defender".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Defender".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SecurityDefender 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 "{BD48C5BE-A151-A177-E0C5-B216293C75A9}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{BD48C5BE-A151-A177-E0C5-B216293C75A9}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\".
If Fraud.SecurityDefender 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).
There are more registry 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.
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.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
trojan
rogue
Description:
Fraud.SecurityDefender is a Trojan horse that gets promoted via spam emails. The sites linked in the spam mails shows false detection warnings. Fraud.SecurityDefender tries to trick the user into downloading its installer and install it to continue the false detection warnings and make the user pay for useless software.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Security Defender.lnk".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Security Defender\{E8B48843-AA03-48A6-1AAE-876C3E1E89A6}.pst".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Security Defender\{EFFF3370-D028-42A2-C9A7-ED3CADDB10C0}.pst".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Security Defender\Security Defender.lnk".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Security Defender.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Security Defender\Security Defender.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Security Defender\Security Defender.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Defender\Security Defender.lnk".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SecurityDefender uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Security Defender".
The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Security Defender".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Security Defender".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Defender".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SecurityDefender uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{BD48C5BE-A151-A177-E0C5-B216293C75A9}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{BD48C5BE-A151-A177-E0C5-B216293C75A9}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\".
If Fraud.SecurityDefender uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
There are more registry entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.