Manual Removal Guide for Fraud.ComputerDefender2009

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The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.ComputerDefender2009" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:

• malware

Description:

Fraud.ComputerDefender2009 claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries in order to frighten the user to make him buy a license to get the issue fixed.​

Removal Instructions:

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.

• Entries named "Computer Defender 2009" and pointing to "<$APPDATA>\Computer Defender 2009\cd2009.exe".
• Entries named "Computer Defender 2009" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Computer Defender 2009\cd2009.exe".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

• The file at "<$APPDATA>\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Computer Defender 2009.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Computer Defender 2009\Computer Defender 2009.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Computer Defender 2009\Order Full Version NOW!.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Computer Defender 2009\Visit Computer Defender 2009 Homepage.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Computer Defender 2009\cd2009.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Computer Defender 2009\hp.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Computer Defender 2009\license.rtf".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Computer Defender 2009\order.url".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.ComputerDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
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 to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

• The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Computer Defender 2009".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Computer Defender 2009".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.ComputerDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
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 "Computer Defender 2009" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".

If Fraud.ComputerDefender2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.