XP Defense 2010 is a harmful computer security application or more conveniently called as rogue security program. It was a counterfeit software that was created and spread in order to gain monetary profit for its authors via fraudulent online transactions. XP Defense 2010 can be carried out by a Trojan created for the purpose of dropping a copy of this malware on computers. If successful, this malicious software will disguise as a reliable antivirus software capable of removing virus and protecting a computer against threats and attacks. A self generated virus scan will be presented by XP Defense 2010 to even more deceive users on the security status of the computer. It will detect threats that does not really exists and generate more to scare its victims.
Never trust this program and a presence must alarm you to take actions. Remove XP Defense 2010 immediately with a trusted anti-virus and anti-malware program.
What are the Symptoms of XP Defense 2010 Infection?
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\XP Defense 2010
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run “XP Defense 2010”
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SimpleShlExt
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SimpleShlExt
The threat will drop the following malicious files:
- %Program Files%\XP Defense 2010\help.ico
- %Program Files%\XP Defense 2010\md.db
- %Program Files%\XP Defense 2010\xpdefense2010.exe
- %Program Files%\XP Defense 2010\mdext.dll
- %Program Files%\XP Defense 2010\uninstall.exe
- %UserProfile%\Desktop\XP Defense 2010 Support.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Desktop\XP Defense 2010.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\XP Defense 2010
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\XP Defense 2010\XP Defense 2010 Support.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\XP Defense 2010\XP Defense 2010.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\XP Defense 2010\Uninstall XP Defense 2010.lnk
How to Remove XP Defense 2010 Manually
1. Restart your computer in SafeMode
– After Power-On the computer, just before Windows start, press F8
– From the selections, Select SafeMode
2. Remove Registry entries that the threat added. You MUST BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST.
– Click Start > Run
– Type in the field, regedit
– Navigate and look for the registry entries mentioned above and delete if necessary
3. Delete malicious files that the threat added:
– Base on the given location above, browse and delete the file
– If no location is given, click Start>Search> and search for the files.
– If cannot be deleted, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to access Task Manager, see if the file is running in the process. If it is, select the file and click End Process. Perform file delete again.
4. Scan computer with Antivirus Program
– Update antivirus program
– Scan computer and delete all detected threats.
How to Easily Remove XP Defense 2010
1. Download and run Removal Tool to remove this computer threat.
