Registry Defender Platinum Removal Guide

Posted by Lawrence Abrams on April 2, 2009 @ 01:58 PM · Views: 14,913

 

What this infection does:

Registry Defender Platinum is a rogue registry cleaning program that is advertised via malware such as the Vundo Trojan. When infected with Vundo, pop-ups will be displayed that state your Windows Registry is corrupted and that you should download and install Registry Defender Platinum. If you decide to download and install the program it will be configured to start automatically when your computer turns on. When running, the program will perform a scan and state that you have numerous Windows Registry problems. It will not, though, allow you to fix these problems until you purchase the program. Even if the program was actually describing legitimate problems, we would never know. This is because it does not explicitly state what the problems are. Instead it just states you have a problem and asks you to spend money to fix it. Legitimate programs in this category, on the other hand, would provide specific details as to each problem that has been detected.

 

Registry Defender Platinum screen shot
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If you are infected with Registry Defender Platinum, then please use the free removal guide below to remove it and any malware that is associated with it.

 

Threat Classification:

• Information on Rogue Programs & Scareware

 

Advanced information:

View Registry Defender Platinum files.
View Registry Defender Platinum Registry Information.

 

Entries for this program found in the Add or Remove Programs control panel:

RD Platinum v5.0

 

Tools Needed for this fix:

• Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

 

Symptoms that may be in a HijackThis Log:

O4 - Startup: RDPlatinum v5.lnk = C:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\RDPlatinumv5.exe

 

Guide Updates:

04-02-09 - Initial guide creation.

 

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Automated Removal Instructions for Registry Defender Platinum using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:

 

1. Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that is open later in the fix.
   
   
2. Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:
   
   Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link (Download page will open in a new window)
   
   


3. Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.
   
   
4. Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
   
   
5. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button.
   
   
6. MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Registry Defender Platinum related files.
   
   
8. MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically check on the status of the scan. When MBAM is scanning it will look like the image below.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image below.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with the RD Platinum removal process.
   
   
10. You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should click on the Show Results button.
    
    
11. A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown as seen in the image below. Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine. When removing the files, MBAM may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the steps.
    
    
12. When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad window.
    
    
13. You can now exit the MBAM program.
    

Your computer should now be free of the RD Platinum program. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through, you may want to consider purchasing the PRO version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to protect against these types of threats in the future.

If you are still having problems with your computer after completing these instructions, then please follow the steps outlined in the topic linked below:

Preparation Guide For Use Before Using Malware Removal Tools and Requesting Help

 

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Associated Registry Defender Platinum Files:

c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\Customer Support.url
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\INSTALL.LOG
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\install.sss
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\RDPlatinumv5.exe
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\RDPlatinumv5.exe.manifest
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\Uninstall.exe
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\Updater.exe
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\User Guide.url
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\repair-bar
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\scan-bar-100
c:\Program Files\Angle Interactive\RD Platinum v5.0\scan-bar-pulse
c:\ProgramData
c:\ProgramData\RD Platinum v5.0
c:\ProgramData\RD Platinum v5.0\report.csv
c:\ProgramData\RD Platinum v5.0\backup
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Registry-Defender v5.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Registry Defender
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Registry Defender\Customer Support.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Registry Defender\RD Platinum v5.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Registry Defender\User Guide.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RDPlatinum v5.lnk

File Location Notes:

%UserProfile% refers to the current user's profile folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User> for Windows 2000/XP, C:\Users\<Current User> for Windows Vista/7, and c:\winnt\profiles\<Current User> for Windows NT.

 

Associated Registry Defender Platinum Windows Registry Information:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\RD Platinum v5.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B26CAA68-6EBF-4A30-A0F0-0A0BFE3DA5DD}