How to remove Perfect Defender 2009 (Uninstall Instructions)

Posted by Grinler on December 2, 2008 @ 04:15 PM · Views: 54,367

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What this programs does:

Perfect Defender 2009 is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses false advertising and false positives to scare you into purchasing the software. This software is promoted through the use of pop-ups that pretend to be online anti-malware scanners stating that you are infected. This online scanner, though, is an advertisements and doesnot actually know if you are infected with anything or not. Once installed, Perfect Defender will be configured to start when you log into Windows. Once running, it will display a variety of security risks that are unable to be removed unless you first purchase the software. These risks, though, are all false or highly exaggerated and are only being shown to scare you into purchasing the software.

Perfect Defender 2009 screen shot
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This guide will walk you through removing PerfectDefender 2009 program and any associated malware that may have been installed with it.

Threat Classification:

• Information on Rogue Programs & Scareware

Advanced information:

View Perfect Defender 2009 files.
View Perfect Defender 2009 Registry Information.

Tools Needed for this fix:

• Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Symptoms that may be in a HijackThis Log:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Perfect Defender 2009] "C:\Program Files\Perfect Defender 2009\pdfndr.exe"

Guide Updates:

12/02/08 - Initial guide creation.

Automated Removal Instructions for Perfect Defender 2009 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
   
   


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 quick scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Perfect Defender 2009 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 PerfectDefender 2009 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 PerfectDefender 2009 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 Posting A Hijackthis Log

Associated Perfect Defender 2009 Files:

c:\Program Files\Perfect Defender 2009
c:\Program Files\Perfect Defender 2009\dbbase.div
c:\Program Files\Perfect Defender 2009\pd.dll
c:\Program Files\Perfect Defender 2009\pdfndr.exe
c:\Program Files\Perfect Defender 2009\pdmonitor.exe
c:\Program Files\Perfect Defender 2009\UnInstall.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Perfect Defender 2009.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Perfect Defender 2009
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Perfect Defender 2009\Perfect Defender 2009.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Perfect Defender 2009\Uninstall Perfect Defender 2009.lnk

Associated Perfect Defender 2009 Windows Registry Information:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PDefender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Perfect Defender 2009"