Vista Defender Plus Vista Defender Plus 2013 provide fake features SCAN, INTERNET SECURITY, PERSONAL SECURITY, PROACTIVE DEFENSE, FIREWALL etc. All of them cannot protect the computer from any kind of malware.
Vista Defender Plus can be removed by using Emsisoft HiJackFree to stop the processes and kill the files from the hard drive. Then, the user has to restore the registry entries added and modified by Vista Defender Plus. Finally, all the file related to Vista Defender Plus must be deleted from the hard drive. All of them has been shown in the removal guide below.
Vista Defender Plus should be removed immediately!
Vista Defender Plus Removal Guide
Kill Process
[random].exe
Delete Registry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe "(Default)" = "[random]"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\pcdfdata
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\[random].exe" /ex "%1" %*"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "pcdfsvc" = "%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\[random].exe /min"
Remove Folders and Files
%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Vista Defender Plus.lnk
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Vista Defender Plus
Vista Defender Plus can be removed by using Emsisoft HiJackFree to stop the processes and kill the files from the hard drive. Then, the user has to restore the registry entries added and modified by Vista Defender Plus. Finally, all the file related to Vista Defender Plus must be deleted from the hard drive. All of them has been shown in the removal guide below.
Vista Defender Plus should be removed immediately!
Vista Defender Plus Removal Guide
Kill Process
[random].exe
Delete Registry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe "(Default)" = "[random]"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\pcdfdata
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\[random].exe" /ex "%1" %*"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "pcdfsvc" = "%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\[random].exe /min"
Remove Folders and Files
%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Vista Defender Plus.lnk
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Vista Defender Plus