Christian Mairoll 237 Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 The Emsi Software malware research team has discoverd a new outbreak of the Total PC Defender 2010 adware. a-squared Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.TotalPCDefender2010. Total PC Defender 2010 is a rogue security program. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive/misleading scan results report, which says that your computer is infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to delete them before you purchase. Create new files: %ProgramFiles%Total PC DefenderTotal PC Defender.exe %UserProfile%Application DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick LaunchTotal PC Defender.lnk %UserProfile%DesktopTotal PC Defender.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuTotal PC DefenderTotal PC Defender.lnk Create new registry entries: HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallTotal PC Defender HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun, “Total PC Defender” Screenshots: How to remove the infection of Total PC Defender 2010 (Adware.Win32.TotalPCDefender2010)? To delete this malware infection, please download and install a-squared Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine. View the full article Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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