Description of trojan windiskdefend.exe
This malware installs a service in your system. Once it is running, it will download some rogue programs, in most case the rogue program is "Win7 AV". And then it will block you from running any security program so that make itself hard to remove, disable your internet connection so that you can not download any update for your security programs. Then the malware will perform a fake scan to your computer and then stating your computer is infected by some malware, but it will not allow you to remove those infections until you purchase its full version. Actually all the infections reported by this rogue program are not existing.
Objects of trojan windiskdefend.exe
Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\windiskdefend
Files:
C:\Windows\System32\windiskdefend.exe
C:\Windows\System32\windefWebModule.dll
How to remove trojan windiskdefend.exe with Adware Away
Adware Away can completely remove trojan windiskdefend.exe and all other malware related to this malware. Just follow the steps below:
- 1. Launch Adware Away
- 2. Click "Start Scan" button and wait for the scan completes
- 3. Click "Fix Selected" button in the scan result window
- 4. Reboot your computer if Adware Away prompts to reboot.
Adware Away scan result for trojan windiskdefend.exe (Note: result may be different between different variants)
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