Easily Get Rid of Browser Defender (Manual Removal Guide)

Browser Defender is a tricky and infamous browser hijacker that displays bunch of advertisements, coupons, sponsored links and others via pop-up box on EBay, Walmart, Amazon and other shopping websites. Browser Defender can target any computer system by hijacking Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and other popular browsers. As a malevolent malware, it changes internet browser settings including the homepage and default search engine to malicious websites. Once it has affected your system, This Browser Defender infection redirects your browser to http:// Browser Defender or similar websites while you browse the Internet and especially when you are expecting search results from Google. Moreover, Browser Defender messes up with your system and decreases computer performance. It will drop lot of malicious codes directly into the memory to slow down system. What’s more, Browser Defender dose not only hijack web links but it starts collecting personal user information from victim computer by tracking user activities. Due to its harmful functionality, it is recommended to remove Browser Defender malware from your system.

Several harmful properties embodied in Browser Defender

* It may show numerous annoying advertisements
* It is installed without your consent
* It will replace (hijack) your browser homepage
* It may spread lots of spyware and adware parasites
* It violates your privacy and compromises your security

Guide to remove Browser Defender step by step

A. Efficient Manual Removal Guide: 

1) Boot your computer into safe mode with networking by restarting your computer and keeping pressing F8 key until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up, then using arrow key to select “Safe Mode with Networking” from the list and press ENTER to get into that mode.

2) Open your Task Manger by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys and end the processes of Browser Defender:

3) The associated files to be removed in folders on Local Disk (note: new files are still created each month so far):

%UserProfile%\Desktop\Browser Defender.lnk

%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Browser Defender\

%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Browser Defender\Uninstall Browser Defender.lnk

4) Open your Registry Editor and then find out the registry entries of Browser Defender virus to remove them (note: new registry entries are still made every month so far):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = ’0′

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop “NoChangingWallPaper” = ’1′

B. Efficient Automatic Removal Guide: 

1) Download SpyHunter, then double click on it to install it.

2) Tick mark on Quick Scan then click on Scan Computer Now!

3) When the scan done, click on Fix Threats.

Note: For the people who are not familiar with computer knowledge, the automatic removal is much more easier than the manual one. It is recommended to use SpyHunter when you face any malicious virus, it will remove it completely. Click here to download SpyHunter freely.