Remove Strong Malware Defender - uninstall instructions

Strong Malware Defender uninstall guide

Strong Malware Defender is another misleading program from a family of rogue applications such as AV Security Essentials, Smart Antimalware Protection, Antivirus Smart Protection and many other. Internet criminals are using a similar interface to Microsoft Security Essentials (a legitimate free antivirus program) for their latest rogue program called Strong Malware Defender. This rogue security scanner is spread by large malware networks operated by Internet criminals, their attacks include such methods of computer infection as misleading website creation, search engine result poisoning, spam campaigns etc. You shouldn't mistake Strong Malware Defender to a legitimate security program, it's a totally useless software created with an intention of selling you a fake licence for a totally useless program. When Strong Malware Defender finds it's way to infect your computer it will instantly start an imaginary security scan, this is a way in which Strong Malware Protection is trying to scare you into thinking that your computer has very serious security issues and that this rogue program is the only thing that could help you remove them.

Screenshot of Strong Malware Defender:

You should ignore the detection list of high and critical security vulnerabilities displayed by Strong Malware Defender, this program doesn't have the crucial components required for a real security suite, all that Strong Malware Defender does is imitates the computer security scan and then pretends to detect lots of spyware, malware and Trojans on your PC. After clicking the "Remove All" button in Strong Malware Defender you will be redirected to a website which will ask you to purchase a licence for this program so it could remove the found security threats - needles to say that purchasing Strong Malware Defender is a bad idea, this program is a security issue by itself. Purchasing a licence for Strong Malware Defender won't solve you problems - your computer will still be infected and your banking information would be at risk. If you have bought Strong Malware Protection you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charges. Always do some research prior to buying a security program for your PC, nowadays Internet is flooded with fake antivirus programs such as Strong Malware Defender. Use this removal guide to completely remove Strong Malware Defender from your PC.

  Strong Malware Defender removal:

remover for Strong Malware Defender

Before downloading, enter Strong Malware Defender registration key in the registration window. Click Help icon (at the top right corner of the main window of Strong Malware Defender), then click Register Now and enter one of these keys.

U2FD-S2LA-H4KA-UEPB
K7LY-R5GU-SI9D-EVFB
K7LY-H4KA-SI9D-U2FD

If you can't download or run spyware remover try running registry fix (link below). It enables execution of programs. download registryfix.reg file, double click it, click YES and then OK.

Strong Malware Defender removal instructions (on infected computer):

1. Start your computer in safe mode. Click Start, click Shut down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe mode with networking from the list.

2. Open Internet explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select "Connections".

3.Click LAN settings, if a Use a proxy server for your LAN is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

4. Download HijackThis and save it on your desktop. Some malicious programs are able to block HijackThis so when you click the download link, in the Save dialog rename HijackThis.exe to iexplorer.exe and only then click the Save button. After saving the file on your desktop, double click it. In the main HijackThis window click “Do a system scan only” button. Select these entries (place a tick at the left of the entry):

O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [Strong Malware Defender] “%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\<random characters>_<random numbers>.exe” /s /d

After selecting required entries, click "Fix Checked". After this procedure you can close HijackThis and proceed to the next removal step.

5. Download a legitimate anti-spyware software to fully remove Strong Malware Defender from your computer.

remover for Strong Malware Defender

6. After removing Strong Malware Defender reset your Hosts files. Don't skip this step, this malware modifies your Hosts files, and you will encounter browser redirect problems.

Hosts file is used to resolve some canonical names of websites to ip addresses. When it is changed, the user may be redirected to malicious site still seeing good URL in address bar. It is very hard to find out if the site is genuine or not, when hosts file is modified. To fix this, please download Microsoft FixIt tool, that restores your hosts file to windows default. Run this tool when downloaded and follow the on-screen instructions. Download link below:

Other tools known to remove Strong Malware Defender:

• iS3 STOPzilla
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Additional information:

Some malicious software modifies browser settings and disables downloads of spyware and virus removing software. If you have problems downloading anti-spyware software with Internet Explorer, try downloading with Chrome, FireFox, Opera, etc.

If you can't access Internet:

Load your computer in safe mode. Click Start, click Shut down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe mode with networking from the list.

Start Task manager. Press ctrl+alt+del (or ctrl+shift+esc) and end task the processes of rogue program. ( if after this procedure you can't access any programs press ctrl+alt+del, click File, select New Task, and type explorer.exe then press OK.

Open Internet explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select Connections, then click LAN settings, if a Use a proxy server for your LAN is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

After this procedure you should be able to access Internet. Now you can download anti-spyware software from our "Top spyware removers" section and run a full scan. Download, install and don't forget to update your selected anti-spyware program. Then run a full system scan.

If you are unable to remove Strong Malware Defender, you can use this manual removal instruction. Use it at your own risk. If you don't have strong computer knowledge you could harm your operating system. Use it only if you are an experienced computer user. (Instructions on how to end processes, remove registry entries...)

End these Strong Malware Defender processes:

random.exe

Remove these Strong Malware Defender registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Classes\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\URL

Delete these Strong Malware Defender files:

%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\14.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\3178.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\46.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\6113.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\HS2d7_231.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\HSE.ico
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\HSESys
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\Quarantine Items
%AllUsersProfile%\HSYITSQGE
%AllUsersProfile%\HSYITSQGE\HSLGILTOGE.cfg
%AppData%\Strong Malware Defender\
%AppData%\Strong Malware Defender\Instructions.ini
%AppData%\Strong Malware Defender\ScanDisk_.exe
%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Strong Malware Defender.lnk
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CLSV.tmp
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DBOLE.dll
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\PE.sys
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\SICKBOY.drv
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\SICKBOY.sys
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\delfile.dll
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\eb.dll
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\eb.sys
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\energy.dll
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\gid.tmp
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\pal.sys
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\ppal.drv
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\runddlkey.exe
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\snl2w.drv
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Strong Malware Defender.lnk
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Strong Malware Defender.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Strong Malware Defender.lnk

General tips on removing Strong Malware Defender:

*If you can't download anti-spyware software: Click on the download link, when the save dialog opens change the file name (example: when downloading mbam-setup.exe rename it to iexplore.exe).
*If you have installed anti-spyware program but you can't run it: Click Run, type %ProgramFiles% and press Enter. Open folder of your anti-spyware program, search for executable file and rename it. (example: Open Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware folder, right-click on the main executable file (mbam.exe) then click rename. Rename the mbam.exe file to iexplore.exe, winlogon.exe firefox.exe ...
*If you can't access your anti-spyware software, try creating a new user account:
Click Start -> Settings -> Control panel.
Click User Accounts and create a new account.
Reboot your computer and login using a newly created user account.
*After this procedure you should be able to access your anti-spyware programs. Update and run a full system scan.