Manual Guide to Remove Browser Defender

What Is Browser Defender?

Browser Defender is a malware that attacks users’ computer without authorization. It pretends to be a legitimate program that will give security message of the websites users are browsing. It seems that according to the messages Browser Defender offers, users can decide whether the websites they browse is safe or not. However, many computers complain that Browser Defender will not report you the right info of websites, instead, Browser Defender causes problems for computer users. Browser Defender takes over homepages and redirects you to other malicious web sites. Whenever you open your browser, Browser Defender appears. No browsers or search engines can avoid this disaster. In fact, Browser Defender injects its startup items to your system, and launches each time when you open your browser, so that you cannot use your browser totally. Therefore, you should remove Browser Defender as soon as possible if your computer is infected with Browser Defender.

Harmful Properties of Browser Defender

1. Browser Defender penetrates into your computer without your knowledge;

2. Browser Defender occupies your browsers and search engines;

3. Browser Defender takes over your homepage and redirects you to other malicious websites;

4. Browser Defender displays you a large amount of advertisements;

5. Browser Defender alerts the files and registry entries of your system.

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How Can I Remove Browser Defender from My Computer?

Step 1- Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):

Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

Step 2- Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from Browser Defender

For Windows Xp: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the Run box -> click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from Browser Defender.
For Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from Browser Defender.

Step 3- Remove add-ons:

Internet Explorer
1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2) Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;
3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4)  Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.

Google Chrome
1) Click on 'Customize and control' Google Chrome icon, select 'Settings';
2) Choose 'Basic Options'.
3) Change Google Chrome's homepage to google.com or any other and click the 'Manage search engines...' button;
4) Select 'Google' from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select 'Search Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "Browser Defender" mark.

Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';
2) Choose 'Search Results' from the list and click 'Remove' and OK to save changes;
3) Go to 'Tools' → 'Options'. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the 'General tab';

Step 4- Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.
( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)

Step 5- Show all hidden files
Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.

Step 6- Remove these associated Files on your hard drive such as:

Step 7- Open the Registry Editor and delete the following entries:
(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK)

Step 8- Restart your computer normally to check whether there is still redirection while browsing.

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Note: Please be aware that you need to be very prudent during the whole removal process, because any inaccurate operation may result in data loss or even system crash. If you are confused how to do the above steps, you just need click here to download most popular antimalware tool to automatically remove Browser Defender completely.