Remove Virusdefense.info Pop-up Scam Completely

Infected with Virusdefense.info? How frustrated.

If you have Virusdefense.info on your computer, you may have the same experience like below:

My son's computer has been popping up windows of IE set to virusdefense.info/us/alert over the last several days.  AVG  identifies it as a Exploit Social Engineering and Secures it.  And then it happens again and AVG secures it again. And on. Any insight into what is going on here?  Something is making IE open automatically, cause we certainly aren't doing it.

Virusdefense.info is a kind of adware infection which is created by the cyber criminals to make profits. Virusdefense.info is designed to redirect users to fake scam webpage to trick users into calling the scammer and purchase the fake tech-support service. Virusdefense.info can slip into the computer bundled with certain free programs that you normally download and install. These bundles include a licensing agreement that you must accept to download and install the software. The agreement applies to all software in the bundle including the unwanted programs. Once gets into the computer, Virusdefense.info will compromise your browser and modify browser setting. When you surf the Internet, Virusdefense.info is capable to redirect you to its own domain.

Virusdefense.info is a bogus scam to mislead users into thinking that their computer has serious problems that must be fixed by paying for a license of the software. Virusdefense.info performs fake scans of the hard disk and then report multiple non-existent threats. By connecting to the so-called technicians, they will tell you to purchase the service to remove the threats. However, the software and any support packages offered are bogus and will offer no help whatsoever in cleaning up the problem or protecting against any other threats. Newer generations of misleading applications may also cause instability on the computer such as moving files around, hiding them, or preventing access to certain resources. It is suggested to remove Virusdefense.info from the computer as soon as possible to avoid further damage. It is better to scan your computer with a powerful anti-spyware program like Spyhunter to check out the problem and remove viruses.

How to remove Virusdefense.info

Method 1: Manual removal

Step 1: Stop related running processes in Windows Task Manager first.

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 2: Remove any infection related program from Control Panel.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and click Uninstall a program.
3. Remove the related programs.

Windows XP

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and then click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Uninstall related programs.


Windows 8

1. Press Win+R.
2. Type in control panel and click OK.
3. Select Uninstall a program.
4. Remove the related programs.

Step 3: Remove Virusdefense.info from your browsers.

Reset Internet Explorer

Reset Google Chrome

Reset Mozilla Firefox

Step 4: Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Step 5: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all related registry entries.

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

Method  2:  Remove with SpyHunter

It is safe and easy to remove  Virusdefense.info by Spyhunter.

Step 1: Click the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2: Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.

Step 3: Scan the computer and delete all threats.

Note: To keep  Virusdefense.info on the computer is not a wise choice. This infection can bring in many other potentially virus and damage. Install Spyhunter can help you remove  Virusdefense.info and also protect your computer.

（Gary）