How can I remove, Prefect Defender 2009?
Antivirus 2009 (or 2008, or Antivirus XP2009 or dozens of other names – there are many clones of this rogue software) is a piece of malware that infects your computer and constantly pops up notices that you have an infection and you have to buy or update Antivirus 2009. This is a scam to trick you into paying $30 for some useless software. The malware installed when you downloaded something from the web, sometimes masquerading as a video codec or other useful software. It is persistent, and infects a number of Windows files. It is too clever to just delete it or add/remove it. It may even block your Task Manager and block Internet access to antivirus sites. First download the following (if the virus is blocking your internet, you may have to download these on another machine and burn to CD or copy to a USB memory stick) Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Superantispyware:
