Desktop Defender 2010.exe

Desktop Defender 2010.exe is a file linked to the rogue anti-malware program Desktop Defender 2010 and has the power to interfere with your PC to the point of shutting down almost all functions on the system. The Desktop Defender 2010.exe application will say you that your PC is infected with adware, spyware or other malware problems that Desktop Defender 2010.exe can't fix until you've spent money on registering the rogue security program. However, Desktop Defender 2010.exe can't fix your problems – in fact, Desktop Defender 2010.exe is causing them! Improperly removing Desktop Defender 2010.exe infections may result in other problems like a loss of Internet connectivity. To insure no unwanted side effects, you should resort to tried and true anti-malware software to delete Desktop Defender 2010.exe.

Seeing This 'Defender' for the PC Assassin It Really Is

People with broad knowledge of the malware scene may notice that Desktop Defender 2010.exe is very similar in appearance to other known threats like Contraviro and Univirex. In fact, the programs are clones of each other, although Desktop Defender 2010.exe has had a recent face lift to make Desktop Defender 2010.exe look more professionally reminiscent of Windows Vista.

Desktop Defender 2010.exe and Desktop Defender 2010.exe's little malicious family have been known to masquerade as fake codec updates and other harmless files, but they're also distributed by Trojans. Trojan infections can tunnel into your PC through malicious website code, through dangerous advertisements and by being bundled with other files you download and run.

Computers that have a Desktop Defender 2010.exe infection will, first and foremost, be forced to display different types of frightening error messages like the ones below:

Possible loss of data!
Too many privacy violation attempts on your computer!
The details about your credit card, post address, phone numbers from the submitted form can be lost.

You have been infected by a proxy-relay Trojan server with new and danger "SpamBots".
You have a computer with a virus that sends spam.
This is a mass-mailing worm with backdoor thus allowing un-authorized access to the infected system.
It spreads by mass-mailing itself to e-mail addresses harvested from the local computer or by querying on-line search engines such as google.com.
The IP address that YOU are getting from Internet Service Provider (ISP) for YOU personal computer is on some major blacklist, like SpamHaus.
Your computer has been used to send a huge amount of junk e-mail messages during the last days.
You IP will be marked in the Police log file as mass-mailing spam assist.
Upgrading to the full version Desktop Defender 2010 it will eliminate the majority of Spam attempts.

In addition to these pop-up alerts, Desktop Defender 2010.exe will pretend to scan your system and identify various malware threats. Desktop Defender 2010.exe has even 'borrowed' the threat database of Clam Antivirus, a free anti-virus scanner, to make the threats look as legitimate as possible! Don't let Desktop Defender 2010.exe fool you into thinking that any of these false alerts are real, though; Desktop Defender 2010.exe may talk the talk, but Desktop Defender 2010.exe has no code to detect or remove malware infections or other system problems.

Defend Yourself and Your PC from Desktop Defender 2010.exe

Deleting Desktop Defender 2010.exe can be a tricky task, since Desktop Defender 2010.exe may disable many security functions, including your Task Manager. Even just closing Desktop Defender 2010.exe may force your PC to reboot, and access to your desktop and shortcuts may be blocked. In some cases, infection by Desktop Defender 2010.exe has become severe enough to extend even to Safe Mode.

Your ability to access the Internet and interface with anti-malware and other security websites may be hindered, since Desktop Defender 2010.exe may install a Layered Service Provider .dll file that monitors and interferes with online activities. Manually deleting this file may result in temporary lose of Internet connectivity, which is one reason why manually deleting Desktop Defender 2010.exe isn't recommended as your first choice of solutions.

To get rid of Desktop Defender 2010.exe properly, you should download and install appropriate anti-malware software along with all available updates. A well-known and widely-approved anti-malware scanner will be able to remove Desktop Defender 2010.exe completely without damaging your PC.