Windowsdef.com

Windowsdef.com is a fake anti-virus software website that sells the Fake Windows Defender scamware product. This fake Windows Defender shouldn't be mixed up with the real Microsoft product that uses the same name, since SpywareRemove.com malware researchers haven't found any real anti-virus features or other security functions on the fake Windows Defender. More than that, Windows Defender rogue anti-virus applications are fully capable of creating fake errors and preventing you from using unrelated programs, all for the purpose of frightening you into spending money at windowsdef.com. Avoid wasting money on windowsdef.com scamware and consider any contact with windowsdef.com a potential infection occurrence that should be treated with a high-quality PC security product.

Keeping an Eye on Windowsdef.com's Fraudulent Associates

While windowsdef.com will not make the slightest mention of it, windowsdef.com isn't the only one of its kind – in reality, Windowsdef.com, instead of being an independent website, is a simple cut-and-paste job that's based on other rogue anti-virus software websites. A short list of just some of windowsdef.com's associates and clones follows below, to give you an idea of the breadth that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers found in the windowsdef.com scam:

• Windows Defender and the corresponding website, windowsdef.com. This rogue anti-virus product shouldn't be confused with the Microsoft Windows Defender, which is a free anti-spyware program.
• Eclipse Antivirus, which is sold at eclipseantivirus.com.
• Unlimited Guard, which is sold at unlimguard.com.
• Bogema Security and its own fake software company website, bogemasecurity.com.
• Clean Security and the corresponding clean-security.com website.

Each of these examples of the broad windowsdef.com family of scamware can be considered equally malevolent, since all have a confirmed history of credit card-based fraud, malware distribution, fake virus protection and deceptive system warnings. Infections caused by windowsdef.com or its fake Windows Defender product may also be assisted by Trojans, such as Zlob or Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert, which install rogue anti-virus programs as their specific niche.

A Complete Tally of the Risks Associated with Windowsdef.com

The most direct way of identifying a possible windowsdef.com infection is to watch out for the fake browser updates and online scans that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have noticed being used as windowsdef.com scamware distribution methods. These installation techniques may display fake infection warnings such as this example:

"Windows Defender Firewall Alert! – Scanning of your system is currently on, please waiting until the end. Your system affected by numerous virus attacks, Windows Defender Firewall Alert recommends you to install proper software to protect your computer?"

Any active windowsdef.com infection will create further pop-ups and inaccurate scanner results that make it appear as though Windows is infected by a small hoard of viruses and other malicious programs. However, windowsdef.com has displayed no real anti-virus features and should be considered, itself, to be a serious PC security threat.

Windowsdef.com-related malware may also try to block your ability to use actual anti-virus programs, but using basic anti-malware strategies will let you regain access to appropriate security tools. In most cases, Safe Mode or booting from an external device is all you need to do to be able to scan your PC for Windows Defender and other windowsdef.com-related PC threats, which can then be deleted.