PC Privacy Defender Removal Process (remove PCPrivacyDefender)

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PC Privacy Defender

PC Privacy Defender (PCPrivacy Defender) is a rogue anti-spyware application. PC Privacy Defender is known to create several misleading popup messages, system alerts and system scans. PC Privacy Defender could cause damage to your system or slow down the performance.

PC Privacy Defender is not able to detect or remove any type of parasite from your computer. It is advisable that you remove PC Privacy Defender and avoid purchasing the full PC Privacy Defender program.

Are you getting popups from PC Privacy Defender? Have you identified that you have PC Privacy Defender installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove PC Privacy Defender completely from your computer?

Why should you remove PC Privacy Defender?

If PC Privacy Defender resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that PC Privacy Defender may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking PC Privacy Defender removal process.

How can you manually remove PC Privacy Defender

Manual removal of PC Privacy Defender may not be for everyone. Each manual PC Privacy Defender removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic PC Privacy Defender removal process.

PC Privacy Defender can be removed manually by following the steps below.

1. With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
3. Locate PC Privacy Defender in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find PC Privacy Defender, you can continue to step 5.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
6. Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
7. Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing PC Privacy Defender. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

   Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process

   

9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with PC Privacy Defender from your computer.

   PCPrivacyDefenderScannerSetup.exe

   If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

   If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with PC Privacy Defender, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

   Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"

   

10. After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with PC Privacy Defender by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\PC Privacy Defender folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.

11. Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed PC Privacy Defender completely from your computer. If you find that PC Privacy Defender is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic PC Privacy Defender removal process.