Smart Defender Pro Removal Process (remove SmartDefenderPro)

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Smart Defender Pro

Smart Defender Pro (SmartDefender Pro) is a fake anti-spyware application known to carry out several malicious actions to force purchase of a full version. Once installed, either through a malicious website or Trojan horse infection, Smart Defender Pro may be able load at startup of Windows making it difficult to detect or remove.

Smart Defender Pro is similar to other rogues in the way that it displays various deceiving popups and system alerts. One of the alerts says:

“Your computer is being attacked by an Internet Virus. It could be a password-stealing attack, a trojan – dropper or similar.”

“Your computer is infected with spyware. It could damage your critical files or expose your private data on the Internet. Click here to register your copy of %s and remove spyware
threats from your PC.”

Do not every trust Smart Defender Pro and never purchase it. If you do purchase Smart Defender Pro then you would have just wasted money that you could have used to fill your gas tank.

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

Why should you remove Smart Defender Pro?

If Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro removal process.

How can you manually remove Smart Defender Pro

Manual removal of Smart Defender Pro may not be for everyone. Each manual Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro removal process.

Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Smart Defender Pro, 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.
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Smart Defender PRO"

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Smart Defender PRO

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Smart Defender Pro. 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 Smart Defender Pro from your computer.

   %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Smart Defender PRO.lnk

   %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Defender PRO

   %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Defender PRO\Smart Defender PRO.lnk

   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Smart Defender PRO

   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Smart Defender PRO\smrtdefp.exe

   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\smrtdefp.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 Smart Defender Pro, 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 Smart Defender Pro by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Smart Defender Pro 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 Smart Defender Pro completely from your computer. If you find that Smart Defender Pro is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Smart Defender Pro removal process.