Alfa Defender

The rogue security program Alfa Defender is known for creating trash files for the express purpose of labeling them as infections to tout Alfa Defender's own nonexistent anti-malware services. Alfa Defender may also hijack your web browser or cause other security problems such as program crashes to encourage you to purchase a registration key. Deleting Alfa Defender is a much better idea and should be done by well-known and fully-updated anti-malware software. Improperly deleting Alfa Defender can cause errors in your operating system and disrupt the function of crucial system processes, and so you should avoid trying to remove Alfa Defender without software-aided help if possible.

Alfa Defender Has a Malware Firearm Pointed at Your PC

Alfa Defender takes Alfa Defender's name from a model of Czech semi-automatic pistol, but Alfa Defender is actually very far from an original program. In fact, Alfa Defender is a recent version of a very old rogue security application line that can be traced through such known threats as Unvirex, ContraVirus and Contraviro. Throughout the years, these rogue security programs have been updated to evade detection by current anti-malware products while pretending to be anti-malware programs themselves. Despite Alfa Defender's appearance, Alfa Defender and all of its kin can neither detect nor remove malware from your computer.

Most rogue security programs like Alfa Defender will launch themselves automatically when Windows runs by adding startup entries into the system Registry. After this, Alfa Defender will offer to scan your PC and proceed to find viruses and other infections every single time. You should completely disregard Alfa Defender's attempts to get you to register Alfa Defender to remove these infections – the files are real, but Alfa Defender is the actual problem.

Alfa Defender creates fake infection files deliberately to accuse them of being infections, a tactic that can alarm users who aren't ready to see these strange, randomly-named junk files on their PC. Removing Alfa Defender is the only action that will stop these files from spawning, and registering Alfa Defender will do more harm than good.

Did Your Computer Catch the Alfa Defender Bullet?

If you do try to register Alfa Defender and throw your money away, you'll find that Alfa Defender will continue to create problems for your PC. Other potential attacks can include:

• Alfa Defender may create fake desktop alerts and errors in rapid succession. In addition to containing links to malicious sites, these errors can mislead you into believing that harmless files and programs are infected or even slow down your system.
• Your web browser may show signs of being hijacked by Alfa Defender or a related infection. Hijacking signs can include your homepage changed to a malicious site, harmless websites blocked by fake malicious website errors, changed search results and the spontaneous redirection of your web browser to unfamiliar sites.
• Security programs like anti-virus scanners, Task Manager and the Registry Editor may crash. Alfa Defender may add error messages to this behavior to make it seem like these applications are infected.

One currently known website that promotes Alfa Defender is alfadefender.com, although most rogue security programs have multiple hostile websites. You should avoid contact with this site and remove Alfa Defender by using suitable anti-malware programs. Improperly removing Alfa Defender is known to result in system dysfunction such as a crashed explorer.exe process that causes a black screen in lieu of view of your desktop. You can regain system access by starting a new explorer.exe process in Task Manager, but the problem will persist until you finish taking all appropriate Alfa Defender-removal steps.