Malware Defender 2015

Malware Defender 2015 is a rogue anti-virus scanner that mimics the graphical user interface of Microsoft's Security Essentials software. Harboring Malware Defender 2015 on your computer may result in your being provided with inaccurate information about its overall health. This information may, in turn, lead you to commit to actions needlessly damaging to your machine, your finances or your information. Deleting Malware Defender 2015 is the response malware researchers would advise in all situations, and without indulging in any premium registration offers that this scamware promotes.

Malware Defender 2015: A Defender of Its Right to Deceive

Malware Defender 2015 is an apparent variant of previous WinPC Defender family scamware, which have been seen using minor changes in their product names to avoid being recognized by their victims. These rogue anti-malware programs sometimes are promoted by fraudulent websites like malware-defender.com, and, otherwise, may be distributed in spam file attachments or installed by other threats. Since Malware Defender 2015 visibly resembles a default anti-malware product installed along with Windows, its victims easily may confuse Malware Defender 2015 or any of its family members with real security software. Other members of the WinPCDefender family include Ultimate Defender, SystemDefender, IE Defender, Advanced XP Defender, XP Defender, WinDefender2008, PCTotalDefender, PC Defender 2008, Personal Defender 2009, WinDefender 2009, Perfect Defender 2009, Total Defender, Malware Defender 2009, WinPC Defender, PC Privacy Defender, Smart Defender Pro, Rogue.UltimateDefender, FraudTool.LastDefender.b and Security Defender Pro 2015.

Malware Defender 2015's imitation of Security Essentials encompasses its system-scanning feature, which, in Malware Defender 2015, displays fraudulent threat results. While Malware Defender 2015's scans are particularly likely to return results filled with high-level threats, such as rootkits, which aren't on your PC, they can list threats by technically appropriate, official names. They also tend to describe the payloads of these threats accurately.

However, trying to remove threats detected by Malware Defender 2015 will redirect the user to a registration request pop-up. Even once you register Malware Defender 2015, malware researchers verified that Malware Defender 2015 isn't a functional anti-malware program and cannot detect (or remove) any real infections from your computer.

2015's Solution to the Tactic of Years Past

Most fake anti-malware programs also include routines meant to disable your ability to use real security software or visit security-related websites. Some also will generate fake threat files, which typically are harmless, as a part of their threat-detecting illusion. The risk of these attacks is one of the most meaningful reasons why malware researchers urge you to remove Malware Defender 2015. Ideally, of course, Malware Defender 2015 should be uninstalled before you've spent any money or transferred any personal information in registering Malware Defender 2015.

Historically, most real anti-malware products have few or no problems with recognizing and uninstalling fake security software, such as members of the equally prolific FakeRean or WinWebSec families. However, Malware Defender 2015 or threats related to its installation may try to block your use of such software. If such attacks occur, availing yourself of baseline security routines like restarting through a USB device or using the Safe Mode feature, can provide the additional protection needed to get rid of Malware Defender 2015

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