IE Defender on my computer, how to remove?

Question

when I do search it redirects me to IE Defender site. How can I remove this virus?

Answer 1

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic114873.html

Answer 2

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Answer 3

This link details the solution that worked for me:

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=107515



Link reads:

We've got infected by this IE Defender crap and I've read many Temporary Solutions or Total Removals, Just read here to see both solutions.



They are either listed as IR9V0_QCX.dll OR bDivX.dll



*Solution One



Go to Internet Explorer

Go to Manage Add Ons

Find bDivX.dll(In My Case IntelVideo - IR9V0_QCX.dll)

Disable It



OR (Still Solution One)



Go to Internet Explorer

Go to Internet Options >> Advance Tab

Reset Browser to disable ALL ADD-ONs



Solution Two



Find bDivX.dll(In my case IR9V0_QCX.dll) In the Windows 32 folder

Once found IR9V0_QCX.dll OR bDivX.dll >> Delete It



Now in Solution Two, the Spyware/Virus is now REMOVED and it did not damage anything BECAUSE the IE Defender Spyware is actually a Spyware Plug In for Internet Explorer



* = Only a Temporary Solution, will not TOTALLY remove the IE Defender Spyware from your computer



Hope this helps,

Answer 4

IE Defender a rogue antispyware application that is starting to infect a lot of users. This particular infection is harder to remove. Also IE Defender installed in your Internet Explorer browser that hijacks searches you input into the Google and Yahoo search engines. When infected your Internet Explorer opens Google or Yahoo and make search request you will see a hijacked search result listing.



For remove IE Defender spyware, make follow the steps outlined in the topic linked below http://www.myantispyware.com/2007/11/10/how-to-remove-ie-defender/

Answer 5

How to remove IE Defender (Removal Instructions)

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic114240.html

Answer 6

IEDefender is a rogue anti-spyware application. IEDefender hijacks your web browser and redirects you to IE Defender’s homepage. IEDefender also pop-ups fake security alerts to deceive you! IEDefender uses all means necessary to mislead you and trick you into downloading the full version of the program to "solve" your spyware problems. You have to be careful and NOT trust IEDefender, even though it seems legitimate. My recommendations is that you remove IEDefender immediately before you become its next victim.

Answer 7

i just got this virus a couple days ago! i had a heck of time trying to find something to remove it. try SUPERAntiSpyware, it caught IE defender on my system and removed it for me and its free. i also tried the removal instructions from one of those forum websites but they were complicated and i didn't get the virus out. try superantispyware, it works and its really easy, you just wait for it to scan your system.



ad-ware works fine too. i used that too. ad-ware finds a lot of tracking cookies also that supersntispyware sometimes misses, but if IE defender is the only bothering you, superantispyware works really well.

Answer 8

IEDefender is an extremely dangerous rogue software created by programmers from Russia. It may be installed manually (from www.iedefender.com) or using security holes. Once the IEDefender is installed, it will start showing fake security messages that your system is in danger and will trick you into buying its full version. IEDefender may steal your secret information (passwords, credit card numbers, PayPal accounts). IEDefenders work may damage Windows registry and cause system slowdowns and crashes. It may be difficult to remove IEDefender manually because it loads on every Windows startup and has an ability to renew itself if you try to remove it.

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here are manual removal instructions:

Answer 9

The smitfraudfix is being advised by most forums now to remove IEDefender. Follow that up with Superantispyware to remove any infections that the smitfraudfix doesn't get and you'll be in good shape..



Smitfraudfix: http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php

Superantispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/

Answer 10

Have you tried the manual removal from this site:

http://www.precisesecurity.com/blogs/2007/11/08/ie-defender/



It just requires you to delete some related files.

Answer 11

You can try this free removal process: http://www.pchubs.com/blogs/ie-defender-removal-process