Raptor Defence is a rogue antivirus application that will continuously throw false system security threats on your pc and show false security alerts or warnings to make user think their PC is infected with dangerous malware. It is a misleading application and it comes from the same family as Total security 2009 and System Security. After installation, it will start automatically when you log on into Windows. Then it will impersonate system scan and display several infections that can't be removed till you buy the application. Those files detected during the scan are either harmless or legitimate system files and can't cause any damage to your computer. It is the Raptor Defence itself that is the main reason of the problem.
The Application is spread through the Trojans, fake online anti-malware scanners and other malicious software. It is installed along with Trojans, Fake Antivirus that display fake security warnings and promote Raptor Defence Malware. When it starts running, the false program will block genuine programs and especially other anti-virus application. Moreover if you click on Updates button, you will see "Updating", but actually there is no network activity. It's just another dispute why Raptor Defence is classified as a rogue security application. What is more, this parasite will take off Windows Security Center and repeatedly display warnings/notifications about serious security threats and privacy issues. It may also claim that your PC having attack by an Internet virus or that private data can be stolen. For example:
"Raptor Defence Warning
Spyware.IEMonster activity detected. This is spyware that attempts to steal passwords from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook and other programs. Click here to remove it immediately with Raptor Defence."
It will further will hijack web browsers and block security websites obviously to protect itself from being deleted. Do not purchase it. Instead, you should use the Genuine Anti-Malware applications to remove this serious threat.
To
remove Raptor Defence completely you have two ways. First is manually and second is automatically. The manual way is for experts and if you are an expert then these steps is:
1. Kill the process 4946550101.exe
2. Delete these two registry entries,
* HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareRaptor Defence
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun "4946550101"
3. Delete the files - 4946550101.bat, 4946550101.cfg, 4946550101.exe, Raptor Defence.lnk
4. Delete the Directory - %UserProfile%Application Data4946550101
These steps require performing perfectly without any mishaps if you want to remove Raptor Defence completely.
If you are not an expert then you should avoid these and go for the automatic removal. For this you need to use professional and trusted Anti-Malware application. Of course there is little very fine application available now for removing Malwares but only few of them can do more than that. An application named PC Health Advisor is an anti-Malware application that is capable to remove Raptor Defence and not only this it will also fix all the damages that it has done on your computer. It will release those hijacked settings, repair the infected or corrupt files and optimize your pc to give maximum performance. The software also protect your pc from other Malwares.
