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For Computer Security Experts: 'Ultimate Defender'?

I DONT view porn/adult sites on the internet, nor does anyone from my family. However, I sometimes get from friends/relations, some pictures of family members (no sexual content), nature, e greetings, etc.

Now I find that I suddenly get warning pop ups which say that there is a security danger as I have visited some adult/porn sites, etc. and offers free scan. This free scan is mostly from 'Ultimate Defender', and lists a large no. of dangerous items affecting my computer. Of course they ask for a fee to download their scan program.

This sudden pop up creates serious misunderstandings within the family as we all use only one computer that runs on XP.

I scan my computer daily twice with Windows Defender, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Ad-aware SE. I remove any objectionable spyware/malware/trojan etc. they recommend.

Is there anyway I can get rid of this notice from Ultimate Defender? Is their scan/notice genuine?

Only genuine experts reply, please. Thanks.

9 Answers

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    YES ,THERE ARE TWO WAYS

    BUY NORTON INERNET SECURITY 2007

    FROM SYMANTEC CORPORATION

    OR

    GET AVG FREE

    AVG ANTI-VIRUS 7.5

    http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1

    IT IS CURRENTLY THE BEST PROGRAM

    ALSO ,YOU MAY WANT AOL VIRUS SHIELD

    http://daol.aol.com/safetycenter/virus

    THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU MENTION APPEARS TO BE ADWARE

    SO ,ALSO GET AVG ANTI-SPYWARE

    WITH AVG ANTI-VIRUS

    IT MAY HAVE SPREAD AS AN E-MAIL

    ATTACHMENT OR AS THE ABOVE PEOPLE SAY ,COULD JUST BE A POP-UP

    IF USING ALL THESE PROGRAMS DOES NOT HELP

    GET A NEW BROWSER

    EITHER FIREFOX2

    http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/help/

    OR OPERA OR NETSCAPE

    http://www.opera.com/download/

    http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/

    THESE ARE MORE SECURE

    IN IE ,IF ALL ELSE FAILS

    CONTROL PANEL

    INTERNET OPTIONS

    ADVANCED

    RESET ALL

    DO THIS WHILE OFFLINE

    IE IS RESTORED TO ITS FIRST STATE

    ....WHEN IT WAS FIRST INSTALLED

    DO THIS ONLY AFTER GETTING AVG AND RUNNING

    A SCAN

    ©MÊŕŕŷ ۩χ-Mάš♥

    Source(s): CNET
  • 5 years ago

    2

    Source(s): Antivirus That Works 100% - http://moveantivirus.com/?rCYn
  • 1 decade ago

    I would go to tools, then to internet options and delete all temp files, cookies, browsing history, etc. Then go to add/remove software and see if that is an installed program..if so then remove it. If not try typing Ultimate Defender into your search function on XP you'll see it in your start-up menu. If it shows up there then delete all files containing it and empy recycle bin. Finally, run all your scans again...try also "House Call" by trend micros...you can google search for the address and that program is free and removes 99.99% in my experience. Good Luck

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    1. You have 2 anti-viruses installed. Uninstall Norton. Keep Mcafee. 2. Get rid of adaware doctor and spyware killer. 3. Download and run Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy 4. Once you have gotten rid of the malware. Do the scans regularly. Good luck.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It's likely that either those pop-ups are coming from particular sites and are just advertisements for protection software or someone has installed a program that is contributing to generating those pop-ups. You might check your Control-Panel, Add/Remove Programs for unnecessary programs and remove them.

    For security, I recommend the following products (Windows XP-based):

    Assuming you're running Windows XP:

    ClamWin antivirus:

    http://www.clamwin.com/

    Windows version: http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/...

    Windows Firewall:

    click on Start-Settings-Control Panel, double-click on Windows Firewall and turn it on.

    Antispyware:

    http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/s... has done a great job on my Windows machine.

  • Neo
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    i am so sorry to know this.. dont worry..

    Your best protection against Ultimate Defender is to quickly detect and remove Ultimate Defender processes, registry keys, DLLs, and other dangerous Ultimate Defender files from your PC.

    To remove Ultimate Defender manually, you need to:

    Remove Ultimate Defender processes:

    app.exe

    iesafe.exe

    uninstall.exe

    update.exe

    udefender_installer.exeRemove Ultimate Defender registry values:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionrunultimatedefender

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefender

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefenderhide

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefenderlastrun

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefenderremind_at

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefenderstate

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendertotaldetected

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendertotalruns

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendererase

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefenderscan

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefenderscanoptions

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefenderscriptsvariables

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendersettings

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendersettingsscheduleoptions

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendersettingsscheduletime

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendersettingstipday

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendersettingstipn

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendershieldapplicationagentcheckpointsapplicationrestrictions

    HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareultimatedefendershieldapplicationagentcheckpointsapplicationrestrictionsoptions

  • 1 decade ago

    Ultimate Defender is not a wanted program. You need to remove it. Below is a link that will help you do that.

    http://www.spywareremove.com/removeUltimateDefende...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    u need to be sure ur friends actually sent u somthing or if their pc may be infected and sending u viruses or spyware ...

  • jan
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It's just a scam pop-up.

    Everyone gets them (even the Pope).

    It means nothing.

    Ignore it and explain the facts to your family (shame that they doubt you in the first place).

    ///

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