Win Defragmenter is a rogue computer optimization and hard disk defragmenter program though it claims to defragment hard disk and repair all computer errors. Typically, this fake program comes from the same malware family as Win Defrag, Win HDD,etc. After a scan, the program will display numerous errors alerts on the computer and then urges users to repair all detected errors with its full version. Normally, its notifications look like:
“The system has been restored after a critical error. Data integrity and hard drive integrity verification required.”
“Bad Sectors on hard drive or damaged file allocation table – Critical Error”
Most of the time, Win Defrag is promoted and installed on the computer through Trojans, email attachments or other malicious programs without your knowledge. So you have to be careful enough when opening strangers’ email attachments or install unknown programs on your computer. Also, you have to remember that Win Defrag is really a dangerous program to your computer and it is highly recommended that you should remove Win Defrag from your PC as soon as possible.
How to remove Win Defrag manually by yourself?
It is possible to remove Win Defrag manually from the computer, but such action may result in unexpected damages to the computer is any mistake is made during the manual removal process or when Win Defrag in not fully removed. Thus, you have to first back up your Windows registry before making any changes for a further restore job and the manual removal approach is recommended for advanced computer users only. For other users, it is better to run Instant Spyware Remover or other anti-spyware program so as to ensure a safe and complete Win Defrag removal.
1. Stop the below Win Defrag processes:
2.Remove these Win Defrag related files:
%Temp%\[random].dll
%Temp%\dfrg
%Temp%\dfrgr
%Documents and Settings%\[User_Name]\Desktop\Win Defragmenter.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[User_Name]\Start Menu\Programs\Win Defragmenter
%Documents and Settings%\[User_Name]\Start Menu\Programs\Win Defragmenter\Win Defragmenter.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[User_Name]\Start Menu\Programs\Win Defragmenter\Uninstall Win Defragmenter.lnk
3. Open Registry Editor and remove these Win Defrag registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
How to remove Win Defrag automatically?
As what you can see above that it will be complicated and time-consuming to remove Win Defrag manually for the computer, especially for those are not professional on computer. To protect your computer and thoroughly remove the annoying rogue program from your computer, it is highly recommended that you should try the automatic removal steps below.
1. Click to download Instant Spyware Remover and save the “InstantSpywareRemover_Setup.exe” file on your desktop.
2. Double click on the setup.exe file and install Instant Spyware Remover on your computer by following the installation wizard.
3. Launch it and click “Scan” to thoroughly scan your computer for any potential threats.
4. Click “Remove” when the scan finishes to remove Win Defrag and other malicious processes, files, registry entries from your computer.
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