‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message Removal Report

Brief Details on 'Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software' message

'Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software' message is promoted by an adware program which is associated with the technical support scam. Although, this is a scam message and it should not be trusted because it mainly promotes fake system support services on the toll-free phone line number 877-360-0485, which is not operated by the officials of Microsoft Corp. At hand, the installed adware threat is especially crafted to generate a lock screen message on the desktop, which gets loaded as soon as the computer user logs into the Windows. The cyber security analysts are not sure that how this malicious program delivered to the users machine, but there is a good chance that a freeware application may have been bundled with the malware.

Moreover, this 'Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software' message threat can not be eliminated with the help of Alt+F4 keyboard command and the processes like taskmngr.exe, Command Prompt and regedit.exe may be not be accessible. Besides, the malware researchers note that the lock screen message is designed to look like as an update screen on Windows 10 operating system. PC users that are shown with such type of fake error notifications are lead to believe that the Microsoft's security program have detected few threatening applications and access is limited to the system. The text which reads on the 'Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software' message:

The adware program behind 'Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software' message provides links to the download remote desktop tools such as GoToAssist, TeamViewer and Supremo. These tools are legit remote desktop utilities that are exploited by the the criminal hackers with the main purpose to simulate the malware infection on remote PC and offer a 'fix' in order to exchange for hundreds of dollars. Furthermore, the RMV security investigator team have seen the scenario play out with Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus. Fortunately, the security analysts found a hard-coded key for 'Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software' message, that you can enter and the key is THTY4-89LK6-RTI23-XZTOP-05ERY.

Note: You may have to write this key down on a piece of paper because the copy/paste is disabled on the 'Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software' message. From here on, you could use a credible anti-spyware program to find and remove the adware program which is associated with this technical support scam that infiltrated your system.

Click to Free Scan for ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message on PC

 

A Tutorial Video Guide To Delete ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message

How to Uninstall ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from Compromised System

• Step:1 Reboot your PC in Safe Mode

• Step:2 View all Hidden Files and Folders

• Step:3 Uninstall ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from Control Panel

• Step:4 Remove ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from Startup Items

• Step:5 Remove ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from Localhost Files

• Step:6 Remove ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message and Block Pop-ups on Browsers

• Internet Explorer

• Google Chrome

• Mozilla Firefox

• Edge

Step:1 First of all, Reboot your PC in Safe Mode to make it safe from ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message

(this Guide illustrates how to restart Windows in Safe Mode in all versions.)

Step:2 Now you need to View all Hidden Files and Folders that exist on different drives

Step:3 Uninstall ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from Control Panel

Press Start Key + R together and Type appwiz.cpl

Now Press on OK

This will Open the Control Panel. Now look for ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message or any other Suspicious program

once found, Uninstall ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message ASAP

Step:4 How to Remove ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from Startup Items

To Go to Startup Area, Click on Start Key + R

Type msconfig in the search area and click on Enter. A window will pop-out

 

 

In the Startup area, look for any suspicious ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message entries or that are from Unknown Manufacturers

(This is an important step and users are advised to monitor all items carefully over here before proceeding further.)

Step:5 How to Remove ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from Localhost Files

Click on Start Key + R in Combination. Copy and Paste to Open hosts File

notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts

Soon, you will get a list of suspicious IP’s in the bottom of the screen

this is quite helpful in knowing if your browser has been hacked

Steps 6: How to Remove ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message and Block Pop-ups on Browsers

How to Remove ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from IE

Open IE and Click on Tools. Now Select Manage add-ons

In the pane, under Toolbars and Extensions, Choose the ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message extensions which is to be deleted

Now Click on Remove or Disable Option.

Press Tool button and Select Internet Option

This will lead you to the Tab, now Select Privacy Tab, Turn on Pop-up blocker by clicking on it.

 

How to Uninstall ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message from Google Chrome

Google Chrome is to be Opened

Now Click on menu present at the top right corner

Choose Tools >> Extensions

Select ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message related Extensions and now Click on Trash icon to remove ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message

Under Advanced Settings Option, Enable Do not allow any Site to Show pop-ups. Click on Ok to apply it.

How to Block ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message on Mozilla FF

Select and Open Mozilla FF, Select ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message or other Add-ons by clicking on Menu button

In the Add-ons Manager, Select the extension related to ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message.

Now Click on Remove to delete ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message permanently

Also Select and Check mark “Block Pop-up Windows” under po-ups in the Content Tab

How to Get Rid of ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message on Edge on Win 10

First of all Open MS Edge and Click on “More actions(…)” link

Now Select and Click on Settings In Menu under “More Actions”

Under Settings, screen click on View Advanced Settings button

In Advanced Settings, turn on Block pop-ups by toggling button to ON

 

Following the above Manual Steps will be effective in blocking ‘Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software’ message. However, if you are unable to accomplish these steps, click the button given below to scan your PC

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