Protection Center Removal - How to Remove Protection Center Easily and Thoroughly
The "Protection Center" virus is a popular infection that's currently installing itself on 1
,000's of computers around the World. This virus is part of a family of infections called "rogue antivirus" programs, which are designed to look like
legitimate antivirus programs. Unfortunately, these tools do the total opposite of protecting your PC, and will actually end up causing a large amount of damage to your system.
Don't believe all the system alerts and system scans you see, They are all created by Protection Center itself to scare you and hope you buy their fake software to remove the threats that don't even exist. Now you can remove Protection Center manually by following the steps below but i must warn you to be careful as deleting the wrong files may seriously harm your operating system.
Stop ProtectionCenter Processes:
cntprot.exe
Uninstall.exe
Remove ProtectionCenter registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfile
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMalware Defense
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarePaladin Antivirus
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexContextMenuHandlersSimpleShlExt
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTsecfile
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMalware Defense
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallProtectionCenter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPaladin Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREProtectionCenter
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem "DisableTaskMgr" = "1
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun "ProtectionCenter"
Remove ProtectionCenter DLLs:
c:Program FilesProtectionCentercntext.dll
c:Program FilesProtectionCentercnthook.dll
Delete ProtectionCenter files:
c:Program FilesProtectionCenterabout.ico
c:Program FilesProtectionCenteractivate.ico
c:Program FilesProtectionCenteruy.ico
c:Program FilesProtectionCentercnt.db
c:Program FilesProtectionCentercntprot.exe
c:Program FilesProtectionCenterhelp.ico
c:Program FilesProtectionCenterscan.ico
c:Program FilesProtectionCentersettings.ico
c:Program FilesProtectionCentersplash.mp3
c:Program FilesProtectionCenterUninstall.exe
c:Program FilesProtectionCenterupdate.ico
c:Program FilesProtectionCentervirus.mp3
%UserProfile%Application DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick LaunchProtectionCenter.lnk
%UserProfile%DesktopProtectionCenter Support.lnk
%UserProfile%DesktopProtectionCenter.lnk
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenterAbout.lnk
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenterActivate.lnk
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenterBuy.lnk
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenterProtectionCenter Support.lnk
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenterProtectionCenter.lnk
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenterScan.lnk
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenterSettings.lnk
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenterUpdate.lnk
Delete ProtectionCenter folders:
%UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsProtectionCenter
On the other hand you could use a legitimate spyware removal tool which won't require you to mess around with the registry and system files because it will remove it automatically for you.
I would have to recommend to use a splendid spyware removal tool as not only is it the risk free approach but it will protect your PC from these threats in the future, Therefore you won't have to go through this hassle again. Now I hope that has cleared up How to Remove Protection Center. The
Protection Center Removal links can found here.
Protection Center Removal - How to Remove Protection Center Easily and Thoroughly
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