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How to remove Antivirus Protection Center?

February 19th, 2010

What is Antivirus Protection Center?

Antivirus Protection Center can be easily called the update of Antivirus’09 rogue anti-spyware which was released almost one year ago. This trialware, which usually uses Antivirus’09 name, is spread with a help of Trojans or through on-line malware scanners. When installed, it continuously offers registering so called “full” version which immediately after being purchased changes its name to Antivirus Protection Center.

Antivirus‘09 when installed starts using various techniques to convince PC users that it is worth being installed. Just like its initials rogues, it starts displaying fake system scanners immediately after targeted machine boots up and of course, reports tons of infections “detected”. Moreover, victims are completely bombarded with misleading security notifications and finally redirected to the “official” Antivirus’09 website.

The user has no clue about misleading notifications and invented viruses “detected”. If it takes these spyware serious and additionally purchases the commercial version of Antivirus’09, then he leads himself straight away to the damage of his computer. Do NOT take any warnings from Antivirus’09 serious and remove it or ots registered version Antivirus Protection Center as soon as possible.


Antivirus Protection Center is Extremely dangerous

arrow Antivirus Protection Center is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program
arrow Antivirus Protection Center may spread via Trojans
arrow Antivirus Protection Center may display fake security messages
arrow Antivirus Protection Center may install additional spyware to your computer
arrow Antivirus Protection Center may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow Antivirus Protection Center violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Note: Spyware Doctor trial provides detection of parasite like Antivirus Protection Center and assists in its removal for free. You can remove detected files, processes and registry entries yourself or purchase a full version.



Antivirus Protection Center screenshots


Antivirus Protection Center screenshot

Manual Antivirus Protection Center removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Antivirus Protection Center, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using Spyware Doctor or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these Antivirus Protection Center processes:
Remove these Antivirus Protection Center Registry Entries:
Remove these Antivirus Protection Center files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other Antivirus Protection Center infected files and get help in Antivirus Protection Center removal by using free Spyware Doctor scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing Antivirus Protection Center and similar threats.

Antivirus Protection Center is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only Antivirus Protection Center can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads Antivirus Protection Center trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, Antivirus Protection Center offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, Antivirus Protection Center does not only fix the errors, but it also takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.

Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Antivirus Protection Center, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install Antivirus Protection Center, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.

Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Antivirus Protection Center, is nearly impossible to remove manually.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Rogue Anti-Spyware such as Antivirus Protection Center?

Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Rogue Anti-Spyware parasite keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Rogue Anti-Spyware.
Changed or new icons: Sometimes, Rogue Anti-Spyware installs unwanted software to a victim’s PC without user’s knowledge and consent. This may lead to slower PC performance and stability, as well as more unwanted programs you can't remove.

Rogue Anti-Spyware

  1. Jessie
    October 18th, 2010 at 05:19 | #1

    Would you please uninstall Antimalware Doctor from my computer, have anti-virus already. not sure how to uninstall it and it is very annoying. Thank you!

  2. balaji.d
    October 19th, 2010 at 04:46 | #2

    hi…… i ll solve d prob

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