Comments on: Privacy Center

By: H . Symone

H . Symone — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:34:14 +0000

I’m having the same problem as Mike L Davies also , this privacy center is ruining my laptop. please help

By: cali23

cali23 — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:25:41 +0000

hey! thank you for these information comp is up and running again. the only thing i could think of is to reinstall os. anyway if there is no taskbar, no desktop icon. hit CTRL+ALT+DEL choose taskmanager. go to processes stop or end processes as mention above(agent.exe,pc.exe,uninstall.exe,openvpn.exe,tapinstall.exe)
if desktop icons and taskbar won’t appear just go back to taskmanager go to newtask type explorer.exe click ok. you could also launch internet explorer by typing iexplore.exe. you could download good anti spyware/antimalware program at that point

By: mazz

mazz — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:33:14 +0000

i tried open safe mode but still it appear the privacy center screen…how i’m gonna delete it…? pls help me with detail instruction how to remove it….tq

By: admin

admin — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:44:32 +0000

press ctrl+shift+esc, try to locate its processes and stop them. THEN start explorer.exe and start menu should reapear.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:37:17 +0000

Same problem as Stephanie, Privacy Center screen displays, but no Start button or task bar. Cannot get into any command line or Windows screen to run anti-spyware. Any thoughts? TIA!

By: Stephanie Marcrom

Stephanie Marcrom — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:10:52 +0000

My husband has a laptop, Acer aspire, and this privacy center has downloaded to his lapatop. it has taken over the whole computer, he can’t get on the internet, and doesn’t even have a start button? we tried to do restore but they say we need supervisor password? we tried everything and cannot get this off his computer, please help us!

By: ghani

ghani — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:22:14 +0000

Thanks Alan, I got it. I do have same problem with the others with this privacy center. I just follow your instruction, then it goes back to normal. No need to purchase or install any spyware software. Thanks again.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:46:56 +0000

Aida : you need to stop privacy center processes first using task manager (ctrl+alt+del, choose task manager), then restore desktop (right-click on desktop, choose properties) and then you can download removers.
Also, you should try booting in safe mode with networking (restart pc, press F8 while booting up) and try downloading remover then.

By: aida

aida — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:50:09 +0000

where can I buy spyware? I cannot download the free scanner because of privacy center , i do not have any icon and the start button, help I do I have to do/

By: alan

alan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:37:27 +0000

I got the privacy thing. I did a reboot, press f8, boot up into safe mode. Did a system restore and it was gone. Worked for me. good luck!

By: Mike Yugovich

Mike Yugovich — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:22:56 +0000

Hello Admin!

I purchased Spyware Doctor this morning (Sunday, May 25). In short, I’m writing this from my user-space! Last night I did a full system scan with Norton; it dected 2 low level infections. I used my son’s user-space to conduct the full scan today. Spyware Doctor found 605 infections and 26 attacks. It worked perfectly!! Thank you so much for your site and message board. Incidently, earlier today I had scheduled an “on site diiagnosis” with Geek Squad which costs $129.99 which is applied toward the cost of whatever remedy they deem necessary. Spyware Doctor cost $29.95 for a year’s subscription, and it worked! Again, thanks so much!!

By: admin

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:32:05 +0000

If you are using your wifes account on the same PC, you can perform FULL scan with SpywareDoctor. It should clean up files in your account as well. The good news Privacy Center infected only your user-space in this case, that is a bit easier infection.

By: Mike Yugovich

Mike Yugovich — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:01:35 +0000

I have the same problem as #1 (Mike Davis) and #4 (Lynn) above. I cannot get into my account as Privacy Center pops up when the window of my account opens and begins showing “cookie privacy guarder” which shows all the problems. When it get to 350 it stops and shows a bunch of overlapping boxes stating “not enough storage is available to process this command.” The screen is frozen. When the window is clicked it disappears showing my background screen, but no icons or anything. It’s necessary to unplug the computer, plug the power back cord back in the wall, start up the computer, open my account, and the Privacy Center pops up and begins counting all the problems until it freezes. How can I
use Spyware Doctor when I cannot even get into my account? I’m using my wife’s account to write this.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:20:15 +0000

@Linda
Linda,

I called microsoft.com found a number on there website and they helped me get it off of my computer…They said it was not part of there company.

By: Jack Boutin

Jack Boutin — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:26:28 +0000

Privacy center popup has removed all icons and bottom toolbars, so I don’t know how to fight it. I can link to Mozilla but it won’t let me go get Spyware Doctor or anything else (Can’t link up). Started in safe mode – no good. Can I get Spyware Doctor at the store? I don’t think I can download to my pc. Please help.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:02:20 +0000

Thanks Privacy Center for nearly ruining my computer! I DO NOT recommend this to anyone!

By: admin

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:57:44 +0000

Linda, we would recommend using spyware remover like Spyware Doctor or MalwareBytes anti-malware. Remember to try running them in safe mode (press F8 when booting your PC and select from menu) if launching normally fails.
A more experienced computer user could fix computer following manual instructions above.

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:56:47 +0000

hi my name is linda and I am writing to you due to the current of my computer..My computer was completely find not until I woke up the next morning and I put my computer on and as I enter my password to get in my desktop is black and I have knowing something so different which I saw privacy center. can you please help me send me some feed back on how to removal this spy ware off of my computer completely. PLEASE BE CAREFUL THIS CAN REALLY DESTORY YOUR COMPUTER….

By: Walter Clark

Walter Clark — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:58:19 +0000

I do recommend people to stay away from the Privacy Center site. When I had it, I couldn’t be able to get access to the windows files (located on the screen. It blocks the windows files. If you want it on your computer, you will need a credit card (for $59.98) People will waste money, when it won’t work, making it harder for people who are on low-income, who don’t use a credit card.
These sites like Privacy Center are very costly.
I had it on my computer for at least 3 days. It even freezes my computer.
On friday (May 8th), I downloaded a photo to use for a desktop background, and after that the privacy center disappeared, and I got the files back on my desktop, which is a relief…T H A N K Y O U !!!!
That helped me by saving money by calling a computer company, who would remove Privacy center from a computer, which is very expensive (between $100 to $200)
Companies like microsoft should remove Privacy Center from their websites, even block it.

By: sue

sue — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:40:45 +0000

I had the box on my computer also after a close down the night before…It controlled my computer, even my start button was gone….It says to update license and i could not do anything else so I was suckered and put in my info, credit card to…Dumb move on my part, I was charged 79.90 the first time, then it says congratulations you have updated your license..But that was no help, nothing happened after that and I went to do it again and was charged 129.75, now I have this on my credit card and have to do a dispute to get it back…Be careful people…There was a little highlighted web address on there that said Microsoft.com, so i clicked on that and dug till i got a number to call and the man on the other end helped me get this off my computer….PLEASE WATCH FOR THIS…