To completely purge Protection Center from your computer, you need to delete the files, folders, Windows registry keys and registry values associated with Protection Center. These files, folders and registry elements are respectively listed in the Files, Folders, Registry Keys and Registry Values sections on this page.
see How to Remove Protection Center from the Windows Registry.
The files and folders associated with Protection Center are listed in the Files and Folders sections on this page.
To effectively remove Protection Center from your Windows registry, you must delete all the registry keys and values associated with Protection Center, which are listed in the Registry Keys and Registry Values sections on this page.
AXPDefender, Antivirus2008, Messenger.Blocker, ScanSpyware, Total Security.
Small-charge or free software applications may come bundled with spyware, adware, or programs like Protection Center. Sometimes adware is attached to free software to enable the developers to cover the overhead involved in created the software. Spyware frequently piggybacks on free software into your computer to damage it and steal valuable private information.
The use of peer-to-peer (P2P) programs or other applications using a shared network exposes your system to the risk of unwittingly downloading infected files, including malicious programs like Protection Center.
When you visit sites with dubious or objectionable content, trojans-including Protection Center, spyware and adware, may well be automatically downloaded and installed onto your computer.
Protection Center can seriously slow down your computer. If your PC takes a lot longer than normal to restart or your Internet connection is extremely slow, your computer may well be infected with Protection Center.
Protection Center can tamper with your Internet settings or redirect your default home page to unwanted web sites. Protection Center may even add new shortcuts to your PC desktop.
Protection Center may swamp your computer with pestering popup ads, even when you're not connected to the Internet, while secretly tracking your browsing habits and gathering your personal information.
Protection Center may gain complete control of your mailbox to generate and send e-mail with virus attachments, e-mail hoaxes, spam and other types of unsolicited e-mail to other people.