Advanced Security Center

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Windows Advanced Security Center may look like a real security client but it's false. This is a program out to steal your hard earned dollars so do not fall for it.

What You Will Find On This Page

1. Windows Advanced Security Center Removal Guide

2. Software and Services to help you remove Windows Advanced Security Center

What is Windows Advanced Security Center?

Windows Advanced Security Centers is Rogue security software. The purpose of these kinds of programs are to trick and scare the use into making a purchase of the program. These crooks make money when someone purchases the program.

 How Did I get infected with Windows Advanced Security Center?

Windows Advanced Security Center may auto install on a computer from a drive by download. In most cases the end user is tricked into installing the program thinking it is something else.

What is Windows Advanced Security Center Doing to My Computer Right Now?

Windows Advanced Security Center will block many programs on your computer from running. Programs such as antivirus clients can be hard to install and run. You can most likely boot into safe mode to get around this problem. Your files as well as online information such as banking and social profiles are not effected by this virus. At this time we have found no indication of any keylogger or the like. The program just basically blocks you from doing much in an attempt to get you to make a purchase of the program.

Some Error Messages you may see are:

Warning
Firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet
C:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
is suspected to have infected your PC. This type of virus intercepts entered data and transmits them to a remote server.

Error
Keylogger ativity detected. System information security is at risk.
It is recommended to activate protection and run a full system scan.

Windows Advanced Security Center

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Follow the below manual guide as it shows you how to remove Windows Advanced Security Center. This threat is not all too difficult to manual remove. If however you get stuck or just want an expert we do recommend the remote computer repair company called pcninja.com. We also recommend Spyware Doctor with Antivirus as it will help with the removal of this virus.

Automatic Windows Advanced Security Center Removal

Online Windows Advanced Security Center Removal Service

Remove Proxy Setting so You Can Connect to the Internet Again.

 

Windows Advanced Security Center Manual Removal Procedures

The first step you must take in order to remove Windows Advanced Security Center is to stop the following process. Watch the video for guidance.

• Protector-[random-name].exe ( Example is Protector-2f5.exe ) Your file trace will be named different.
• May also go by Inspector-[random-name].exe

To Stop this process you can

A. Browse to the file location shown below and re-name the file first and then restart your computer. Then browse to that file location again and delete the file.

B.  Boot into Safe Mode and delete the file

C:  Use this process explorer tool http://www.removevirus.org/process-killing-software-654  to find the location of the file and re-name it then delete after re-boot.

D:  Log-into another users account and see if you can delete the file.

E:  Start the Task Manager the very second you login and terminate the process that way.

The next step in Windows Advanced Security Center removal is to delete the following file:

Windows XP:

• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Protector-2f5.exe *Example
• New Path C:\Documents and Settings\USER NAME\Local Settings\Application Data

Windows Vista/7:

• New Path C:\Users\USER NAME\AppData\Protector-2f5.exe *Example

Once you have deleted the above executable, Windows Advanced Security Center will no longer be running. At this time you need to run a full virus scan. RUN THE  SCAN!. We recommend wither Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. You need to ensure no other viruses are on your computer.  So many people skip this very simple step.  Take an extra few mintues and ensure you have all the viruses removed.

If you find this threat too hard to remove yourself and need an expert we recommend www.pcninja.com . They charge far less than others and are great at what they do.

Windows Advanced Security Center Registry Removal Procedures

There is no real need to edit the registry. We no longer recommend people go into it and attempt to remove left over traces. In most cases these traces do not matter anywats as you already deleted the main .exe file. You are better off just scanning the computer with an Antivirus client.

Windows Advanced Security Center Directories:

XP

• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[random]
• New Path C:\Documents and Settings\USER NAME\Local Settings\Application Data

Windows 7 / Windows Vista

• C:\ProgramData\[random characters ]\
• New Path C:\Users\USER NAME\AppData\L
• C:\ProgramData\[random characters]\

Conclusion

As with most of the Vake Vimes family of threats, this virus removal process is much of the same. It's not overly hard to manually remove. Most people can do it with a little bit of effort. If howerver you are not comfortable doing this yourself you should consider hiring someone like www.pcninja.com or purchasing antivirus software like Spyware Doctor with Antivirus

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