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Remove Security Central. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Security Central Also known as: SecurityCentral
Type: Spyware
Severity scale:  (71 / 100)
 

Security Central is a bogus program advertised as reliable security software. It uses false scan results, fake security alerts and browser hijacking in order to scare you into purchasing this program. Usually, Security Central is advertised through the use of trojans, fake online anti-malware scanners and other malicious software. Most of the time, Trojans display legitimate looking pop-ups or security alerts similar to Windows Security Center warnings. These alerts state that you computer is infected with trojans, adware or spyware. You may see this fake alert:

“Security Central
Threat Found
Alert
Object:
SYSTEMControlSet001ControlSafeBootNetwork
Comment:
Attack from: 111.90.181.116, port 47333
Attacked port: 10631
Threat: Trojan-DDoS.9″

Information about possible attacks and security threats might be also displayed. The main goal of such behavior is to trick you into downloading Security Central.

Windows Security alert
Windows reports that computer is infected. Antivirus software helps to protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. Click here for the scan you computer. Your system might be at risk now.

Once installed, this program will ostensibly scan your computer. The scan results are false and can be easily ignored, however, don’t remove these files, because some of them might be legitimate ones. Otherwise, you can make your computer unstable. To add some more, Security Central will constantly display very annoying security alerts about various infections and security issues. These alerts are fake too. The worst thing is that they will show up like every 1-2 minutes. It can be almost impossible to to even a regular tasks with your computer.


While running, Security Central will hijack your browser. Most of the time, you will be taken to the homepage of this parasite. The same goes with Google search results. Security Central will redirect you to various malicious websites instead of those displayed in the search results. What is more, your computer may become slower than usual because of this parasite.

If you find that your computer is infected with this parasite, do not purchase it! Instead, please use the removal guide below to remove Security Central and any related malware from your computer for free.

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Related files: Uninstall.exe, securitycentral.exe, Security Central.lnk, Uninstall Security Central.lnk, systemdb.exe, Security Central.exe

Security Central properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Security Central removal:

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Security Central manual removal:

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]”

HELP:
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Delete files:
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\[random].dat %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Security Central.lnk %UserProfile%\Desktop\Security Central.lnk %Temp%ins3.tmp %Temp%mv4.tmp %Temp%wrk5.tmp

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