Privacy Center / PrivacyCenter Virus Removal Guide

Privacy Center is a fake program which is generally installed without the user’s permission. The fake program will use a variety of methods to scare the user into purchasing their program.

Virus Type: Rogue Security Application: Click Here To Learn More
Threat Level: 8 / 10

Below is our recommended removal tool for Privacy Center. The removal tool has been rated 5 cows out of 5 by Tucows and was previously CNET’s Editor’s Choice. Feel free to download it below.

Manual Privacy Center Removal -

Stop Privacy Center Processes (Learn How To Do This)
openvpn.exe
tapinstall.exe
agent.exe

Remove Privacy Center Files (Learn How To Do This)
C:\Program Files\Privacy center\
C:\Program Files\Privacy center\agent.exe
C:\Program Files\Privacy center\sounds\
C:\Program Files\Privacy center\tools\tapinstall.exe
C:\Program Files\Privacy center\tools\openvpn.exe

Remove Privacy Center Registry Keys (Learn How To Do This)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Privacy Center
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”Privacy Center”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Privacy Center

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3 Responses to “Privacy Center / PrivacyCenter Virus Removal Guide”

Mike April 6th, 2024 at 6:13 pm

Hi,

A neighbor of mine has “privacy center” on her XP PC.

The problem is that it runs on start up, and when it stops running the desktop is blank except for the background.

I’m reasonably computer literate, and any ideas on how help a lady in distress would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

boochie April 15th, 2024 at 4:52 am

Yeah,

I was able to remove the major part of the virus, but how can I get rid of the annoying “follow-up” pop ups? It seems that virus scan and removal software can’t touch these. My computer tries to reconnect itself to some website periodically. Help?

Keith April 27th, 2024 at 8:41 pm

In XP there is a microsoft link in the bottom left of Pravacy Center. Click it. That will open internet explorer. In the address bar just type “control panel” that will take you to the control panel where you go to system and do a system restore.