Antivirus Center (AntivirusCenter) Virus Removal Guide
Antivirus Center, also known as AntivirusCenter, is a new fake antivirus application. The technical name for this type of fake antivirus application is a Rogue Security Application. Antivirus Center was released in April 2023; a new version of the fake antivirus software is generally released every two weeks. Previous versions of this fake antivirus software include AntiMalware Tool and Internet Protection. Each version of this fake antivirus program have looked same; however, the main difference has been the name of the program. It is also important to note that there are viruses which look different but have similar functionality as Antivirus Center. For example, Best Malware Protection has a similar functionality.
Antivirus Center is generally installed without user permission through the use of a trojan horse, which generally is downloaded through a security flaw while browsing the internet. These types of flaws can be found in a variety of programs which use the web. This can include the web browser and any program used by the browser. Another common method of spreading the fake antivirus program is through a fake online scanner page. Antivirus Center attempts to be legitimate by making it’s logo look similar to the logo of Microsoft. However, Antivirus Center is fake. Antivirus Center main executable is generally a series of random letters.
Below is our recommended removal tool for Antivirus 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.
If you are unable to run the removal tool, or are unable to run any programs in general, you may need to stop the processes associated with Antivirus Center with task manager. If task manager has been blocked by Antivirus Center, try using Process Explorer.
Antivirus Center, like many other fake antivirus programs, will create a series of warnings and pop ups. Generally, the purpose of these pop ups are to scare the user into purchasing the fake program because the user will generally want to protect their computer. Antivirus Center may also create these warnings in an attempt to make it look legitimate. A couple of these warnings from Antivirus Center can be found below.
“Antivirus Center Firewall Alert
Antivirus Center has prevented a program from accessing the Internet.
“Iexplore.exe” is infected with Trojan. This worm has tried to use “iexplore.exe” to connect to remote host and send your credit card information.
Name: MS Windows Operating System
Location: “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”
Company: Microsoft Company
Yes. I want to activate Antivirus Center.
Click to activate antivirus and remove all the threats (Recommended).
No, continue unprotected.
Continue without activation Security Shield (High risk, not recommended).”
“Antivirus Center Firewall Alert
Security Alert
Your computer is being attacked from a remote machine!
Block Internet access to your computer to prevent system infected.
Attacker IP: 101.123.34.123
Attack type: RCPT exploit”
“Antivirus Center Firewall Alert
Warning
Keylogger activity detected!
Your account in social network is under attack. Click here to block unauthorized modification by removing threats (Recommended).”
“Antivirus Center
Your computer is under the infections threat. Run instant shield protection to safe your data and prevent internet access to your credit card information. Select this to run instant shield.”
“Antivirus Center
External software tries to control variety of your system files. This may lead to breaking of some data in your system. Click here to protect remote access to your PC & delete these programs.”
“Antivirus Center
Your system has come under attack of harmful software. Click here to deactivate it.”
“Review harmful or potentially unwanted items: 18 total
Detected items
Severe/High alert level: 14
Medium/Low alert level: 4″
It is recommended to use safe mode when removing the virus because Antivirus Center will generally not be able to load in safe mode. To enter safe mode, restart the computer and press F8 multiple times before the Windows screen to bring up the boot options.
The safe mode with networking option will allow the user to be able to use the internet in safe mode. Antivirus Center can be removed by using the
View Antivirus Center Files
View Antivirus Center Keys
Common symptoms and characteristics of Antivirus Center and other rogue security programs include:
1. Antivirus Center is generally installed without user permission.
2. Antivirus Center uses pop ups and fake virus scans to scare the user.
3. Various antivirus and system programs on the user’s computer will stop functioning.
Manual Antivirus Center Removal – In order to manually remove Antivirus Center, the processes associated with Antivirus Center must be stopped, the files associated with the processes must be removed, and the registry entries must be corrected to the previous state before Antivirus Center entered the computer.
Important: Before attempting to manually remove Antivirus Center, we recommend that the user read through comments posted by other users on how they removed specific fake antivirus programs since many fake antivirus programs are similar. These comments can be found by clicking here. These comments may provide additional information which may be useful in removing Antivirus Center. However, please use discretion since these specific comments pertain to other fake antivirus programs.
Stop Antivirus Center Processes (Learn How To Do This)
[random letters].exe
Remove Antivirus Center Files (Learn How To Do This)
C:\Program Files\Antivirus Center\[random letters].exe
Remove Antivirus Center Registry Keys (Learn How To Do This)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus Center
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus Center
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus Center
Remove Antivirus Center Startup Entry (Learn How To Do This)
[random letters].exe
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