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Windows Oversight Center (WindowsOversightCenter) Virus Removal Guide

Virus Type: Rogue Security Application
Threat Level: 8 / 10

Windows Oversight Center, also known as WindowsStabilityCenter, is a newly released fake computer security application. The purpose of a computer security application is to provide methods of computer security through computer tools such as antivirus protection and spyware protection. However, these types of programs will generally take hours to scsan for issues; however, this program will provide results within a minute, which is why it is fake. Windows Oversight Center was released approximately May 6, 2023. This is a good amount of time since the last version of this fake antivirus program was released. Previous versions of this fake antivirus program include Windows Process Regulator and Windows Stability Center. These previous versions were released daily. The main different is the name; however, the look is also different between the two programs. Windows Oversight Center claims to offer a variety of tools including computer safety, network security, private data protection, hard drive optimization, media components, and memory & devices. Windows Oversight Center displays in the bottom part of the program system information for the computer, which includes the name of the processing unit, the brand name of the processing unit along with the company logo, the speed of the processing unit, and the operating system of the computer.

Windows Oversight Center is generally installed without user permission through the use of a trojan horse, which is downloaded while browsing the internet through some type of software security flaw. Windows Oversight Center attempts to be legitimate by making itself look like the legitimate Microsoft Security Essentials program and has the words “ask for genuine Microsoft” at the bottom of the program. Windows Oversight Center is similar in functionality to ThinkPoint and CleanThis. Windows Oversight Center main executable is generally a series of random letters.

Below is our recommended removal tool for Windows Oversight 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 Windows Oversight Center with task manager. If task manager has been blocked by Windows Oversight Center, try using Process Explorer.

Windows Oversight Center, like many other fake antivirus programs, will create a series of warnings and pop ups in order to scare the user into purchasing the fake program. Some of these warnings which are created by Windows Oversight Center can be found below.

“Warning!

Enable Protection – Click to activate antivirus and remove all infections.”

It is recommended to use safe mode when removing the virus because Windows Oversight 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. Windows Oversight Center can be removed by using the

View Windows Oversight Center Files
View Windows Oversight Center Keys

The user comments for ThinkPoint and the user comments for CleanThis may provide insight into removing Windows Oversight Center since the viruses are similar.

Manual Windows Oversight Center Removal – In order to manually remove Windows Oversight Center, the processes associated with Windows Oversight 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 Windows Oversight Center entered the computer.

Important: Before attempting to manually remove Windows Oversight 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 Windows Oversight Center. However, please use discretion since these specific comments pertain to other fake antivirus programs.

Stop Windows Oversight Center Processes (Learn How To Do This)
[random letters].exe

Remove Windows Oversight Center Files (Learn How To Do This)

Windows XP – C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\[random letters].exe

Windows Vista & Windows 7 – C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\[random letters].exe

For example, the executable was named gbgvas.exe when we tested Windows Oversight Center. Gbgvas.exe is most likely a random six letter executable file.

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

Remove Windows Oversight Center Startup Entry (Learn How To Do This)
[random letters].exe

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If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to comment below. If you need any help with any of the steps, please don’t hesitate to comment below. We recommend that you follow our safety tips so that you can keep your computer clean Please Click Here to View Our Safety Tips.

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