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Remove Control Center, Control Center Removal

By Bryan on November 17, 2009 | Rogue Antispyware, SaveSoldier, Save Soldier, Remove SaveSoldier, Control Center, ControlCenter, Remove Control Center Remove Control Center, Control Center Removal

Control Center is a malicious program trying to convince the user of being a real system protection tool. ControlCenter is an application that should be avoided if possible as it might cause some serious computer problems. By pretending to be a legitimate security program Control Center seeks to sell its “license” for using the software. In order to do so it performs fabricated system scans pretending to find various threats that could be removed by purchasing Control Center. It also displays warning messages and performs other actions that should help ControlCenter reach its purpose.

Control Center usually appears inside the system out of nowhere as it is downloaded and installed without the user's permission with the use of trojans. Paying money for this program is not the answer. What one should do when having this parasite on their computer is remove Control Center as soon as possible.

New processes created

uninstall.exe
agent.exe
cc.exe
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New Control Center registry entries created

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Control center
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "agent.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\cc.exe"
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New files and directories created

%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\agent.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\cc.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\settings.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\uninstall.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq\guide.html
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq\images
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq\images\05.png
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq\images\06.png
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq\images\07.png
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq\images\08.png
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq\images\09.png
%UserProfile%\Application Data\CC\faq\images\10.png
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Control center.lnk
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How to remove Control Center

To remove Control Center manually you must block rogue Control Center related websites, remove malicious processes and registry entries, unregister dlls and delete all malicious Control Center files from your computer.
Please note: cleaning your computer is a difficult and dangerous task, manually editing registry entries and removing processes and files may cause serious damage to your system. We strongly recommend scanning your computer with one of the legitimate antispyware scanners.

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