XP Protection Center Removal Guide and Information
Do you know what XP Protection Center is?
DESCRIPTION
You may find that XP Protection Center (XPProtectionCenter) is advertised as an anti-spyware program for Windows XP but we have confirmed that it is a related to the rogue antispyware program, AntiSpyware XP 2009. Both XP Protection Center and AntiSpyware XP 2009 are malware and we discovered to do nothing but waste a computer user’s money and time by pretending to be able to remove spyware or other parasites from your system.
Any program, such as XP Protection Center, that is installed by a Trojan infection and promoted a malicious website such as www.xp-protection-center.com which is where XP Protection Center may also come from. XP Protection Center may be presented on your system through a popup notification with deceiving messages that state your system is infected with spyware. The most deceiving part of these messages is that it suggests that you use XP Protection Center to fix your “issues†or clean your system. This would be a big mistake if you used XPProtectionCenter for any of your security needs.
In non-techie terms:
XP Protection Center is nothing but more fake antispyware software running ramped over the internet. It is very important that XP Protection Center be treated with caution because it may have the ability to hijack your web browser which may lead you to malicious web pages that could further infect your computer. It is best to remove XP Protection Center and avoid voluntarily installing or purchasing XP Protection Center under all circumstances. Also, XPProtectionCenter will not let you uninstall the program from your add/remove programs option in your control panel (see image below).
Image showing that you cannot uninstall XPProtectionCenter from add/remove option:
XP Protection Center Screen Shot Image:
www.XP-Protection-Center.com website image:
Aliases: XP Protection Center, XPProtection Center, XPProtectionCenter, www.xp-protection-center.com.
XP Protection Center Removal Guide and Information Automatic Removal Instructions
XP Protection Center Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. XP Protection Center manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that XP Protection Center will be removed completely. So read the XP Protection Center removal steps carefully and good luck.
Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.
- Uninstall XP Protection Center Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall XP Protection Center if found. - To stop XP Protection Center processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these XP Protection Center processes:
XPProtectionCenter.lnk
XPProtectionCenter.exe
Install[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister XP Protection Center DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these XP Protection Center DLLs:
htmlayout.dll
AVEngn.dll
To locate the XP Protection Center DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type XP Protection Center and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the XP Protection Center DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister). - To unregister XP Protection Center registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these XP Protection Center registry keys:
There are no registry keys. - If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
- Remove XP Protection Center Directories.
To find XP Protection Center directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following XP Protection Center directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the XP Protection Center folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder XP Protection Center and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting XP Protection Center could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove XP Protection Center icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the XP Protection Center manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your XP Protection Center problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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