PC Protection Center 2008 Removal Process (remove PCProtectionCenter2008)

Protect Yourself from PC Protection Center 2008

- Remove rogue anti-spyware/anti-virus programs
- Prevent trojans, hijackers & other malware infections
- Use spyware helpdesk to resolve pesky malware

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PC Protection Center 2008 Explanation

PC Protection Center 2008 is a fake anti-spyware application that is a variation of Antivirus 2009, XP Antivirus and Power Antivirus 2009. PC Protection Center 2008 looks just like Power Antivirus 2009 and to no surprise, acts just like Power Antivirus 2009 with its misleading popups messages. PC Protection Center 2008 should not be called PC Protection Center because it does not offer protection for your PC. Instead, PC Protection Center 2008 offers a chance for you to foolishly spend your money. Bottom line, PC Protection Center 2008 is a waste of money because it does not “help protect your pc” which it claims too.

PC Protection Center 2008 may come from the www.PC Protection Center 2008.com website or from a malicious infection such as a Trojan. You can do your part by avoiding purchase of PC Protection Center 2008 and by removing PC Protection Center 2008 from your system immediately.

Are you getting popups from PC Protection Center 2008? Have you identified that you have PC Protection Center 2008 installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove PC Protection Center 2008 completely from your computer?

Why should you remove PC Protection Center 2008?

If PC Protection Center 2008 resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that PC Protection Center 2008 may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking PC Protection Center 2008 removal process.

How can you manually remove PC Protection Center 2008

Manual removal of PC Protection Center 2008 may not be for everyone. Each manual PC Protection Center 2008 removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic PC Protection Center 2008 removal process.

PC Protection Center 2008 can be removed manually by following the steps below.

1. With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
3. Locate PC Protection Center 2008 in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find PC Protection Center 2008, you can continue to step 5.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
6. Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
7. Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
   2D9F1530-0B38-4DCB-A90A-CECD559F3514

   85332D96-8051-4509-A581-399FDDBE3AA4

   A55CA42C-BF8A-4491-9073-6E32FC4E6250

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus Software

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "PC Protection Center"

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PC Protection Center 2008

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing PC Protection Center 2008. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

   Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process

   

9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with PC Protection Center 2008 from your computer.

   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\PC Protection Center 2008.lnk

   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\PC Protection Center 2008

   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\PC Protection Center 2008\PC Protection Center 2008.lnk

   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\PC Protection Center 2008\Remove PC Protection Center 2008.lnk

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\lang

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\lang\english.lng

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\lang\russian.lng

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\options.ini

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\PcProtection.exe

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\PcProtection.exe.MANIFEST

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\uninstall.exe

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\uninstall.log

   c:\Program Files\PC Protection Center 2008\vbase.ini

   c:\WINDOWS\system32\vbzlib2.dll

   getsn32.dll

   PC Protection Center

   PC Protection Center 2008.lnk

   PcProtection.exe

   pcprotectioncenter_setup[1].exe

   Remove PC Protection Center 2008.lnk

   vbzlib2.dll

   If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

   If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with PC Protection Center 2008, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

   Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"

   

10. After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with PC Protection Center 2008 by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\PC Protection Center 2008 folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.

11. Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed PC Protection Center 2008 completely from your computer. If you find that PC Protection Center 2008 is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic PC Protection Center 2008 removal process.