Cyber Protection Center gives of the following message “Cyber Protection System reports that 'Cyber Security' is not activated. Antiviruses software helps to protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. Click Recommendations for the suggested actions. Your system might be at a risk now. Your version of Cyber Security still not activated yet. Click here to get your Cyber Security license.” Please read all this manual. It contains all you need to remove Cyber Protection Center from your computer system. To remove ? Yes. As bad as it sound, your computer has been infected by one of the latest malware called Cyber Protection Center. This program is an impersonating of the Windows Security Center. First, this malware will try to compromise your computer the most it can. Then it will try to rob your money pretending you have to buy a licensed version of Cyber Security to clean and protect your system.
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Cyber Protection Center is a clone of Cyber Security. You might find the following will also happens on your system:
- You are simply not able to use Task Manager and many Windows applications
- Your desktop has been hijacked !
You cannot update anymore any anti-viruses programs once Cyber Protection Center has compromised your system. Besides the usual ways malwares are compromising computers, your computer might have been infected through one of those: Trojans, Trojans, Trojans ! Beware of them and of any fake online virus scanner. They won't scan your system at all ! Rather they will install a Trojan unto your system. Have you recently installed a new video codes that seems too good to be true ? Maybe it was a total bogus and rather you downloaded and installed Cyber Protection Center.
Do you know the meaning of 'drive by download' ? Let us explain it: hackers will hack into a website and put this malware (Cyber Protection Center) to be downloaded whenever you are visiting this particular site. It will try to push that download unto your computer. If you do not have some very good and recent security program, or if the malware is very new, then your computer will become infected. Once hidden unto your system, Cyber Protection Center will scan your system (those are false scans!) and will display lots of infections. You will eventually get the Cyber Protection Center window with that particular message you saw at the beginning of this document. Do not buy that license for Cyber Security ! All those infections are fake ones ! Cyber Protection Center was designed to try to trick you and get your money.
On top of that, you will quickly discover your security program is not working anymore (Cyber Protection Center is blocking it !) and you cannot access any online websites related to security programs. This is because Cyber Protection Center was designed this way in order not to get cleaned easily. Lots of Windows applications (including your System Restore and Registry Editor) will not work at all. Your browser settings will be modified by Cyber Protection Center. It will also show you the advertisement you saw at the beginning. Cyber Protection Center will stay resident in the background the whole time.
Some symptoms of Cyber Protection Center:
- Bogus Scan results
- Auto Scans on Start-up
- Warning coming out of a fake shield in the system tray
- pop-ups and re-directs to the fake software's website
- constant warnings of being infected as well as false statements of other trojans
Manual removal instructions for Cyber Protection Center ( Please read our disclaimer below )
Kill Cyber Protection Center processes: ( Learn How to Kill a Process Here. Opens in new Window )
- cpc.exe
- cyberprotectioncenter.exe ( This is the most likely only process running )
- wow64main.exe
- iehelpmod.dll
We do recommend you run a full scan using SpyHunter. Even if you do not intend on purchasing the product it will help to stop the virus from re-installing and re-activating while you manually remove it. Also it will inform you of any new changes to the file names. You may need this if it mutates. Delete Cyber Protection Center registry values: ( Learn How to Edit Registry Here. Opens in new Window )
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionCyber Protection Center
- HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionRunwow64main.exe
- HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionRun "Random Letters and Numbers" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionCyber Security
Delete files: ( Hint ) Most of these files will be in the C:Program FilesCS directory.
- %Program Files%CPCcpc.exe
- %Program Files%CPCcyberprotectioncenter.exe
- %Program Files%CPCsystem.dat
- cpc.exe
- winsource.dll
- Help.lnk
- Registration.lnk
- Cyber Protection Center.lnk
- wow64main.exe
- iehelpmod.dll
- winsource.dll
- Help.lnk
- Registration.lnk
- Cyber Security.lnk
Delete directories: ( Please note that in most cases everything in this folder can be deleted. Just be sure it's the correct folder 😉
- C:Program FilesCS
Outside Resources:
http://www.2-viruses.com/remove-cyber-protection-center
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-cyber-protection-center.html
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