Microsoft Security Center 2012 Removal Guide

Microsoft Security Center 2012 is a fake antivirus program that cannot detect and remove any kind of virus, malware or trojan. However, Microsoft Security Center 2012. pretends to be a legitimate antivirus which can protect computers from the attack malwares. Once Microsoft Security Center 2012 is installed on the computer, it will start automatically when Windows boot. Then Microsoft Security Center 2012 will do a fake scan on the computer and will definitely scare the user with pop ups which shows that the computer has been infected by a lot of malwares. Microsoft Security Center 2012 will repeatedly shows the pop ups to urge the user to purchase the full version of Microsoft Security Center 2012 so that to remove all the threats. However, Microsoft Security Center 2012 cannot detect and remove any kind of virus, malware and trojan.

Microsoft Security Center 2012 can be removed by stopping the processes and removing the files ([random].exe) by using Emsisoft HiJackFree. Then the user should remove the registry entries added or modified by Microsoft Security Center 2012 shown in the removal guide below. Microsoft Security Center 2012 DLL Files should be unregistered too (see removal guide). All files related to Microsoft Security Center 2012 must be deleted.

Microsoft Security Center 2012 may launch itself whenever Windows starts and the Microsoft Security Center 2012 memory process may remain active even after the user close it. This lets Microsoft Security Center 2012 run and launch other attacks as noted below, although Safe Mode or other alternate system boot options may disable the Microsoft Security Center 2012 startup routine.

Microsoft Security Center 2012 should be removed immediately!

Microsoft Security Center 2012 Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
[random].exe

Delete Registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]"

Remove Folders and Files
%AppData%\Local\[random].exe
%AllUsersProfile%\[random]