Windows Telemetry Center

Windows Telemetry Center elimination guide

Windows Telemetry Center is a rogue antispyware program promoted by Internet criminals. This fake scanner comes from the same family of misleading programs as Windows Smart Warden, Windows Protection Master, Windows Performance Catalyst etc. Members of this rogue antivirus family are usually distributed using infected websites which offers misleading Flash player updates. Instead of a software update unsuspecting computer user installs Windows Telemetry Center on their computers. You shouldn't be tricked by the professional looks of Windows Telemetry Center - this program has nothing in common with a legitimate security suite, it's a totally useless program which tries to sell you a non existent licence key.

While the interface of Windows Telemetry Center reminds a legitimate software released by Microsoft, this program is only imitating all the security features. Windows Telemetry Center installs itself on your PC without asking for permission and begins threatening you into thinking that you computer is highly infected and that you should "activate" Windows Telemetry Center in order to remove the detected threats. Don't fall for this trick, Windows Telemetry Center is just a cleverly designed scam created to trick you into purchasing it's useless licence. Every time you start you computer you will notice Windows Telemetry Center performing a security scan which ends in detection of various security issues on your computer - ignore this list of detections, Windows Telemetry Center doesn't actually scan your system for security threats, this process is imaginary as the same program itself. You should remove this fake antivirus program as soon as you notice it's main window on your desktop. Use this removal guide to completely remove Windows Telemetry Center from your computer.

Fake warning messages generated by Windows Telemetry Center:

"Warning! Virus Detected Threat detected: FTP Server Infected file: C:\Windows\System32\dllcache\wmploc.dll"

"Error Software without a digital signature detected. Your system files are at risk. We strongly advise you to activate your protection"

"Error Potential malware detected. It is recommended to activate protection and perform a thorough system scan to remove the malware"

Windows Telemetry Center removal:

Before downloading the remover for Windows Telemetry Center click a question mark icon at the top of the main window of this program, choose "Activate Now" and enter this registration code: 0W000-000B0-00T00-E0020 This will enable blocked Windows functions and will make the further removal process much easier, after entering the activation code continue to downloading the spyware remover.

remover for Windows Telemetry Center

If you can't download or run spyware remover try running registry fix (link below). It enables execution of programs. download registryfix.reg file, double click it, click YES and then OK.

Windows Telemetry Center removal instructions (on infected computer):

1. Start your computer in safe mode. Click Start, click Shut down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe mode with networking from the list.

2. Open Internet explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select "Connections".

3.Click LAN settings, if a Use a proxy server for your LAN is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

4. Download HijackThis and save it on your desktop. Some malicious programs are able to block HijackThis so when you click the download link, in the Save dialog rename HijackThis.exe to iexplorer.exe and only then click the Save button. After saving the file on your desktop, double click it. In the main HijackThis window click “Do a system scan only” button. Select these entries (place a tick at the left of the entry):

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Inspector] %AppData%\Protector-hox.exe

After selecting required entries, click "Fix Checked". After this procedure you can close HijackThis and proceed to the next removal step.

5. Download a legitimate anti-spyware software to fully remove Windows Telemetry Center from your computer.

remover for Windows Telemetry Center

6. After removing Windows Telemetry Center reset your Hosts files. Don't skip this step, this malware modifies your Hosts files, and you will encounter browser redirect problems.

Hosts file is used to resolve some canonical names of websites to ip addresses. When it is changed, the user may be redirected to malicious site still seeing good URL in address bar. It is very hard to find out if the site is genuine or not, when hosts file is modified. To fix this, please download Microsoft FixIt tool, that restores your hosts file to windows default. Run this tool when downloaded and follow the on-screen instructions. Download link below:

Other tools known to remove Windows Telemetry Center:

• iS3 STOPzilla
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Additional information:

Some malicious software modifies browser settings and disables downloads of spyware and virus removing software. If you have problems downloading anti-spyware software with Internet Explorer, try downloading with Chrome, FireFox, Opera, etc.

If you can't access Internet:

Load your computer in safe mode. Click Start, click Shut down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe mode with networking from the list.

Start Task manager. Press ctrl+alt+del (or ctrl+shift+esc) and end task the processes of rogue program. ( if after this procedure you can't access any programs press ctrl+alt+del, click File, select New Task, and type explorer.exe then press OK.

Open Internet explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select Connections, then click LAN settings, if a Use a proxy server for your LAN is checked, un-check it and press OK.

After this procedure you should be able to access Internet. Now you can download anti-spyware software from our "Top spyware removers" section and run a full scan. Download, install and don't forget to update your selected anti-spyware program. Then run a full system scan.

If you are unable to remove Windows Telemetry Center, you can use this manual removal instruction. Use it at your own risk. If you don't have strong computer knowledge you could harm your operating system. Use it only if you are an experienced computer user. (Instructions on how to end processes, remove registry entries...)

End these Windows Telemetry Center processes:

random.exe
Protector-nbi.exe

Remove these Windows Telemetry Center registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run!Inspector

Delete these Windows Telemetry Center files:

%appdata%\npswf32.dll
%appdata%\Inspector-[rnd].exe
%desktopdir%\Windows Telemtery Center.lnk
%commonprograms%\Windows Telemetry Center.lnk

General tips on removing Windows Telemetry Center:

*If you can't download anti-spyware software: Click on the download link, when the save dialog opens change the file name (example: when downloading mbam-setup.exe rename it to iexplore.exe).
*If you have installed anti-spyware program but you can't run it: Click Run, type %ProgramFiles% and press Enter. Open folder of your anti-spyware program, search for executable file and rename it. (example: Open Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware folder, right-click on the main executable file (mbam.exe) then click rename. Rename the mbam.exe file to iexplore.exe, winlogon.exe firefox.exe ...
*If you can't access your anti-spyware software, try creating a new user account:
Click Start -> Settings -> Control panel.
Click User Accounts and create a new account.
Reboot your computer and log in using a newly created user account.
*After this procedure you should be able to access your anti-spyware programs. Update and run a full system scan.