Control Center Description

 

 

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Control Center (or ControlCenter) is a malicious anti-spyware application from the rogueware family of Privacy Center and Safety Center. With the help of stealthy Trojans, Control Center is able to surreptitiously enter user’s systems. Control Center attempts to trick users into believing that their computers are infected with malware that can only be removed with Control Center itself.

Do not be fooled by the scan reports, warnings and pop-ups displayed by Control Center, they are all fabricated and not to be trusted. Control Center will not only swindle you out of your money, but also greatly affect the operation of your computer system. If encountered on your computer, uninstall Control Center immediately.

Type: Rogue AntiSpyware Programs

How Can You Detect Control Center?

Control Center Technical Report

As new Control Center details are reported by our customers and findings from our Threat Research Center, we will update this section.

The following Control Center files with its MD5s were created in the system:

Control Center has typically the following processes in memory:

• ccagent.exe
• pc.exe

Control Center created the following directories, files, paths:

• %AppData%\CCenter

Control Center creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Control Center”
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Control Center
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Uninstall\Control Center
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Control Center

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