While browsing the internet you may notice that all of the advertisements you see just happen to match exactly to what you’ve recently searched on. Well, this isn’t by coincidence; this could very well be because winxsecuritycenter has been installed onto your computer. This malicious software can be downloaded without your knowledge through any free downloads you may have gotten. Along with tracking your browsing history, winxsecuritycenter can also track your keystrokes and steal your credit card and other personal information. All of this tracking and data collection can possibly lead to identity theft so you need to take the necessary precautions to protect yourself.

Coming across anything that seems suspicious is reason enough to believe you could have winxsecuritycenter downloaded on your computer. You should immediately remove this program from your computer before more harm can be done. To remove it manually follow these steps:

Uninstall WinXSecurityCenter Program

Go to Start –> Settings –> Control Panel
Double-click on Add/Remove Programs
Find and uninstall WinXSecurityCenter

Stop WinXSecurityCenter processes

Go to Start –> Run –> type taskmgr
Select the Processes tab and look for the following process under Image Name:
WinX Security Center.exe
Select the name and click on “End Process”

Unregister WinXSecurityCenter DLLs

Go to Start –> Run
Type “cmd” and then click OK
Type “regsvr32 /u filename.dll” *filename.dll would be replaced with the file below:
redir.dll

Unregister WinXSecurityCenter registry keys

Go to Start –>Run
Type “regedit” and then press OK
Right click on the files below and select “Delete”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{F3642B57-3EA8-4EEA-A643-9DE138381A57}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “WinX Security Center”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F3642B57-3EA8-4EEA-A643-9DE138381A57}

Remove WinXSecurityCenter Directories

Go to Start –> My Computer –> Local Disk (C:) –> Program Files –> Show the contents of this folder.
Right-click on the WinXSecurityCenter folder and select Delete

If your homepage has been changed

Type in the address of your desired homepage in your browser
Go to Start –> Control Panel –> Internet Options –> click on the General –> click Use Current under Home Page

It may seem easier and cheaper to remove this program yourself. However, removing winxsecuritycenter will not prevent you from getting hit again. You need to invest in a trusted antispyware program that can not only remove programs like this that exist on your computer, but can also prevent problems like this from occurring in the future. SpyZooka can help you with all of this. They have a great history of being one of the best products in the industry. When put to the test, SpyZooka found most of the virus samples put on the test computer and found no viruses on a clean computer, proving it doesn’t warn about any nonexistent viruses. For $29.95 you also get the option of SpyGuard which will help protect you while browsing the internet. If you have a piece of malware on your computer that isn’t found and fixed automatically by SpyZooka then they will guarantee you an update within 24 hours that will remove the program. With SpyZooka your return on investment will be more than you could have ever expected.