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Can’t Remove PlayCenter Home? This page includes detailed PlayCenter Home Removal instructions!
PlayCenter Home is an app which can be found in your browser’s app store. It is supposed to give you access to hundreds of online games. However, when you install this app, do you really know what you are giving your approval to? You probably don’t! The PlayCenter Home extension is actually malware. Security experts classify it as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). This means only one thing — this app has functions you are not aware of. The PlayCenter Home PUP tracks your online activities and uses the collected information to target you with commercials. Everything you do online is recorded, analyzed and sent to a remote server. Forget about your privacy. With the PUP on board, you are never alone. Even the Incognito mode of your web browser cannot hide you from the PUP. This utility is an autonomous program. It operates on its own and cannot be affected by your browser. It is actually the other way around. The PUP modifies your browser’s settings. Following a successful installation, the PlayCenter Home app replaces your preferable homepage and default search engine. If you try to redo the changes, you’ll fail. The malware will constantly re-modify your browser’s settings. It prevents you from using your browser normally. This program cannot enhance your browsing experience. On the contrary, it will ruin it. So, don’t tolerate it! The PUP is removable. We have provided a detailed manual removal guide below this article. If you prefer automated solutions, you can also use an anti-virus app. You have options. The sooner you clean your computer, the better!
How did I get infected with PlayCenter Home?
The PlayCenter Home app can be officially downloaded from Chrome Web Store. Some websites also offer a free download of the app. Yet, there are PC users who have no idea how this utility managed to enter their devices. We are not surprised. The PUP uses a lot of trickery to reach its victims. We are talking about torrents. Software bundling, spam messages, and malvertising. All these techniques rely on your carelessness. If you pay more attention, you can prevent them from succeeding. The PUP is nothing special. It is a PC app. Like any other app, it needs your approval to be installed. No approval, no access. As simple as that. So, what should you do? Pay attention to the fine print. Whenever you are installing a program, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Under it, you will be able to see all extra apps that have arrived in the bundle. Be careful, these extras, more often than not are malicious. Install only the tools you trust. Read the Terms and Conditions. If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. Do not be lazy! Always do your due diligence! Even a little extra caution goes a long, long way!
Why is PlayCenter Home dangerous?
The PlayCenter Home PUP has no place on your computer. This utility can ruin your browsing experience in seconds. It injects banners, hyperlinks and in-text ads on every website you open. It can redirect your browser to sponsored third-party pages. It can even pause your online videos for commercial breaks. This app will never leave you alone. You won’t be able to get any work done. These issues, however, appear to be more annoying than really dangerous. You are not seeing at the whole picture. These ads are not randomly selected. To select the most appealing ads for you, the PUP spies on you. It tracks your online activities. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into some search engine, the PUP will show you ads for sports shoes. But what do you think happens with the collected information? This data is a valuable resource. Anyone who uses PlayCenter Home as an advertising platform can access this data. All sorts of crooks can use it to target you with custom marketing campaigns. Don’t ever let your guard down! With the PlayCenter Home PUP on board, you are far more likely to be redirected to bogus websites that to legit ones.
How Can I Remove PlayCenter Home?
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If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the PlayCenter Home infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.
- Open your task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
- Locate the process of PlayCenter Home.exe and kill it
- Open your windows registry editor by typing”regedit” in the windows search box
Navigate to (Depending on your OS version)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
and delete the display Name: PlayCenter Home
Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command
Type “Appwiz.cpl”
Locate the PlayCenter Home program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. Review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.
Navigate to C:/Program Files and delete PlayCenter Home folder. Double check with any antimalware program for any leftovers. Keep your software up-to date!