Personal Shield Pro

2 June 2011 Rogue 2 Comments

Personal Shield Pro is a worthless program that will pose as real security software. This virus tries to hit every computer connected via the Internet bringing Trojan into play. It sends false meaning regarding security level by publishing forged virus scan and alert messages. Developer of Personal Shield Pro spends quality time to make the unlawful program sneak into the system without being spotted by your anti-virus software. As a matter of fact, they even analyze certain security and software exploit to infect rapidly the moment that the rogue software is released in the wild. Attacking the system with highly developed method makes it hard for anti-virus vendors to come up with a solution in protecting PC’s against this threat.

Personal Shield Pro strikes when it senses that computer is susceptible. Weak security program has no match with the combined strength of Trojan and virus that carry Personal Shield Pro to every computer. Actually, this potentially unwanted program may come into contact at once with your system files and Windows registry. Considerable changes have to be achieved to put Personal Shield Pro above all other programs particularly when starting Windows. This course of action makes antivirus software to stop responding while leaving certain utility and tools unusable.

Issue now lies on accepting the offer to buy the registered version of Personal Shield Pro to get back computer to its normal working state. This is how rogue program is designed and it is how it completes the mission; to be sold in a fraudulent manner.

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Damage Level: Medium

Systems Affected: Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7

Personal Shield Pro Removal Procedures

Manual Removal:
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del on keyboard to stop process associated to “Personal Shield Pro”. When Windows Task Manager opens, go to Processes Tab and find and end the following process:
(random characters).exe

2. You need to update installed antivirus application to have the latest database.
3. Thoroughly scan the computer and any detected threats must be removed. If removal is prohibited, it is best to quarantine the infected item. Manually locating and deleting of malicious files should also be performed. Please see files below that are related to Personal Shield Pro Virus.
4. Registry entries created by Personal Shield Pro must also be remove from the Windows system. Please refer below for entries associated to the rogue program. [how to edit registry]
5. Exit registry editor.
6. Get rid of Personal Shield Pro start-up entry by going to Start > Run, type msconfig on the “Open” dialog box. A windows containing System Configuration Utility will be launched. Go to Startup tab and uncheck the following Start-up item(s):
(random characters).exe

7. Click Apply and restart Windows.

Personal Shield Pro Virus Removal Tool:
In order to completely remove the threat, click here to download and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Sometimes, Trojans will block the downloading and installation of MBAM. If this happens, download it from a clean computer and rename the executable file before executing on the infected machine.

Technical Details and Additional Information:

Malicious Files Added by Personal Shield Pro:
%Temp%\[random characters]\
%Temp%\[random characters]\[random characters].exe

Personal Shield Pro Registry Entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “RunInvalidSignatures” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter “Enabled” = ’0?