PC Privacy Shield

PC Privacy Shield

by ShieldApps

What is PC Privacy Shield?

PC Privacy Shield is software application developed by ShieldApps. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 66.67% of installations running this operating system. PC Privacy Shield's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 25 files. The most common release is 2.7.1 with 44.44% of all installations currently using this version.

PC Privacy Shield is most popular in the United States with 89.29% of installations residing in this country.

PC Privacy Shield adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • TaskTools.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PCPrivacyShield_SkipUac'.
  • PCPrivacyShield.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PCPrivacyShield_Popup' (runs daily at 5:00 PM).
  • InstAct.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PCPrivacyShield_Master'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • PcPrivacyShield.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named PCPrivacyShield_Start.
Registry entries:
  • PCPrivacyShield.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PCPrivacyShield' and executes as "C:\Program Files\PC Privacy Shield\PCPrivacyShield.exe" minimized.

Software Details

URL:
https://shieldapps.com/products/pc-privacy-shield/pc-privacy-shield-faq
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\PC Privacy Shield\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{C3F11253-5D97-491F-BD33-A215C72BD912}
Size:
8.00 MB
Language:
English

PC Privacy Shield Executable Details

Primary executable:
PCPrivacyShield.exe
Name:
PC Privacy Shield
Path:
C:\Program Files\PC Privacy Shield\PCPrivacyShield.exe
MD5:
e9f3b498c0ba9a76a9b269efbc34eac1
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by PC Privacy Shield
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
210ec6f773fa585252a3a95c25e9e229
DLL
84f8cd9635defbca87b985fdf61031f5
EXE
e9f3b498c0ba9a76a9b269efbc34eac1
EXE
83d815dc5139352cb2b29e9df97114d5
DLL
88cd15b69e00a1e8afa9ac276453315c