Shield Antivirus

Shield Antivirus

by ShieldApps

What is Shield Antivirus?

Shield Antivirus 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. Shield Antivirus's installer is typically 259.00 MB in size and installs around 63 files. The most common release is 2.1.7 with 50.00% of all installations currently using this version.

Shield Antivirus is most popular in the United States with 75.00% of installations residing in this country.

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

About Shield Antivirus?

Shield AntiVirus is a customized antivirus solution utilizing the VIPRE/ThreatTrack Security core engine. It is designed to deliver a user-friendly interface and streamlined distribution for the product.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • ShieldAntivirus.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ShieldAntivirusScan2' (runs weekly on Fridays at 02:00).
  • InstCtrl.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ShieldAntivirus_Master'.
  • Toaster.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ShieldAntivirus_Popup' (runs daily at 3:00 PM).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • ShieldAntivirus.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ShieldAntivirus' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Shield Antivirus\ShieldAntivirus.exe" /minimize.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Shield Antivirus\
Uninstaller:
msiexec.exe /x {4B1BC3D3-4C1B-4CFA-836A-60F61D7860F8}
Size:
259.00 MB
Language:
English

Shield Antivirus Executable Details

Primary executable:
InstCtrl.exe
Name:
Shield Antivirus
Path:
C:\Program Files\Shield Antivirus\InstCtrl.exe
MD5:
1d2e7db3bfaf9cddd24defd830bbc0f5
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Shield Antivirus
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
b8c8e69a38e5c192c7c5fe61e2e7364f
DLL
2dcbd4b3d59836cf960928d4a7c0b5ab
DLL
a30b099526d909a3f2f1d6e75121ccf8
EXE
90b23b6d49fe2ecbfda8fd3473b67f44
DLL
4aa46ecabd3073852f3a778d28d9edae
DLL
e82f7f540eb239f9c58e60b5a59aad62
DLL
0cc0db8d68781e933ac954f8c2e29288
DLL
b23d132ff9df284d0c62caa02883bfdd
DLL
9e1fafe44c42a6eeebaa03d445c08e14
SYS
5b23082cee4f5ca7ac8a41a97d2e57a8