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
SYS
7ca81b7c7c2dbc1662d84ed3d13bfa4a
DLL
082905c154417f1cc97600785d2f89a8
DLL
6b4a521b2c4aecfe468a1467c9b22c9d
SYS
a4d71778746d7b5331b89e80eb78cb13
SYS
d287e99285bf0a76f5d5357b187ef407
DLL
3b782f8a54d550157864bf66cf720d53
DLL
eec5711f5e00b1f3340b46e2301d0025
EXE
4893534bbff7bb56e16ebda669089c61
DLL
d8ae2b22891fe7527cc7e0fc7d3f74ab
DLL
ddacf58cee48db8bc5b829566b8dc6ca