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
2157827421311f9fe933051470904a39
DLL
a1eea0f2f3068f6248ec7e0349a32380
EXE
74d741ee51256eee5f8a8e1f6a7956a9
DLL
aab86015612059cca3a3d5a81dcfab82
DLL
298fb256259f26e143e4756b7ec91a81
EXE
fb80efa3d23a7f7d4a13c97bdc01fd0c
DLL
c11f0975477e0c5e2d144c57239d9b7f
DLL
8c6fb0c274e8d73cfde2cd709de2ca39
EXE
c688211d862ece82dce137ae98caa734
DLL
5116cd86191430afd0feda172a0d6875