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
EXE
ff39e2a9aa4895a39dcc12e1589fa179
DLL
e26d4b7f12bfc20adae78cb8c26fee0c
EXE
cb5bd0e87fc36b82d7f3a055489c149a
EXE
4af1102340ee56792823fb596bdaabb0
DLL
bcf8a7c87e88820a5c4a68e7f3385b84
DLL
d3e2523a9798f9c6bb497f5b87fcd498
EXE
5a70c2cda55bc4a5a099dda30ff6cfea
EXE
f4abdddf2d81142da2dca07b19229729
EXE
b0f6c6c3f9a244632b80d73145a29bfe
DLL
dccacb64c6f510f9b86f895f098bf279