Windows Shield Protector Removal Guide

Windows Shield Protector is a fake antivirus program that cannot detect and remove any kind of virus, malware or trojan. However, Windows Shield Protector pretends to be a legitimate antivirus which can protect computers from the attack malwares. Once Windows Shield Protector is installed on the computer, it will start automatically when Windows boot. Then Windows Shield Protector will do a fake scan on the computer and will definitely scare the user with pop ups which shows that the computer has been infected by a lot of malwares. Windows Shield Protector will repeatedly shows the pop ups to urge the user to purchase the full version of Windows Shield Protector so that to remove all the threats. However, Windows Shield Protector cannot detect and remove any kind of virus, malware and trojan.

Windows Shield Protector can be removed by stopping the processes and removing the files by using Emsisoft HiJackFree. Then the user should remove the registry entries added or modified by Windows Shield Protector shown in the removal guide below. All files related to Windows Shield Protector must be deleted.

Windows Shield Protector should be removed immediately!

Windows Shield Protector Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
%AppData%\[random].exe

Delete Registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = %UserProfile%\Application Data\[random].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msascui.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ekrn.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\egui.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = '%UserProfile%\Application Data\.exe'

Remove Folders and Files
%AppData%\[random].exe