FakeAlert Trojan/Virus removal

Personal Shield Pro is a fake security tool which you should remove immediately because its unable to detect, and, of course, remove threats from the system. The purpose of this rogue is to scare you by using misleading methods such false scan results and and then convince you to purchase full version of the software.

Like other rogues, Personal Shield Pro malware is usually distributed with the help of trojans or through browser security holes. Once installed, this malware will be configured to run automatically every time, when computer loads. Next, Personal Shield Pro will start a scan of your computer for supposed spyware and malware and displays a list of the items found.

After that it will offer to delete the infected files, but to do so, you need to register the rogue antispyware software. For this you need to pay about 60 dollars. Doing this is not necessary since the scan results is a fake, so you can freely ignore them.

While Personal Shield Pro malware is running, it will bombard your PC with annoying popups and fake security warnings claiming that the system is infected with all sorts of malicious software. An example:

Warning! Virus invasion detected!
Found virus activity

Of course, all of these alerts, like false scan results, are a just another attempt to scare you into thinking your computer in danger. So, you can safety ignore them.

From the above, obviously, Personal Shield Pro is a dangerous program, whose presence on your computer is absolutely undesirable. You need as quickly as possible to remove this fake antivirus. To do this, use the instructions below to help you remove Personal Shield Pro malware from your computer for free.

Automatic removal instructions for Personal Shield Pro

1. Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking.
1.1 Restart your computer. After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, press F8. Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear.

1.2 Select “Safe mode with networking” and press Enter.

2. Remove Personal Shield Pro and associated malware.
2.1 Download Malwarebytes Anti-malware or SuperAntispyware.
2.2 Install it.
2.3 Perform a full scan. The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.
2.4 Remove what it found.
2.5 Reboot your computer.

If you need a help with the instructions, ask a question in the Spyware removal forum.

Associated Personal Shield Pro files and registry keys:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM].exe (Windows XP)
C:\ProgramData\[RANDOM].exe (Windows Vista/7)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run | [RANDOM].exe

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