My Security Shield

My Security Shield Description

My Security Shield tries to look like a real anti-malware program, but My Security Shield’s functions are strictly devoted to creating junk files and making hoax displays of fake infection results. This rogue anti-malware program shares many traits in common with other malware, since My Security Shield is based off of preexisting rogue anti-malware threats – My Security Shield will corrupt the Windows registry, force imitation scans that always return poor results and pester you into ‘registering’ My Security Shield. My Security Shield has no purpose being on anyone’s PC, let alone purchased, since My Security Shield’s functions are only irritants at best and security risks at worst!

My Security Shield’s Malware that Makes Its Own Infections

My Security Shield is closely related to such previous rogue anti-malware threats as Virus Doctor, Security Master AV and My Security engine; all these applications share behavior and coding even if their names and appearances differ. Most rogue anti-malware applications add entries to the registry to run during system startup, and My Security Shield follows in this path worn by My Security Shield’s predecessors. Any computer that has a My Security Shield infection will probably be forced into letting the rogue anti-malware product go through a show of a system scan after each reboot.

My Security Shield also uses error messages like the following to supplement My Security Shield’s scans:

Warning! Virus detected
Threat Detected: Trojan -PSW.VBS.Half
Description: This is a VBScript-virus.

It steals user’s passwords.

Warning! Access conflict detected!
An unidentified program is trying to access system process address space.
Process Name: AllowedForm
Location: C:\Windows\…\notepad.exe

Warning! Identity theft attempt detected
Memory access problem
WindowsErrorForm has encountered a problem at address 0x1FC408.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
If you see this error again, operational information can be irrevocably lost.

There are no unidentified programs, viruses or other threats on your system, however… at least, none that My Security Shield can detect! In fact, My Security Shield will actually create useless files in your %UserProfile%\Recent\ folder just so it has something to declare to be an infection. After all that, it should be obvious that deleting My Security Shield, not purchasing it, is what you need to do if it’s invaded your hard drive.

Punishing My Security Shield for Its Intrusion

Any machine running Windows 2000, 9x, Vista or Windows 7 is at risk of infection by My Security Shield. Removing My Security Shield should be done only after My Security Shield and any other malware are all shut down, since active malware can bypass standard quarantine and deletion procedures.

The majority of rogue anti-malware applications are delivered by Trojans, so keep one eye peeled for other malware while you get rid of My Security Shield. Kicking one problem out while missing the other may only require you to go through the entire process again when the Trojan drops a second rogue anti-malware threat.

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My Security Shield Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)

Technical Details

Visual & GUI Characteristics

Registry Modifications

• The following newly produced Registry Values are:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}My Security Shield

Additional Information

• The following messages's were detected:
  

  #	Message
  1	Warning! Virus detected Threat Detected: Trojan-PSW.VBS.Half Description: This is a VBScript-virus. It steals user's passwords. Memory access problem WindowsErrorForm has encountered a problem at address 0x1FC408. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you see this error again, operational information can be irrevocably lost.

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