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Shield Plus Cleaner Utility

Posted: August 31, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 92
First Seen: August 31, 2015
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Shield Plus Cleaner Utility, also known as Shield PC Cleaning Utility is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The Shield Plus Cleaner Utility may achieve this thanks to its questionable methods of propagation that may involve software bundling and stealth installation. The Shield Plus Cleaner Utility is advertised as a useful PC optimization tool that can help organize and clean the Windows Registry, free up disk space by removing unnecessary files, defragment the hard drive, and modify Windows start-up items. Older versions of Shield Plus Cleaner Utility might be distributed under the name Shield Plus Cleaner. The tool doesn't seem to be completely useless, but its trial version doesn't allow the user to perform any of the cleaning functions. Instead, they only get the chance to scan their computer and generate a cleaning report. If the user wants to have their computer cleaned, they need to pay for the full version of Shield Plus Cleaner Utility.

Shield Plus Cleaner Utility is known to sometimes over-exaggerate its reports in an attempt to urge users to purchase the full version of the software. All these minor issues affect the reputation of Shield Plus Cleaner Utility. Its functionality is questionable, and the propagation techniques it uses aren't common for legitimate applications. If you installed Shield Plus Cleaner Utility on purpose and you find the app helpful you have no reason to remove it, but if you find out that Shield Plus Cleaner Utility was installed without your knowledge, then removing it is strongly recommended.

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