Virus Shield 2009 Security Alert Description

“Virus Shield 2009 Security” Alert is a counterfeit security notification initiated by the rogue anti-spyware application called Virus Shield 2009. The “Virus Shield 2009 Security” Alert pop-up reads as follows:

“Security Alert
Detected security problems on your computer Spyware is software, which can gather information from user’s computer through Internet connection and send them to its creator. Gather information can be passwords, e-mail addresses and all that data, which is important for you.
WARNING! Your system is infected. It is necessary to improve PC security.”

This warning message serves as a scare tactic, used to intimidate the user into purchasing and downloading the fake spyware remover Virus Shield 2009.

Type: Fake Warning Messages

Automatic Detection of Virus Shield 2009 Security Alert

Virus Shield 2009 Security Alert has typically the following processes in memory:

• VShield.exe

Virus Shield 2009 Security Alert creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VShield.DocHostUIHandler
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3F2BBC05-40DF-11D2-9455-00104BC936FF}
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Virus Shield 2009″
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Virus Shield 2009
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform “69690903″

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