Virus Shield 2009
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| Threat Level: | 100 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 54 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
| Last Seen: | May 2, 2024 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Virus Shield 2009 Image
Virus Shield 2009 is a rogue anti-spyware application created by the same authors as Virus Doctor, Virus Melt and Virus Sweeper. Virus Shield 2009 can be downloaded from a malicious website that advertises rogue anti-spyware programs or a Trojan infection. Usually the Trojan infection that installs Virus Shield 2009 comes from a fake video codec or browser security hole. Virus Shield 2009 carries out various malicious actions affecting your ability to determine if your system needs to be rid of several parasites. Virus Shield 2009 is offered as a full version that purportedly claims to be able to remove the infections. It has been determined, Virus Shield 2009 is not able to legitimately detect or remove any type of computer infection including viruses, spyware, trojans or other known malware infections.
Virus Shield 2009, once installed on your system, displays fake alert messages similar to the following:
"System Alert
malicious applications, which can contain trojans, were found on your PC and need to be immediately removed. Click here to remove these potentially harmful items using Virus Shield."
Virus Shield 2009 has been known to continue to display messages similar to the one above in hopes that you purchase a full version of Virus Shield 2009. Do not give into these illicit tactics. Removal of Virus Shield 2009 is recommended to eliminate the risk of damage to your system.
Table of Contents
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Virus Shield 2009
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 767479524b581bc652080cdd7e9d19cc3a6738b2df1176fe9cb7cf2e9f4d2e89.exe | 01508519249f264cb2ccadfb0308acb5 | 2 |
| 2. | 3e0057cc50693b1390e30755bf03ae456f0cf289933350bc1ab2e0dcaaf683ea.exe | af73e78a21e703f08f353438f3eb5eb8 | 2 |
| 3. | VSaf25.exe | 104c3ea62af8f21f36e0d7ddc0057c01 | 0 |
| 4. | VS7e43.exe | 08588cb2233267312748fc1373a09cb6 | 0 |
| 5. | ActivatedSetupReleaseXP[1].exe | 43591034200981960ddd102acc15b3b3 | 0 |
| 6. | VShield.exe, ReleaseXP[1].exe | bb4058a39110c2afba0f4fc18b4252c2 | 0 |
| 7. | VShield.exe | 2999fb7beaffa358e587a7cb1e3af83f | 0 |
| 8. | VS12e3.exe | 38f4693d23100a8081fe494467a30515 | 0 |
| 9. | VS78c6.exe | f32f6c13a29c0dfeb674dd86cec8ae8f | 0 |
Directories
Virus Shield 2009 may create the following directory or directories:
| %AppData%\Virus Shield 2009 |
URLs
Virus Shield 2009 may call the following URLs:
| virusshield2009.com |
Messages
The following messages associated with Virus Shield 2009 were found:
| Critical System Error! System detected virus activities. They may cause critical system failure. Please use antim alware softwar |
