WINDOWS WEB SHIELD REMOVAL GUIDE

Does Windows Web Shield pop up on your computer without your permission? Is it a reliable security program? Watch out! This is a newly-released rogue program aiming to attack computers with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating system. This fake antispyware can display fake error message and trick users into paying a useless product. Don’t be fooled by that. Take measure to remove it as quickly as you can.

Windows Web Shield Virus Description:

Windows Web Shield is defined as a harmful rogue program that may seem to be a common antivirus program, but actually it can only detect infections you don’t have and mislead victims to pay for a full version of the scam. This rogue program also comes from the infamous Rogue.FakeVimes family just like the previous virus called Windows Web Shield. It is designed by cyber criminals with the goal to trick affected computer users into thinking their PCs have been infected with numerous PC threats and convince them to buy a commercial version. In reality, this program is a fraudulent overall product, it contains no ability to detect or remove any viruses in your computer but just keeps showing you false positive, misleading you to give out your bank information.

Now this fake antivirus product aims to attack PCs running with Windows operating systems which include Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Probably it comes from untrusted email resources. If a user accidentally downloads or opens untrusted emails, especially opens the spam e-mails attachments, this virus can immediately install on the target computer even you may already have powerful antivirus program like Norton, AVG or Avast protected. Another chance you may get infected with this virus is from dangerous pop-up ads or freeware. These ads or freeware are always attracting and inexperienced PC users are easy to be tricked to click on them or download them, therefore, it helps Windows Defence Unit malware get into the computer and start its malicious activities.

Once this rogue program is activated, it can disable any security software on the infected computer as well as interfere with your web browser and your file. It pops up as soon as computer starts up, and then it automatically scans your computer just like a real PC cleaner, telling you that a number of viruses are detected and needed to be removed. But that’s only what the whole process looks like, this program cannot reflect how your computer is functioning and whether it has viruses or not. Those results showing on the bogus scan are not real. In fact, the real threat to your computer’s security is Windows Defence Unit itself. It uses a potent combination of misleading attacks against your PC to encourage you to spend money on a fake ‘full’ version of its software. And of course, the so-called registration requires a credit card payment, which puts the victim at risk for identity theft and credit card fraud, including the money that the victim loses from paying for this useless application. Hence, if you find this fake anti-spyware pops up on your computer without your permission, ignore it and most importantly you have to get rid of it for good.

How Can This Virus Damage the Infected Computer?

The rogue program is able to modify the system settings on the infected computer, it can stop the PC user from opening all the security programs, that means your anti-virus program, firewall and other protection can be closed completely. The virus also has the ability to create fake virus warning frequently which makes the PC users annoyed, when the time goes by, Windows Web Shield will stop all the .exe processes like Internet Explorer from running at all, each time when the PC users want to open .exe process or go online, the rogue program will pop up and prevent they from doing this. Cyber criminals will even have the chance to remote access the infected computer for their malicious purpose. Personal information, important data and files can be the target of the cyber criminals, the whole computer will be in a high-risk situation due to this rogue nasty program.

Symptoms of The Rogue Antispyware:

PC users will encounter lots of troubles with this Windows AntiVirus Suite rogue once it’s successfully installed. The scam malware comes onto your computer with misleading security alerts which will be constantly displayed on the screen to interrupt your actions. Those detected “potential threats” may not even exist. You may also find that the files or programs you try to open are often reported to contain viruses and are suggested to be deleted right away. Many users also experience a disconnect from the internet due to this rogue attack. Generally, the security setting is down and computer is vulnerable to unknown cyber threats. Hence, a complete uninstall of the rogue is necessary in keeping computer safe.

How To Remove Fake ”Windows Web Shield” Completely?

1. Check the virus icon on the desktop and then delete it.

This virus may add its own icon on your desktop without your permission, just delete the icon as soon as you detect it.

2. Try to Use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.

In some cases, this fake antivirus program can show up in Control Panel, then computer users can use generic removal procedures to uninstall it completely.

For Windows XP:

• Go to the Start menu icon and choose Control Panel.
• Go to Add or Remove Programs, click on the unwanted application and choose Remove.

For Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8:

• Go to the Start menu icon and choose Control Panel.
• View by: Category
• Choose: Uninstall a program. Then highlight Windows Web Shield and right-click it, choose: Uninstall

3. Remove all the contents related to Windows Web Shield Virus Manually.

Note: Manual removal requires at least some experience with the system, the registry, and other Windows components. If you make a mistake, your operating system might become unusable. If you need any further help, you can contact a PC expert by clicking the live chat button below.

Since this fake anti-virus software may block many executable programs from running, it’s difficult to proceed the removal processes while being constantly interrupted by the Windows Web Shield pop-up screen. To temporarily disable this rogue software from popping up, try to restart the infected computer into safe mode with networking first.

1. Reboot your computer to safe mode with networking. As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap “F8″ key constantly. Then log on to your computer with a user account that has administrator rights.

2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to quickly bring up Task Manager and check the suspicious processes, and then end them.

If the computer appears sluggish and takes forever to do anything, you may see a high number of running processes and CPU usage of 100%. CPU usage only drops to 0% when the system is idle, at any other time the running figure will be between these limits; the lower the usage the faster and more responsive the system will be. Most of time this virus process is random, users can google the suspicious process before taking action to end it.

3. Show hidden files and folders.

Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

3. Open Registry entries. Find out the malicious files and entries related to Windows Web Shield malware and then delete all.

Attention: Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

a. Press the “Start” button and then choose the option “Run”. In the “Open” field, type “regedit” and click the “OK”button.

b. All malicious files and registry entries that should be deleted:

%AllUsersProfile%random.exe
%CommonAppData%\[random]\[random].cfg
%Temp%\random.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random characters]”

Conclusion

Windows Web Shield is a fake virus scanner and it will run a scan automatically whenever you start Windows because it can be able to modify the registry entries. It fully takes control of your computer and declares that a great number of spyware and viruses are found in your computer after its automatic security scan, and then it panics the inexperienced users into believing the computer is at high risk and a ‘license’ is needed for protecting computer system in all aspects. Wasting your hard-earned dollars on a bogus product isn’t the only thing you need to worry about. There have been multiple reports from folks who fell for the scam only to end up with credit card charges much higher than expected – and often a series of fraudulent charges continue to appear on their statements. Hence, as soon as you detect this virus installed on your PC without your permission, the first thing you have to do is to ignore all the false messages and manually remove it from your computer.