Search-shield.com is regarded as a browser hijacker that is mainly bundled with some unwanted programs, vicious threats, and malware. It means that Search-shield.com can attack your machine together with many other infections. Search-shield.com adware installs on your browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer as an extension, which is responsible for these ads by Search-shield.com popping up.
2. • Search-shield.com is regarded as a browser hijacker that is mainly
bundled with some unwanted programs, vicious threats, and malware.
It means that Search-shield.com can attack your machine together
with many other infections. Search-shield.com adware installs on your
browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer
as an extension, which is responsible for these ads by Search-
shield.com popping up.
3. • After Search-shield.com intrudes onto your machine, you should have
privacy concern for this virus can access to your browsing history and
others to collect your browsing information including visited websites,
bookmarks, and cookies. Furthermore, Search-shield.com may perform
more malicious tasks to damage your machine. It will alter the Start-up
items so that it can run on the backstage every time you bring up your
Windows. Sooner or later, the Internet speed and system performance
will be slowed down because the system resources are consumed
mostly.
4. • Asides from annoying ads by Search-shield.com, redirect problem, and
system malfunctions, Search-shield.com can trigger other problems to
damage the whole machine. If Search-shield.com hijacker is not
removed in the early time, it is very possible that the browser including
the system may be corrupted by it without doubt.
5. • It is related with some third party programs and just distributes nasty
advertisements. Search-shield.com may be bundled with some other
potentially unwanted programs or vicious threats. That is to say, you
are required to remove multiple applications from your computer if
you want to stop the abnormal symptoms. Moreover, Search-
shield.com can be a big threat to your privacy because it compromises
your web browser and record browsing data so as to obtain your
browsing habits. As return, it will provide you with some ads which are
related to your searches and keywords. Besides, if Search-shield.com is
not removed in time, it slows down the Internet speed as it takes up
many system resources to generate these ads. Let’s come to the
conclusion that Search-shield.com must be eliminated without delay.
7. • On Google Chrome
• Run Chrome > click Menu button> select More tools > click Extensions>
click the trash can icon of any extension you want to delete
8. • On Mozilla Firefox
• Run Firefox, click the “Menu” button> click the “Add-ons”
button> select Extensions or Add-ons panel >click Disable or Remove
button of any extension you want to delete
9. • On Internet Explorer
• Run Internet Explorer> click the gear menu >select “Manage add-
ons”>Select the unwanted extension and click the “Disable”
button
10. • On Microsoft Edge
• Edge browser doesn’t support extensions now, you can skip this step
and execute step 2 directly if you are a Microsoft Edge users.
11. • Step 2 – Uninstall Search-shield.com associated software from your
computer.
• No matter what Windows OS version you are using, you can use this
method to uninstall Search-shield.com related program.
• 1. Hold the Windows and “R”keys on your keyboard to open Run
window;
• 2. Type in appwiz.cpl and press ENTER key to view the programs list in
Control Panel;
• 3. Select Search-shield.com or any other suspicious software you want
to remove and click Uninstall.
12. • Step 3 Delete malicious registry entries added by Search-shield.com
and other infections from Registry.
• 1. Hold the Windows and “R”keys on your keyboard to open Run
window;
• 2. Type in “Regedit ” and press Enter;
• 3. Press CTRL and F keys together and type in the name of virus to
locate and delete its malicious files.
13. • If you cannot find out the files of Search-shield.com through this way,
please manually locate these entries on your own:
• HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion
Run “[random].exe”
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID[ virus name]
• HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAppDataLowSoftware virus name
• HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarerandom character
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm
• HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion
“[random character]”
14. • Important Note – Search-shield.com and its related infections are
capable of changing its name or entries in different computer, and it
can rename your crucial system file with “Search-shield.com” name,
thus you may delete wrong files and bring huge damage to your entire
system.
15. • Therefore, if you are not a experienced computer users good at solving
computer viruses, do not delete any registry file unless you can 100%
confirm it as virus’ entry. It’s strongly suggested use the Search-
shield.com auto removal tool in Tactic B to help you find and remove
all malicious files of Search-shield.com safely and quickly.
16. • FOR MORE DETAILS
• GO TO:
• http://guides.uufix.com/remove-search-shield-com-browser-hijacker-
removal-tutorial/
