How to remove Personal Shield Pro in your computer

Personal Shield Pro is a fake security tool which you should remove immediately because its unable to detect, and, of course, remove threats from the system. The purpose of this rogue is to scare you by using misleading methods such false scan results and and then convince you to purchase full version of the software.

When Personal Shield Pro is running, it blocks certain application on your computer, usually Task Manager, Registry editor, other system utilities and of course legitimate anti-malware software.

Solution 1:
1. Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking.
2. Download free anti-malware software from the list below and run a full system scan.

• MalwareBytes Anti-malware
• SUPERAntispyware
• Spybot S&D
• Hitman Pro 3.5
• Emsisoft HiJackFree
• a-squared HiJackFree

NOTE: in some cases the rogue program may block anti-malware software. Before saving the selected program onto your computer, you may have to rename the installer to iexplore.exe or winlogon.exe With all of these tools, if running Windows 7 or Vista they MUST be run as administrator. Launch the program and follow the prompts. Don't forget to update the installed program before scanning.

Solution 2:
Make sure that you can see hidden and operating system protected files in Windows.

NOTE: Under the Hidden files and folders section, click Show hidden files and folders, and remove the checkmarks from the checkboxes labeled:

• Hide extensions for know file types
• Hide protected operating system files

Click OK to save the changes.

1. Find Personal Shield Pro file(s).

WinXP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\
Win Vista/7 - C:\ProgramData\

2. Look for suspect ".exe" or ".pspro" files in the given directories depending on the Windows version you have.
NOTE: Basically, there will be a malicious ".pspro" file named with a series of numbers or letters.

3. Rename the file extension:

Example: Rename aYHmMJuqrr2.pspro to aYHmMJuqrr2.vir

4. Restart your computer. The malware should be inactive after the restart.

5. Open Internet Explorer. Download exe_fix.reg and run it. Click "Yes" to safe the changes.

6. Download free anti-malware software from the list below and run a full system scan.

• MalwareBytes Anti-malware
• SUPERAntispyware
• Spybot S&D
• Hitman Pro 3.5

Solution 3:
Personal Shield Pro associated files and registry values:
Just REMOVE and DELETE it.

Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].pspro
%Temp%\[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS]
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Personal Shield Pro.lnk

Windows Vista/7:
C:\ProgramData\[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
C:\ProgramData\[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].pspro

Registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].pspro"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pspro
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PSP
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe "Default" = 'PSP'

Resouces:

http://www.fakealerts.com/rogue-antispyware-fake-alerts/remove-personal-shield-pro-malware-700.html

http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-remove-personal-shield-pro.html

Emsisoft HiJackFree - http://freeofvirus.blogspot.com/2011/06/personal-shield-pro-removal-guide.html

a-squared HiJackFree - http://freeofvirus.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-kill-process-effectively.html