Uploaded August 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This is a self-help guide to removing the fake antimalware program "My Security Shield". Symptoms of a My Security Shield infection include, but is not limited to: a large fake scanner window, fake popup alerts, Taskmgr disabled, Google searches redirected, and other program problems.

Links

RKill:
bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic308364.html
download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/iExplore.exe

MBAM:
malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php

Microsoft Fix-It tool:
support.microsoft.com/kb/972034

If you wish, this guide can be used in Safe Mode:
computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm

After removal, if you feel this guide helped you, I appreciate donations:
malwareup.org/donate