What is eShield?

eShield – is a program that comes to your computer in the form of an extension to the browser. eShield can hijack the popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The main objective in eShield – is to promote the products and services of partner sites and companies. Once it infects a computer, it displays the countless banners, coupons, pop-ups and stuff. eShield may seem a useful program, but it is not. eShield can offer you those products that do not exist. eShield also collects information about your browsing and other private data. Because of this, this potentially unwanted software can continuously display advertising during your browsing. eShield significantly reduces the performance of your PC. It can change your browser settings, home page, and more. eShield – this is a very malicious program, so you should remove it immediately.

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How eShield gets on your PC?

Programs, that are among the potentially unwanted programs come bundled with free software. Typically, such programs penetrate the PC without the user’s consent. Because of this, many users do not realize that a computer is infected with malware and the PC is at great risk. However, it is worth noting that the main reason for such penetrations – carelessness user. People do not read the terms and conditions during the installation of free software. It was there that may contain consent to install PUP. Also, during the installation, ensure that the installer did not offer you a third-party software. To prevent such problems, you should always follow the installation process, read the terms and conditions, do not agree to install additional software, and select Advanced type of installation. If eShield has already penetrated into your computer, you can use the instructions below.

How to remove eShield from your computer?

To uninstall eShield remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have eShield in their database. You can try to use them for removing eShield.

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You can try both of these products to remove eShield

Or uninstall eShield manually.

Removing from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find eShield.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find eShield and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find eShield, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

After that remove eShield from your browser.

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find eShield.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose eShield.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable eShield.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

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Written by Rami Douafi

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