What is ShieldRen.net? - How DO I Remove the ShieldRen.net?

It seems that my laptop has been infected a ShieldRen.net Virus. The scanning report of AVG says it's in my disc c somewhere. I followed the path and found the file but can't remove it. After I removed it then went back to that folder, I still found the virus and my anti-virus still kept opening that report to me and showed me the virus. How can I remove it if my AVG doesn't work?

What is ShieldRen.net?

ShieldRen.net is a dangerous Trojan infection that can target on computers with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7/8, in a word, this Trojan infection aims on all versions of Windows OS. Mostly, this Trojan can be spread from the Internet as cyber criminals who create this Trojan also have the ability to hack into many websites which can be used to hide this virus. Those hacked websites' servers are the best place for hackers to store this Trojan as people who visit the infected websites can get infected immediately. Other free programs that can be found online can also be used to spread this Trojan, as the Trojan makers can embed this infection to those freeware as publish them to many websites to let people to download. Inexperienced computer users usually download applications from unreliable resources which can increase the chance to make their computers get infected by different kinds of viruses. ShieldRen.net virus is usually installed with share programs or games that users downloaded from the Internet, or it can also be installed if users click hacked web sites or spam email attachments. ShieldRen.net corrupts your computer as other Trojan viruses do. It opens backdoors on target system, and injects other infections, viruses or malware programs into your computer through backdoors. What is worse, it is able to connect your computer to remote servers, helping hackers accessing into your computer remotely. Your personal information stored in your computer such as business files, photos, email passwords or financial accounts may be revealed to hackers in this case. Users have to remove Trojan Win32/Sirefef.GC virus as soon as possible to protect your computer and your personal information in this case.

How to Prevent ShieldRen.net? The precautions offered here are made according to the way ShieldRen.net spreads. Take a glance at the below list to make yourself informed: Install and regularly update genuine and powerful anti-virus programs, Firewall and programs providing Internet security aids. Run computer-friendly applications to repair bugs and errors. No visit to unknown websites and no casual trial of the latest products before careful examination. Never accept suspicious files through instant messages. Set the Security Level of instant chat tools as high. Use “Custom” installation method when installing a third-party program. Seldom use freeware/ shareware. Download and update programs from official web sites rather than random messages pop up from nowhere. Manual Removal Guides: 1.Reboot the PC and keep pressing F8 key on the keyboard upon PC startup but before logging in. Hit the arrow keys to choose "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then tap Enter key to enter Safe Mode with Networking.

2.Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this Trojan, the name of the process of it is random.

3.Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

4.Open Registry entries. Search malicious files and registry entries related to ShieldRen.net and then remove all of them.

5. Delete all add-ons related to ShieldRen.net from the browsers Google Chrome Click on wrench icon-> locate Tools-> click on Extensions-> click on the bin icon or uncheck the items related to ShieldRen.net.

Internet Explorer Click Tools>select "Manage Add-ons">"search providers">set Yahoo or other reputable search engine as your default one>go to "search results">remove its add-ons

Mozilla Firefox Click on Firefox button-> click on Add-ons-> search for all the extensions of ShieldRen.net from the list-> click on the Remove button on each line.

Conclusion

As the above mentioned, we learn that ShieldRen.net virus that is created by cyber hackers to corrupt your system and programs to make the targeted computer perform badly. Also, this Trojan may take every chance to take over your system and invade it aggressively out of control. After that, you may experience system crash and file missing problems. Moreover, other threats may sneak into your computer at the same time since your computer is targeted by the Trojan. What's worse? The Trojan may block your security protection to take effective. Since the antivirus software loses its functions, you'd better delete the Trojan in a manual way. To regain a clean computer, please download spyhunter.