Web Surf Shield virus Removal Guide

Web Surf Shield Virus is actually a Trojan infection that can modify your hosts file and then redirect you to predestined websites. Since this infection targets the hosts file directly, it does not matter which browser you use to access the Internet – Web Surf Shield Virus will affect them all. That is not to say that the infection redirects all of your browsing sessions, the truth is that Web Surf Shield Virus targets only particular websites, stops you from accessing them or simply redirects you to cheap copies of popular websites in attempt to collect your web browsing data or simply expose you to potential malware threats.

The problem is that, since Web Surf Shield Virus is a Trojan, it can hardly be removed manually, unless you are a computer security expert. Therefore, if you need to refer to professional antimalware applications in order to terminate Web Surf Shield Virus automatically and then make sure that there are no malicious files left which would allow this infection to regenerate itself. Also, you need to know what to look for, and how this infection manifests itself. For example, if you are trying to access such websites as Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, YouTube and so on, and you are being redirected to some unfamiliar page, then chances are that you really ARE infected with Web Surf Shield Virus.

Each time you try to access particular website listed in Web Surf Shield Virus setup, you will receive the following notification:

Web Surf Shield
Access to this page has been temporarily blocked. Please take time to download our web shield update below. You can continue assessing this site after installing this update. Thank you.

It shows that Web Surf Shield Virus wants to make you think that a particular website is infected and you need to update your security software in order to access it. Nevertheless, downloading the “update” file Web Surf Shield Virus offers you would lead to no good, as you would either be asked to pay some money, or even more malware would be installed on your computer. What is more, Web Surf Shield Virus may also expose you to corrupted online surveys or you could be redirected to other unreliable websites.

In short, Web Surf Shield Virus exposes you to a number of security risks, and in the long run you would end up with a serious malware infection on your computer lest you remove Web Surf Shield Virus right now.

Therefore, run a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner, to determine which files need to be deleted at once. Needless to say, that you can fix your hosts file manually as well, but that DOES NOT guarantee that the infection will be removed from your system. The files will remain and it is very likely that Web Surf Shield Virus will come back at you in no time. Hence, acquire a licensed computer security application which will help you to make sure that your computer is absolutely safe.