How to remove Winshield.today pop up [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The adware may insert a ton of pop ups directly to the web-pages that you visit, creating a sense that the advertising banners has been added by the creators of the web page. Moreover, a legal pop up may be replaced on the fake pop up, that will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful applications. Moreover, the ‘ad supported’ software has the ability to collect a lot of personal information about you (your ip address, what is a web page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the Web, which links you are clicking), which can later transfer to third parties.

The adware usually affects only the Google Chrome, FF, MS Edge and Internet Explorer by changing the browser’s settings or installing a malicious add-ons. Moreover, possible situations, when any other browsers will be affected too. The ad supported software will perform a scan of the computer for internet browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the internet browser shortcuts, it’ll add the argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you launch the internet browser, you will see an undesired Winshield.today page.

Instructions that is shown below, will help you to clean your machine from the adware as well as remove Winshield.today intrusive pop-ups from the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge and other web browsers.

Remove Winshield.today

Even if you’ve the up-to-date classic antivirus installed, and you’ve checked your PC for malicious software and removed anything found, you need to do the guide below. The Winshield.today popup removal is not simple as installing another antivirus. Classic antivirus software are not developed to run together and will conflict with each other, or possibly crash MS Windows. Instead we suggest complete the manual steps below after that use Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM), MalwareBytes or AdwCleaner, which are free software dedicated to detect and remove ‘ad supported’ software that redirects your web browser to intrusive Winshield.today page. Use these tools to ensure the ‘ad supported’ software is removed.

Manual Winshield.today pop-up removal

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually delete Winshield.today pop-ups from the Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Delete potentially unwanted applications through the Windows Control Panel

First, you should try to identify and uninstall the program that causes the appearance of intrusive popup or web browser redirect, using the ‘Uninstall a program’ which is located in the ‘Control panel’.

It will open the Windows Control Panel as displayed on the screen below.

Next, click “Uninstall a program”
It will show a list of all programs installed on your machine. Scroll through the all list, and delete any suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort programs by date in the Control panel.

Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Once installed, the adware can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you launch your computer, it will show Winshield.today intrusive page. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all harmful tasks that have been created by adware.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard at the same time. It will open a dialog box that called Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and press OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown in the figure below.

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be show just below automatically. Next, press the Actions tab. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something such as “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need remove this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it is a component of the adware, then this task also should be removed.

Further click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as on the image below.

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicious applications. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.

Remove Winshield.today redirect from Google Chrome

Reset Chrome settings is a easy way to remove the browser hijacker infections, malicious and ‘ad-supported’ extensions, as well as to recover the web-browser’s start page, newtab and default search provider that have been modified by ad supported software that causes multiple unwanted popups and pop-ups.

Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will open the drop-down menu. Next, press to “Settings” option.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as on the image below and press the “Reset settings” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.

Delete Winshield.today pop ups from Internet Explorer

If you find that IE browser settings like homepage, newtab and search provider by default having been replaced by adware that designed to redirect your web-browser to various ad web-pages such as Winshield.today, then you may restore your settings, via the reset internet browser procedure.

First, start the Internet Explorer, then press ‘gear’ icon . It will show the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web-browser, then press the “Internet Options” like below.

In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then click the “Reset” button. The IE will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box. Further, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, press the “Reset” button as displayed on the screen below.

After the process is finished, click “Close” button. Close the IE and restart your machine for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your browser’s homepage, newtab and default search provider to default state.

Get rid of Winshield.today pop ups from Mozilla Firefox

If your Firefox web browser is redirected to Winshield.today without your permission or an unknown search engine opens results for your search, then it may be time to perform the browser reset.

First, launch the Firefox. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will open the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button ().

In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed on the screen below.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to delete Winshield.today redirect

Once installed, this adware may add an argument such as “http://site.address” into the Target property of the desktop shortcut for the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE and Edge. Due to this, every time you launch the internet browser, it will open an undesired ad web-page.

Open the properties of the internet browser shortcut. Right click on the shortcut of infected web browser and select the “Properties” option and it will show the properties of the shortcut. Next, choose the “Shortcut” tab and have a look at the Target field as shown in the figure below.

Normally, if the last word in the Target field is chrome.exe, iexplore.exe, firefox.exe. Be sure to pay attention to the extension, should be “exe”! All shortcuts which have been changed by adware such as Winshield.today usually point to .bat, .cmd or .url files instead of .exe like below

Another variant, an address has been added at the end of the line. In this case the Target field looks like …Application\chrome.exe” http://site.address as displayed in the figure below.

In order to fix a shortcut, you need to insert right path to the Target field or remove an address (if it has been added at the end). You can use the following information to fix your shortcuts that have been modified by ‘ad supported’ software.

Google Chrome	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Firefox	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Internet Explorer	C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Opera	C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\launcher.exe
	C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe

Once is complete, press OK to save changes. Repeat the step for all browsers that are re-directed to the Winshield.today intrusive web site.

How to automatically get rid of Winshield.today popups

Run malicious software removal tools to get rid of Winshield.today redirect automatically. The freeware tools specially designed for hijackers, ad supported software and other potentially unwanted applications removal. These tools may remove most of adware from Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Edge. Moreover, it can remove all components of ad-supported software from Windows registry and system drives.

Get rid of Winshield.today popup with Zemana Anti-malware

Zemana Anti-malware highly recommended, because it can find security threats such adware and adwares that most ‘classic’ antivirus programs fail to pick up on. Moreover, if you have any Winshield.today redirect removal problems which cannot be fixed by this tool automatically, then Zemana Anti-malware provides 24X7 online assistance from the highly experienced support staff.

Now you can install and run Zemana Free to delete Winshield.today redirect from your web-browser by following the steps below:

Click the following link to download Zemana Free installer called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup on your computer.

Start the setup file after it has been downloaded successfully and then follow the prompts to install this tool on your machine.

During install you can change certain settings, but we recommend you do not make any changes to default settings.

When install is finished, this malware removal utility will automatically start and update itself. You will see its main window as shown below.

Now click the “Scan” button .Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) program will scan through the whole machine for the adware which designed to redirect your browser to various ad web sites such as Winshield.today. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your system and the speed of your personal computer. While the Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) program is scanning, you can see number of objects it has identified as threat.

After that process is finished, Zemana Free will display a scan report. Review the report and then press “Next” button.

The Zemana AntiMalware will begin to remove ‘ad supported’ software that causes undesired Winshield.today popup. Once the process is done, you can be prompted to restart your PC system to make the change take effect.

How to automatically remove Winshield.today with Malwarebytes

We suggest using the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your PC system of the ad-supported software. The free utility is an advanced malicious software removal program developed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular anti-malware technology. It’s able to help you delete intrusive Winshield.today redirect from your internet browsers, PUPs, malicious software, browser hijackers, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your personal computer for free.

Download MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) from the following link and save it to your Desktop.

Once downloading is complete, close all applications and windows on your system. Double-click the set up file called mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as displayed on the screen below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” which will help you install MalwareBytes Free on your machine. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.

Once install is finished successfully, click Finish button. MalwareBytes Free will automatically start and you can see its main screen as displayed in the figure below.

Now press the “Scan Now” button to start scanning your PC system for the adware that causes internet browsers to open undesired Winshield.today pop up. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your machine and the speed of your system. While the MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) application is checking, you may see count of objects it has identified as threat.

As the scanning ends, MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will open a scan report. When you’re ready, click “Quarantine Selected” button. The MalwareBytes will remove ‘ad supported’ software that causes annoying Winshield.today popups and move items to the program’s quarantine. After the cleaning process is complete, you may be prompted to reboot the system.

We recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) to remove adware, hijacker and other malicious software.

Scan and clean your computer of adware with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a free removal tool that may be downloaded and run to get rid of ‘ad supported’ software that redirects your browser to intrusive Winshield.today web site, hijackers, malware, potentially unwanted software, toolbars and other threats from your PC system. You can run this tool to find threats even if you have an antivirus or any other security application.

Download AdwCleaner utility by clicking on the link below. Save it on your Desktop.

After the downloading process is complete, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will start the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen like below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to open the application, press Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Scan” .AdwCleaner program will scan through the whole PC for the ‘ad supported’ software which created to redirect your web browser to various ad web-sites such as Winshield.today. While the AdwCleaner is scanning, you can see how many objects it has identified either as being malicious software.

After AdwCleaner has completed scanning your machine, AdwCleaner will show a screen which contains a list of malicious software that has been found as shown on the screen below.

When you’re ready, press “Clean” button. It will show a prompt. Click “OK” button. The AdwCleaner will remove adware that causes multiple unwanted popups and pop-ups and move threats to the program’s quarantine. After that process is finished, the tool may ask you to reboot your system. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will open the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video instructions.

Block Winshield.today pop-ups and other annoying sites

Running an adblocker application like AdGuard is an effective way to alleviate the risks. Additionally, ad blocker software will also protect you from malicious pop ups and web-pages, and, of course, block redirection chain to Winshield.today and similar web-sites.

Installing the AdGuard adblocker application is simple. First you will need to download AdGuard from the following link and save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.

After the download is complete, double-click the downloaded file to start it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as displayed on the screen below.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guidance as shown on the screen below.

Click “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick guide which will help you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and stop popup, web sites such Winshield.today, as well as other harmful or misleading web-sites. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which can be found on your desktop.

How can you prevent your PC from the attack of Winshield.today popups

The ad-supported software usually spreads bundled with certain free software that you download off of the World Wide Web. Once started, it will infect your machine and configure your web browsers to show a ton of annoying Winshield.today pop-up without your permission. In order to avoid infection, in the Setup wizard, you should be be proactive and carefully read the ‘Terms of use’, the ‘license agreement’ and other installation screens, as well as to always select the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ install mode, when installing anything downloaded from the Web.

Finish words

Now your computer should be clean of the ad supported software which designed to reroute your web browser to various ad web pages like Winshield.today. Uninstall AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop ups and annoying malicious pages) and Zemana (to periodically scan your machine for new malware, browser hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new ad-supported softwares, malicious software and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to delete Winshield.today pop-ups from your web-browser, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.