it stores stuff in the registry for the settings (last window location, context menu and so on, also (optionally) it adds in the setting to autoload with windows, and stores the settings like which protections to scan for etc.. allowing you to customise its scanning depending on your needs), as for 'icons everywhere', it only makes 2 shortcuts on the desktop (only if it was not loaded from removable media), one for pid itself, the other for pid safe mode (which can be used to diagnose problems), and you can easily delete them.. or did you mean something else?
grabbing files now will check and report back soon
*edit* scan completed
[scan report]
Scanning -> W:\temp\crashpid\TWW.exe
File Type : 32-Bit Exe (Subsystem : Win GUI / 2), Size : 3070024 (02ED848h) Byte(s)
-> File has 3053128 (02E9648h) bytes of appended data starting at offset 04200h
[File Heuristics] -> Flag : 00000000000001001100001100010111 (0x0004C317)
[!] SolidShield EXE Wrapper detected !
- Scan Took : 0.891 Second(s)
Scanning -> W:\temp\crashpid\dvm.dll
File Type : 32-Bit Dll (Subsystem : Win GUI / 2), Size : 33530022 (01FFA0A6h) Byte(s)
-> File has 33224870 (01FAF8A6h) bytes of appended data starting at offset 04A800h
[File Heuristics] -> Flag : 00000000000001001100000100000100 (0x0004C104)
[!] SolidShield Core.dll [unknown version]
[i] Tages Setup Version: v5.5.7.2
- Scan Took : 0.641 Second(s)
all the other files had nothing, so the crash appears fixed, thanks for the report