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Hi,
Shield has never put in hundreds of autoload option in the plugin, ever. We’ve always grouped our plugin options in arrays stored them in the DB to reduce the number of entries in the DB. So if you’re seeing “hundreds”, then you’re attributing something to Shield that isn’t Shield.
There could well be options leftover from years ago, particularly if you removed Shield without the “Delete on Deactivate” option enabled. In that case, look for options with icwp-wpsf- or icwp_wpsf_ in the name and that would indicate a Shield option.
Also, installing Shield’s latest version today won’t necessary remove options from earlier versions of Shield as the structure of how Shield store options has changed quite a lot.
I hope that helps.