This morning, when visit the shopping sites, I was interrupted by the messages promising that it is capable of providing me with best deals, and coupons. I was so exciting that I follow its suit to download it into my PC. However, when finishing the installation, my PC is chocked up with miscellaneous ads, and I am always forced to enter into ShopSafer.com. Who can tell me what is the matter with my PC?
What is ShopSafer?
ShopSafer promises that it affords to bring PC users with best deals, discounts, price comparisons, coupons, and other privileges. These advantages look so attractive that numbers of PC users download it. But, in fact, it is treated as a potentially unwanted program, namely adware. When it downloads in your PC successfully, what you fell is just troubles. So when meeting the similar software, you should be more careful and rational.
ShopSafer can generally land on PC furtively. Once you download and run it, it is able to show you numbers of ads, redirect you to ShopSafer.com, add additional extensions to browsers, as well as even collect and sell your personal information to cyber criminals.
In there, I only simply introduce its features and harms. But I will give comprehensive tips to guide against ShopSafer.
- Don’t trust any downloading websites offered by third party. If you want to download any software, or applications, you should go to the official websites.
- Please don’t trust and click the pop-ups and links recommended that typically bundled and attached with vicious links and program.
- Read clearly and exactly the instructions when installing applications into your PC.
- Fix the habit of updating security system and get rid of the old version and scan your PC periodically.
- Choose the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' installation options, rather than 'Typical' or 'Quick' when installing freeware and shareware.
How to Get Rid of ShopSafer
ShopSafer can give you more troubles than profit. As a result, you are intensively suggested to remove it from your computer as early as possible. Please pay attention to the following two guides to get rid of the adware.
Method A: Manually Remove ShopSafer
Method B: Automatically Remove ShopSafer
Method A: Manually Remove ShopSafer
Step1. End up all the processes of ShopSafer in Windows Task Manager
1. Go to Windows Task Manager by press Ctrl+Shift+Esc on the keyboard
2. Find the Process, look for all malicious processes related to ShopSafer, and then hit End process to delete all malicious processes and files.
Step2. Delete ShopSafer in registries.
1. Press “windows” + “R” to load the Run dialog box.
2. Type “regedit” in Runbox and clicking OK to open Registry Editor.
3. After Registry Editor, you can glance through all files in your computer, and then find out all listed hazardous items.
4. Right click on malicious items and click Delete to Remove.
Step3. Uninstall ShopSafer form your Control panel
For Windows 7
1. Click on Start button;
2. Hit Control Panel;
3. Switch to Uninstall a program;
4. Find out the malicious program;
5. Uninstall the unwanted software.
For Windows 8
1. Click on Start button;
2. Select Search from the list and search for “control panel”
3. Switch to Uninstall a program;
4. Find out the malicious program;
5. Uninstall the unwanted software.
For Windows XP
1. Click on Start button;
2. Press Control Panel;
3. Go to Add or Remove Programs;
4. Choose suspicious installer in the “Currently Installed Programs” window
5. Switch to Change or Remove
For Internet Explorer
1. Click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar;
2.. Press the Tools button;
3. Tap Manage add-ons.
4. Switch to All add-ons, and then select ShopSafer
5. Tap Remove and then tap or click Close.
6. Click Disable button.
Mozilla Firefox
1. Open Mozilla Firefox;
2. Go to the Help section;
3. Switch to Trouble shooting Information.
4. Select Reset Firefox
5. Click Finish.
Google Chrome
1. Open Google Chrome;
2. Click the Chrome menu button;
3. Select Tools, and then Extensions;
4. Find unknown extensions and remove them by clicking Recycle bin;
5. Hit Settings;
6. Show Advanced settings;
7. Reset browser settings and click Reset.
Note: If you are afraid that you may have a wrong step due to your carelessness when using the manual removal to get rid of ShopSafer, you can take consideration to adopt the automatic removal.
Method B: Automatically Remove ShopSafer
SpyHunter not only detects, removes and blocks spyware, rootkits, adware, trojans, worms and other malware, but give your computer a real-time protection. Therefore, it is good for you to install SpyHunter into your computer to get rid of ShopSafer.
Step1. Get rid of ShopSafer using SpyHunter
1. Press the following button to download SpyHunter here.
2. Click Run to install SpyHunter step by step.
3. Run the setup program and follow the installation steps until setup is complete.
4. Make SpyHunter scanning and detecting your PC systems automatically when ending up installing.
5. It costs some time for the first scan, and please wait patiently for the scanning result.
6. After SpyHunter detects all the threats in PC successfully, please check Select All, and then click Remove button to get rid of all threats in your PC.
Note: ShopSafer is a vicious adware program. If itching to improve your PC performance, you are suggested to download and install RegCure Pro.
Step2. Optimize your computer using RegCure Pro
2. Click Yes to download the files.
3. Scan computer system to find out suspicious files by going on Overview.
4. After scanning, you can find the malicious files or unwanted game software, which can be handled by clicking Fix.
