Remove Easy Shopper Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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On theory, Easy Shopper is a program that improves your online shopping experience. On practice, though, this thing injects your browsers with unreliable, unsafe, unwanted commercials. It also serves as a back door to malware, slows down the PC speed, disrupts your overall Internet activities and spies on your personal information. Do you still believe in the parasite’s bogus functionality? The only thing Easy Shopper provides is easy access to cyber trouble. It was never supposed to help you save time or money so keeping it on board would be a serious mistake. The virus was classified as adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Now, even though adware is considered to be the least virulent type of infection out there, it’s still an infection. That means the more time Easy Shopper manages to spend on board, the more damage it could cause you. Therefore, are you going to take action and remove this pest? Or, are you going to ignore the problem and hope that Easy Shopper will just delete itself? Taking care of your machine is your responsibility and yours only. By ignoring the virus you’re practically allowing it to wreak havoc. Once Easy Shopper invades your PC, it immediately adds a malicious browser extension. This way you’re forced to deal with irritating pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, interstitials, etc. on every single website you visit. Such situation is an unpleasant one, to put it mildly. Apart from the obvious fact you can no longer surf the Web, you have to remember that Easy Shopper’s ads are dangerous as well. The program itself comes for free; its developers use the pay-per-click mechanism to gain profit. Obviously, as long as hackers get paid, their parasite will keep on generating both real and fake commercials. If you’re unlucky enough to click a corrupted web link disguised as some alluring commercial, you might be automatically installing malware. Keep in mind that there are dangerous links among Easy Shopper’s ads. Clicking any of them is an extremely ill-advised thing to do as it could bring upon you further damage. Logically, this never-ending parade of various ads in various shapes leads to a poor PC performance; it also causes your browsers to start crashing/freezing. Just to top it all, Easy Shopper attempts to spy on your private data. Usually the virus collects browsing history, search queries, passwords, usernames, etc. which hackers use later on to gain more revenue. You should know that crooks have many monetizing platforms online to choose from and every single one of them jeopardizes your safety. To regain control over your infected machine, you have to tackle the parasite.

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How did I get infected with?

Probably the most commonly used infiltration method at the moment is bundling. So, in case you’ve recently downloaded some questionable programs off of the Internet, there’s a great possibility that Easy Shopper was attached to them. Always watch out for potential threats when you install freeware or shareware bundles. It is in your best interest to pay attention to your computer on time because removing a virus is a lot more problematic than preventing installation. Stay away from unverified bundles and opt for the Custom/Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. This way you will be able to spot (and deselect) any sneaky piece of malware in the bundle. You should also check out the EULA (End User License Agreement) or Terms and Conditions of the programs you install. Many PC users skip this step and aim straight for the “I accept” button. However, don’t you think it’s a good idea to be aware what you accept? All you have to do in order to protect your machine, safety and privacy is to be more cautious online. Other popular distribution methods are spam messages from unknown senders, spam email-attachments, unreliable third-party advertisements, illegitimate websites, etc. Remember, paying attention to your computer could save you quite a headache later on.

Why are these ads dangerous?

The pesky Easy Shopper’s ads exhibit numerous malicious traits. For one thing, they get generated by a PC infection that slithered onto your machine via stealth. Once Easy Shopper lands on board, there’s no getting rid of pop-ups. As we mentioned already, the reason why you’re now bombarded with these incredibly questionable ads has nothing to do with your shopping experience. On the other hand, it certainly has a lot do to with hackers’ profit. Thanks to the browser extensions or add-on installed by Easy Shopper, all your browsers are unreliable. That includes Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Regardless of what your favorite browser is, no matter which website you visit, the pop-ups will be there waiting for you. There is no doubt that some of these commercials are immensely dangerous and could be leading you to practically any website – corrupted or not. It’s highly recommended to avoid all commercials, coupons, discounts and other similar, equally tricky web links you may come across. To uninstall this  nuisance manually, please follow the detailed removal guide that you’ll find down below.

How Can I Remove Easy Shopper Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Easy Shopper infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Uninstall Easy Shopper from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Easy Shopper from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Easy Shopper from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Easy Shopper from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

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Type “Appwiz.cpl

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Locate the Easy Shopper program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Easy Shopper from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

  • In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
  • Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
  • If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
  • Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

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  • If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
  • go to settings – Add person

  • choose a preferred name.

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  • then go back and remove person 1
  • Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

  • Open Firefox
  • Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
  • Disable and remove any unknown add on
  • Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

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  • Then Troubleshoot information
  • Click on Reset Firefox

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Remove from Internet Explorer

  • Open IE
  • On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
  • Go to Toolbars and Extensions
  • Disable any suspicious extension.
  • If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
  • On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
  • Click on Internet options

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  • Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

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  • Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

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  • Close IE

Permanently Remove Easy Shopper Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.

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