How to Remove Alpha Shoppers Malware

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There are numerous apps that, supposedly, help you save money when shopping online. Alpha Shoppers is one such application. Unfortunately, it is not the useful tool it pretends to be. Security researchers have classified this program as malware. This nasty program has hidden functions which can ruin your browsing experience in seconds. Following a successful installation, the Alpha Shoppers malware takes over all installed web browsers. That is right, the furtive app scans your computer and affects each and every installed browser. The malware uses a pay-per-click scheme to generate revenue for its owners. Basically, when you click on an advert provided by Alpha Shoppers, its owners get paid. And so, the malware turns your browser into an ad-displaying device. The nasty parasite injects various adverts on every website you open. Banners, sliding panels, pop-ups, in-text ads. You name it. Every time you as much as touch your browser, dozens of coupons and discounts cover your screen. The experience is not pleasant. It will worsen if you don’t take action against the intruder. As the time passes, the Alpha Shoppers malware gets more aggressive. It will drown you in a sea of advertisements. The nasty pest will redirect your browser to sponsored pages. Every time you try to follow a link, the malware will open pop-ups. It will even pause your online videos for commercial breaks. This aggressive advertising, however, has a price. Your browser will eventually fail to keep up with the malware. The more ads you see, the more unresponsive your browser will become. It will start to freeze and crash frequently. How do you imagine getting any work done in such conditions? Prevent this scenario from unfolding. Remove the Alpha Shoppers malware now!

How did I get infected with?

The Alpha Shoppers app has an official download page in the Chrome Web Store. Some third-party websites also promote the utility. Apart from these obvious methods, the app spreads via trickery. This nasty parasite cannot infect your computer by itself. It needs your permission to enter your device. But do you remember allowing it on board? We won’t be surprised if you don’t! The Alpha Shoppers malware is a master deceiver. The parasite uses other programs’ payload files to reach its victims. The so-called bundling technique is the number one cause of malware infections. Numerous software developers attach extra apps to the payload files of their programs. If you don’t pay attention to the installation of a bundle, you will end up with programs you don’t need. Be very careful what you are giving your approval to. The extras, more often than not, are malicious. To block their installation, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Under it, you will be presented with a list of all extras that are about to be installed. Deselect all unwanted apps. Don’t be careless. If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation. Freeware, spam emails, corrupted links, bogus updates. All these methods will fail if you do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The Alpha Shoppers malware is not only intrusive. It is also very dangerous. The parasite jeopardizes your privacy. From the moment it has entered your OS, the nasty pest is spying on you. That is right, spying. This program monitors your browsing-related data. It knows your every online move. Which websites you visit, which links you follow, what videos you watch. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you from the malware. There is nothing private anymore. The nasty parasite has access to your private information. You wouldn’t wish for such data to become a possession of cybercriminals, would you? That is what will happen if you don’t take action against the malware. The owners of the malware sell access to the collected information. All sorts of crooks use the Alpha Shoppers app and its resources to target potential victims with deceptive content. They use the collected information to create customized adverts for their individual victims. If you have the misfortune to click on a corrupted ad, you may end up on a scam or even infected website. There are numerous online frauds. With the Alpha Shoppers utility on board, you are very likely to end up on some of them. This furtive parasite exposes you and your PC to giant risk. Protect yourself! Remove the intruder ASAP!

How to Remove Alpha Shoppers virus

The Alpha Shoppers infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Alpha Shoppers 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: Track down Alpha Shoppers in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Alpha Shoppers startup location

STEP 3: Delete Alpha Shoppers traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Alpha Shoppers in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Alpha Shoppers startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Alpha Shoppers virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Alpha Shoppers traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Alpha Shoppers by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Alpha Shoppers

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Alpha Shoppers, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Alpha Shoppers argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Alpha Shoppers Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.