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Did you set the ALPHASHOPPERS.COM website as your new homepage or did it appear by itself? This website is often reported for suspicious behavior. Yet, it is not the page that is the problem. It is just a facade. An intrusive PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) is using it to announce its presence. The ALPHASHOPPERS.COM PUP is a nasty ad-generating tool. Once installed, it scans your computer for vulnerable web browsers. Unfortunately, there are no immune browsers. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge. The PUP can infect them all. The furtive app adds its malicious extension to your browsers and takes full control of them. It uses them to display numerous advertisements. The PUP injects various adverts on every website you open. Banners, hyperlinks, in-text ads. You name it. The app can also redirect your browser to sponsored websites and pause your online videos for commercial breaks. You will hate the experience. Websites that used to be ad-free are now heavy on coupons and discounts. The ads are so many that your browser struggles to display some pages correctly. It freezes and crashes frequently. On top of that, your Internet Connection is slower than usual. You should not put up with this situation. The ALPHASHOPPERS.COM PUP is removable. Follow our detailed removal guide or download an automated solution. You have options. Choose your removal method and act. The sooner you clean your computer, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The ALPHASHOPPERS.COM PUP has an official download in the Chrome Web Store. Some third-party websites also promote the app. Yet, most of its “users” have no idea how did it manage to enter their computers. The answer will surprise you. It was, actually, you the one who installed the app. This parasite is not an ingenious virus. It cannot install itself. Neither can it hack your computer. No, the PUP relies on trickery. It usually hitches a ride with other software and hopes for the best. Truth is, your caution could have prevented the infection. Don’t be harsh on yourself, though. You were cleverly deceived. Take this infection as a lesson in cybersecurity. Don’t let other parasites deceive you ever again. Whenever you are installing a program, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Under it, you will be given the opportunity to deselect all unwanted programs. Developers often attach additional tools to the payload files of their programs. If you select the Standard Setup, these extras will be installed automatically. Make sure you know what you are giving your approval to. If available, always select the Advanced option. Deselects all suspicious programs. Don’t let parasites like the ALPHASHOPPERS.COM PUP on board ever again.

Why is this dangerous?

The ALPHASHOPPERS.COM PUP is extremely annoying. It interrupts your daily web browsing. Every time you as much as touch your browser, the PUP covers your screen with numerous adverts. Yet, this parasite is not a simple nuisance. The ALPHASHOPPERS.COM PUP jeopardizes both your privacy and security. This furtive app collects information about your online habits. It knows which websites you visit, what search inquiries you make, what videos you watch. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you from the PUP. There is nothing private any longer. The parasites stores the collected data on a remote server and sells access to it. Anyone willing to pay can use the PUP and its resources to target you with customized marketing campaigns. All sorts of crooks take advantage. They use the PUP to spread misleading content. Think twice before you click on the next “great deal.” It might as well be corrupted. With the ALPHASHOPPERS.COM utility on board, you are far more likely to be redirected to bogus websites than to legitimate ones. The PUP is exposing you to countless online threats. You should not let this continue. Remove this intruder before it causes serious problems.

How to Remove ALPHASHOPPERS.COM virus

The ALPHASHOPPERS.COM 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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM 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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate ALPHASHOPPERS.COM startup location

STEP 3: Delete ALPHASHOPPERS.COM traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down ALPHASHOPPERS.COM 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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM 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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM 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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the ALPHASHOPPERS.COM 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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM

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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM, 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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM 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 ALPHASHOPPERS.COM 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.