Remove Awesome Shoppers Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Awesome Shoppers is a hazardous adware. It’s considered a potentially unwanted adware program, which you should remove from your system as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Don’t delay deleting the tool or you’ll regret it. Why? Well, for starters, the program will make your life a lot harder. It’s one of those intrusive malicious applications, which start wreaking havoc as soon as they settle on your PC and don’t stop until you forcibly remove them. So, get ready for experiencing an ever-growing pile of troubles, which will get bigger and bigger with each day until you finally delete Awesome Shoppers. The PUP exhibits all of the traits correspondent to adware. It bombards you with pop-up advertisements incessantly. The ads, in turn, lead to frequent system crashes and slow down your computer’s performance to a crawl. And, the absolute cherry on top is the security risk and the malware threat you’d be presented with, due to the application’s presence. Does either one of these sound like pleasant experiences? Do you think anything good will come from Awesome Shoppers continuing its stay on your computer? If you answered ‘Yes,’ think again. The negatives far outnumber the positives when it comes to this PUP. Delete it the very first chance you get, because if there’s one thing for sure, it’s that there’s nothing awesome about Awesome Shoppers.

How did I get infected with?

Don’t be surprised if you suddenly find yourself stuck with Awesome Shoppers and not knowing when, why, or how. It’s a common practice for adware tools to sneak into users’ computers undetected. To do so, they’ve come up with an entire myriad of methods of invasion. However, each of them preys on your carelessness, haste, and naivety. Why? Well, because if you do not explicitly agree to the installation of the application, it cannot enter your system. That’s a rule almost all malware are bound by, which is why they’ve found a loophole, even though it’s not a loophole per se. Confused? Don’t worry. It gets clearer. Adware tools are masters in the arts of slyness and are willing to resort to every trick in the book to get you to give them the green light. Adware like Awesome Shoppers doesn’t openly ask for your approval but does so covertly. More often than not, it dupes you by using freeware as a shield to hide behind. So, while you’re going through its install process, Awesome Shoppers slips right through the cracks your distraction provided. Freeware is possibly the easiest way into your PC since most users rush its installation and don’t even read the terms and conditions. They just agree to everything and pray for the best outcome. That’s a horrendous strategy. Instead of hoping for the best, do your due diligence and thoroughly familiarize yourself with what the tool is asking you to agree to. That way, you won’t accidentally open the door for adware.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Do you wish to know why Awesome Shoppers floods you with so many pop-ups? Oh, yes. There IS a reason for that. After all, it’s not for not. Behind the endless hoards of advertisements hides the tiny, little, miniscule detail that the program is ad-supported. For those of you, who are unsure of what that means exactly, let’s elaborate. Awesome Shoppers is supported by unknown third parties. If it’s to continue its existence, it has to produce profits for these people to stop them from taking it down. The tool is required to generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue to ensure its continuation. It does that with the help of its ads. And, if it fails, it falls into oblivion. That’s why the application makes sure not to fail. It does its homework on you, instead of relying on luck. Since the advertisements are imperative for the program’s survival, it makes sure to flood you with the right ones. That’s right. You only see specially selected ads and not random ones. Remember how it was mentioned that he PUP does its homework on you? Well, it monitors your browsing habits to determines what you like and what appeals to your unique interests. When it learns what your preferences include, t picks the ‘proper’ advertisements to display, and bombards you with them. Unfortunately, it doesn’t stop at only observing you. The adware also catalogs every move you make online, and then sends the collected data to the unknown individuals behind it. After these strangers have it, they can use it as they see fit with no regard for your best interests. Think long and hard before you decide whether Awesome Shoppers is worth the gamble. Remember, apart from everything else, your personal and financial information are on the line.

How Can I Remove Awesome Shoppers Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Awesome 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: Uninstall Awesome Shoppers from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Awesome Shoppers from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Awesome Shoppers from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Awesome Shoppers from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Awesome Shoppers 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 Awesome Shoppers 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

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

• choose a preferred name.

• 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

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

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

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

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

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Awesome Shoppers 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.