Remove Shopping Blast Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Shopping Blast can cause a lot of trouble to your system because this program is classified as adware. The application is another tool that is supposed to help computer users save time and money when they buy things online, but unfortunately it cannot be trusted. You can be certain that Shopping Blast will not provide you with any useful deals, on the contrary it may compromise your virtual security and for this reason the application has to be removed from the system. The greatest threat is delivered to users with the help of the numerous Shopping Blast ads which you should avoid clicking. Keep in mind that the developers of Shopping Blast are not stupid and that they will try to deceive you by presenting you with tempting offers. You should know that this is all just a scam and that Shopping Blast ads cannot be trusted. Therefore, it is essential to get rid of the unreliable application displaying dangerous ads as soon as possible.

How did I get infected with?

Shopping Blast will start harassing you shortly after you install one or more free applications on your PC. This adware program is known to be distributed bundled with freeware, but not with any kind of freeware. We are not referring to popular applications distributed officially by their creators, but to unknown programs that are promoted at infamous file sharing websites. These websites could be Brothersoft.com, Cnet.com, or others. When you download freeware from such websites, you also acquire a number of additional programs that are usually adware and browser hijackers. During one of the installation steps you will be asked to agree to the setup of additional applications, which you should not do. However, most of the times users skip that part because they are not bothered to read all the information provided. This allows the unwanted programs to get installed automatically, and all the annoying ads start appearing. If you have the habit of installing dubious freeware and hurrying through the setup process, it is time to change that for the sake of your virtual security.

Why are these ads dangerous?

You will easily recognize which ads belong to the Shopping Blast application because they are labeled as “Ads by Shopping Blast”, “Brought by Shopping Blast”, or something similar. Thus, you will know exactly which ads to ignore, although we would advise you to ignore all random pop-ups you come across. You should do that because adware applications serve dubious third parties whose primary goal is to spread malware and to get a hold of your bank account information. Clicking ads by Shopping Blast will send you to websites belonging to those third parties. On these websites you may be asked to provide some personal information to take part in a quiz for example, or you might be offered an item at an exclusive price which will turn out to be fake. You might also be offered to download some supposedly useful app, which will surely be malicious. For all the reasons mentioned, we hope you realize how important it is not to interact with Shopping Blast ads. You should also not settle for ignoring them, but should do your best to remove the application from the computer right away.

How Can I Remove Shopping Blast Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Shopping Blast 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 Shopping Blast from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Shopping Blast from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Shopping Blast from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Shopping Blast from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Shopping Blast 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 Shopping Blast 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 Shopping Blast 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.