Remove ShoppingDay Adware

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ShoppingDay is a sham program. According to its developers, it’s an amazing and useful tool. But, in reality, it’s a hazard. ShoppingDay is an adware application. Despite the pose of usefulness, it’s malicious and dangerous. The program claims to save you money. Oh, yes! Supposedly, it improves your online shopping experience. It claims to provide you with various coupons. As well as, offer information on the best online sales. It clues you into where you can find the deals and bargains. Thus, as consequence, helps you save money. And, who wouldn’t enjoy that? Every online shopper wants to save. But here’s the thing. In the case of ShoppingDay, that’s nothing but a front. It’s the sugary layer of advertisement. Look past the smoke and mirrors of marketing, and you’ll see the program for what it is. A deceitful and useless cyber threat. ShoppingDay does NOT seek to help you. It seeks to exploit you, and your naivety. The question is, will you let it? Or, would you rather, protect yourself from its hazardous clutches? Rid yourself of its influences, and get rid of it ASAP. Once you become aware of its existence, act against it. Discover its exact hiding place on your PC. And, remove it. The sooner, the better.

How did I get infected with?

Adware application are conniving. They use trickery and deceit to get you to say YES. For if one is to enter your PC, it needs your YES. Confused? Well, it’s rather simple. Adware applications have to ask you, the user, if you agree to install them. Only if you do, can they proceed with the install process. They can’t have you denying them access. So, to avoid that, they make sure to ask the proper way. The way, which entails affirmation, and not rejection. They turn to slyness and subtlety. The same applies for ShoppingDay. It’s no exception. Yes, ShoppingDay does seek your consent on its entry. But it does it in the sneakiest way possible. Like, pretending to be a system or program update. If you’re not vigilant enough to spot the deception, that’s it. You end up with an infection. The adware can also hide behind freeware. That’s why, it’s crucial to do your due diligence when installing anything off the web. Take the time to be thorough. Read the terms and conditions. Know what you say YES to. Even a little extra attention can save you a ton of troubles. The lack thereof does the opposite. Cyber threats, like ShoppingDay, prey on carelessness. So, make sure NOT to provide it. Be cautious instead.

Why is this dangerous?

ShoppingDay is quite menacing. As soon as it invades, it begins to spread its nastiness throughout. In no time, you begin to feel its influences in every aspect of your system. They tend to manifest with your browsing, at first. You start to suffer an endless array of online interference. You get redirected to countless malicious sites. All suspicious-looking. All unreliable. And, not to mention, the utter bombardment of ads. Every time, you go online, you get flooded. You see in-text, banner, and pop-up ads. They make an appearance every time you do anything online. That’s because, the adware uses it as a means to distribute its “help.” These intrusions portray the coupons, deals, et cetera. Click nothing! All, the application displays, is hazardous. The sooner you accept that, the better. ShoppingDay is NOT to be trusted! It does NOT offer assistance. And, keeping it on your PC, is a mistake. One with consequences. To make it, is to set yourself up for a bad time. And, you WILL regret it. The infection doesn’t only mess up your browsing experience. It also jeopardizes your private life. It spies on you, and records every online move you make. Then, after it gathers enough data, it exposes it. Yes, it sends the stolen information to the cyber criminals, behind it. Strangers with agendas. Are you willing to trust them with your sensitive details? Or, would you prefer, your privacy remains private? Do what’s best for you, and your system’s well-being. Locate and remove the dreadful cyber threat at once.

How to Remove ShoppingDay virus

The ShoppingDay 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 ShoppingDay 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 ShoppingDay in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate ShoppingDay startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down ShoppingDay 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 ShoppingDay 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 ShoppingDay 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 ShoppingDay traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the ShoppingDay 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 ShoppingDay

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 ShoppingDay, 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 ShoppingDay 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 ShoppingDay 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.