Remove Shopy Mate Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Shopy Mate is categorized as a potentially unwanted adware add-on. If the ad-supported application Shopy Mate has managed to gain access to your system, you will be presented with numerous ads on every website you visit. The ads will show offers for products at exclusive prices, and thus are supposed to help you save money when you purchase goods online. Unfortunately, the ads could also expose your system to certain threats, which is why it is a good idea to avoid them. What you should also do is to delete Shopy Mate so that it stops displaying the potentially dangerous ads.

How did I get infected with?

There is a website shopymate.com which is a bit strange because in it there are a few things mentioned about improving e-commerce. It is all rather vague and does not really give an idea of what the purpose of this web page is. You might have guessed already that there is nothing mentioned about the application or any download link provided. This means that Shopy Mate has most probably entered your system bundled with freeware. We are referring to free applications downloaded from dubious websites as they are always packed with additional programs. Keep in mind that if you are attentive during setup, you will have the chance to disable the installation of unwanted software.

Why are these ads dangerous?

The offers presented by Shopy Mate ads may seem really beneficial but that does not mean they are genuine. Very often when users click on some ad they are taken to a fictitious web store where they purchase a non-existing product. The reason for this is that the ads are associated with third parties who may serve malicious purposes like stealing sensitive information, money, or spreading malware. You can never know for certain because the third parties are anonymous. Since clicking ads by Shopy Mate may have damaging consequences, you should refrain from doing it. You should also get rid of the program causing them to appear if you want browse the web undisturbed once again.

How Can I Remove Shopy Mate Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Shopy Mate from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Shopy Mate from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Shopy Mate from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Shopy Mate 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 Shopy Mate 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 Shopy Mate 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.