Remove Smart Shop Save Hijacker from Chrome/Firefox/IE

Suddenly Smart Shop Save took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

Unfortunately, there is nothing smart about keeping Smart Shop Save on your computer. Behind its alluring facade lies a troublesome infection which is perfectly capable of causing you damage. That means despite the fact Smart Shop Save is presented as a decent search engine, it’s light years away from being safe. Smart Shop Save is a browser hijacker and if you’ve had to deal with hijackers before, you already know exactly why you have to delete the virus quickly. Once this deceptive parasite gets installed, it begins to modify your browser settings. What’s worse, the virus doesn’t bother to ask for permission or authorization of some kind because your preferences are no longer relevant. Smart Shop Save only has one goal – to force its unreliable domain on you thus generating web traffic towards some equally unreliable websites. This way, thanks to the pay-per-click mechanism, hackers gain profit. Now that you know money is involved, you should be feeling quite nervous already. Is it really worth it to keep the hijacker on board? After successful installation this parasite replaces both your default search engine and default browser homepage with its own domain. Then it starts aggressively redirecting you. Not only are you unable to find what you search for online but you’re also constantly stumbling across potentially corrupted web links. Smart Shop Save is utterly unsafe, remember? It generates sponsored links instead of the accurate search results that you were originally promised. You’re also about to be bombarded with highly questionable advertisements, suspicious-looking software updates and other annoying third-party web links. Keep in mind that you cannot trust absolutely anything generated by Smart Shop Save. Clicking a malicious link will only bring more trouble upon you. Unless you’re willing to land on some compromised page infested with parasites, you will stay away from the numerous web links displayed by the hijacker. Just to top it all, Smart Shop Save spies on your personal data thus posing an enormous threat for your privacy. Hackers have no reason whatever to take care of your security so they often sell the data collected to untrustworthy third parties. Of course, this puts you in a very vulnerable position. No one could surf the Web sedately knowing their browsing history, search queries, passwords, usernames, IP addresses, email addresses, etc. are being constantly monitored by cyber criminals. All in all, the sooner you get rid of Smart Shop Save, the better.

How did I get infected with?

Being a typical cyber infection, Smart Shop Save probably sneaked in behind your back. Its official website doesn’t have a download button so it’s quite obvious the hijacker applied another technique to get installed. Bundled freeware or shareware offers an extremely convenient distribution method for all types of infections imaginable. That means hijackers aren’t the only ones that travel the Web bundled – some much more virulent parasites use the same method. Skipping installation steps could easily allow a whole bunch of Trojans, nasty ransomware viruses and other malicious programs to sneak in. To protect your PC, always stay away from unverified websites and restrain yourself from installing illegitimate software. Also, opt for the custom or advanced option in the Setup Wizard to remain in control of the entire process. Remember that reading the Terms and Conditions may not be a particularly fun thing to do but it could prevent virus infiltration. Don’t allow crooks to mess with you and don’t jeopardize you own security. Make sure you’re always cautious online because the Web is full of threats. Take your time when installing programs; you will not regret it.

Why is this dangerous?

Once Smart Shop Save manages to hijacker your browsers, you will have to deal with its domain every time you attempt to browse the Web. Being perfectly compatible with three of the most popularly used browsers out there, it effectively takes down Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. From this moment on you will inevitably be wasting your time avoiding questionable web links, unreliable commercials, bogus program updates, etc. As we mentioned already, everything this pest generates is not only intrusive and irritating but also very dangerous. Don’t make the rookie mistake to click a corrupted link because this will cause you an even bigger headache than your current one. Keep in mind how immensely deceptive and tricky hijackers are. There is no reason to tolerate Smart Shop Save so it is in your best interest to put an end to its shenanigans as soon as possible. This program is a huge threat for your online safety and privacy, its malicious presence overwhelms all your browsers and your overall Internet experience ends up seriously disrupted. To uninstall the hijacker manually, please follow the detailed removal guide that you will find down below.

How to Remove Smart Shop Save virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Smart Shop Save 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.

The Smart Shop Save adware is specifically designed to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.

STEP 1: Uninstall Smart Shop Save from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean Smart Shop Save from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Smart Shop Save leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall Smart Shop Save from your computer

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

 

Type “regedit”

 

navigate to HKCU\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Modify the string with a value data and set it to google.com for example.

STEP 2 : Remove Smart Shop Save homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Smart Shop Save 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

How to Permanently Remove Smart Shop Save Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

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.