Remove Trusted Shopper Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Trusted Shopper is not something to be trusted. And it has nothing to do with shopping. Once this supposedly harmless program lands on your machine, prepare to see a variety of commercials so great that if it weren’t extremely dangerous, we would probably be quite impressed. Unfortunately, there is nothing trustworthy about the Trusted Shopper adware parasite so the pile of ads it generates could cause you some serious damage. Even though this program is widely advertised as a beneficial online application that should drastically improve your browsing experience, in reality, this is a virus. Remember, in the world of cyber infections things are never what they seem to be. Behind its bogus functionalities and non-existent reliability, Trusted Shopper is nothing but the nth devious infection that was developed to harass you. Since the very moment this nuisance of a program manages to get downloaded till the very moment your patience cannot deal with its presence anymore, the parasite causes trouble. Therefore, the only reasonable thing to do in this unpleasant situation is to uninstall Trusted Shopper before it gets out of control because it might. And, if given enough time, it will. This parasite was created to generate web traffic towards some highly unreliable pages, not to enhance your shopping experience online. Adware was never meant to generate discounts, coupons, best deals, price comparisons, etc.; it was meant to generate sponsored web links that bring hackers revenue. And that is precisely what the Trusted Shopper virus does. Keep in mind that NONE of the pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, interstitials, and video ads is trustworthy as clicking some of the Trusted Shopper links could either lead you to a cyber scam with a fake product or directly to malware. Which option do you prefer? Probably neither. Some other tricks that the parasite offers include additional toolbars (possibly corrupted) and software updates (possibly corrupted). To top it all, the Trusted Shopper adware parasite sneakily steals personal information and poses the direct danger of identity theft. Need any more reasons to delete it?

How did I get infected with?

It’s not a difficult task getting your machine infected with adware. Quite the contrary, hackers need about as much as a single moment of negligence in order to distribute their malicious infections on the Web. That means you might have installed Trusted Shopper in a rich variety of ways. For example, most spam email messages from unknown senders, spam email-attachments and random third-party web links are unreliable and could be corrupted. Another plausible scenario is that you downloaded a freeware/shareware bundle from some questionable (illegitimate) website and the parasite was attached to the safe software there. To prevent virus infiltration in the future, always select the Custom option instead of the Basic one when installing bundled freeware. Never make the crucial mistake of skipping steps in the Setup Wizard unless you’re willing to download many intruders alongside the programs you wanted. Don’t hesitate to deselect any “bonus” parasite you spot because, as you can imagine, this is an incredibly undesirable bonus that will cause you a headache. Also, keep in mind that reading the Terms and Conditions or the EULA (End User License Agreement) might be your only chance to notice some sly infection that is seeking your permission in the shadows. Your cyber security, privacy and your nerves depend entirely on your caution.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Fist of all, this is a computer virus. It is dangerous by default. Secondly, after successful installation (as we mentioned, behind your back), Trusted Shopper adds a browser extension to all your browsers without bothering to ask for any kind of permission or authorization first. Why so? Because after the PC has been compromised, your opinions don’t matter. Your preferences as well as your security are not a part of the picture. Money is. Being an ad-supported program, Trusted Shopper generates profit for its developers thought the dubious pay-per-click mechanism which means you will be seeing ads. Lots of them. Everywhere. The virus is perfectly compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer so get ready for a pile of discounts and coupons and product deals and best prices and price comparisons and many more types of commercials which are all just as annoying as they are worthless. Nothing generated by the parasite is reliable because, if they get paid enough, crooks will display anything on your PC screen, malware included. They also spy on your browsing-related activities and collect IP addresses, email addresses, passwords, usernames, etc. Your very own browsing history or even some personally identifiable data might also get to the wrong hands so as you can see, keeping Trusted Shopper on board is simply not worth the gamble. You’re being constantly exposed to danger and the only possible way to make sure your computer is trustworthy and virus-free once again is by deleting the parasite. To uninstall Trusted Shopper manually, please follow the detailed removal guide you will find down below.

How Can I Remove Trusted Shopper Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Trusted Shopper from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Trusted Shopper from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Trusted Shopper from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Trusted Shopper 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 Trusted Shopper 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 Trusted Shopper 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.