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  • Severity: Medium
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  • Windows, Mac
  • Verified · Mar 2021

How to remove Shopper Pro

A step-by-step removal guide for affected devices. Follow the verified procedure below — most readers complete it in under 10 minutes.

Jake Doevan · Computer technology expert

Shopper Pro – adware app that will deliver advertisements whether you like it or not

Shopper Pro is a browser extension deemed a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware. According to PC security experts, this ad-supported extension is trying to earn money for its developers by initiating various marketing campaigns, letting them generate pay-per-click income.

However, we should warn you that, because of the Shopper Pro virus, you may find yourself on a suspicious website seeking to increase the number of its visitors. Besides, these redirects can be very disruptive and can also lead your browser to crash. Thus, if you have recently noticed shopperpro64.dll running in the background and suspect this adware to be hiding in your machine, run SpyHunterCombo Cleaner or another reputable anti-virus to perform Shopper Pro removal without delay.

At the moment of writing, this adware concentrates on the Google Chrome web browser and, according to most of its victims, fails to leave this browser. If you want to uninstall Shopper Pro from Chrome, make sure you also clean your web browsers accordingly – you can do it following our instructions below or doing it automatically with FortectIntego for a quicker solution.

As noted earlier, Shopper Pro belongs to the 'adware' group. So, it's not surprising that once installed, it initiates various system changes and starts generating advertisements. While the extension mainly hijacks Chrome, other browsers can also be affected, including:

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari
  • Opera
  • MS Edge, etc.

Once established, the app starts showing pop-up ads, banner ads, in-text links, interstitials, pop-under ads, full-page ads, and other intrusive forms of advertisements filled with both commercial and non-commercial content. Users then might be seeing discounts, price comparisons, sales, and similar things. These ads can be labelled as follows:

Ads by Shopper Pro,  Shopper Pro ads, Brought to you by Shopper Pro

Besides, it's important to stress the fact that Shopper Pro displays its ads by using a specific technique. To make them engaging, the developer of this adware relies on tracking cookies set to collect and send information like search terms, most viewed pages, clicks in certain websites, PC's IP address, location, etc., to remote servers.

Consequently, third-party advertisers can prepare ads for each user personally and make Shopper Pro ads appealing. This tactic does work since people fall for clicking on them more frequently. Therefore, we highly recommend you remove Shopper Pro from your computer because the longer you keep it installed, the more data can leak, including the details that you may not be keen on sharing.

PUPs are most commonly installed unintentionally

Shopper Pro adware has been tested for a long time. The latest version is called Shopper Pro 3, which can be downloaded from the official website of this browser plugin. However, it has also been found that this is not the only way to spread it.

You can also become a victim of Shopper Pro hijack after installing some freeware or shareware. Beware that it can be a quite popular download manager, media player, PDF creator, and so on. However, it doesn't mean that you have to stop using free applications to avoid this or other adware-type infections. To not waste your time with Shopper Pro removal, you should download freeware as carefully as possible.

Please, do not agree with optional components typically offered once you select Advanced/Custom installation settings. Also, stay away from Quick or Recommended installation options to prevent optional software and its installation without asking your permission for that.

Delete Shopper Pro virus from your computer

First of all, let's discuss Shopper-Pro prevention. As you may have already understood, you should be very careful when downloading free software from unknown sources. Pay attention to the developer, read End User's License Agreement, Privacy Policy, and similar information, and dedicate some time to examining the freeware. Besides, don't be lazy to monitor the entire installation process of free software and stay away from the Custom or Advanced installation option!

To remove Shopper Pro permanently, we would recommend using powerful anti-spyware. That's because it will help to remove all potentially unwanted programs, malicious/unwanted files, and even viruses. Thus, even though the add-on itself can be removed from the system manually, you are not recommended to do that. That's because you can skip some of the related files and the primary executable of this adware and leave it uninstalled. If you checked the Internet, you could find such phrases as “Shopper Pro won't uninstall” that clearly reveal what we are talking about.

Uninstall from Windows

Uninstall from Windows 10/8:

  1. Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
  2. Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 10/8

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:

  1. Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
  2. In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 7/XP

Remove the unwanted program:

  1. In the Programs and Features window, look for any recently installed suspicious entries, select them, and click Uninstall.
  2. If User Account Control appears, click Yes to confirm, then complete the removal.Uninstall the unwanted program from Windows

Delete from macOS

Remove the unwanted application:

  1. From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
  2. In the Applications folder, look for any suspicious entries, then drag them to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash).Uninstall from Mac

Delete leftover files and folders:

  1. Select Go > Go to Folder.
  2. Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
  3. Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.Delete leftover files from Mac
  4. Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.

Remove from Microsoft Edge

Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:

  1. Select Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and pick Extensions.
  2. From the list, pick the extension and click on the Gear icon.
  3. Click Remove.Remove extensions from Edge

Clear cookies and other browser data:

  1. Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
  2. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  3. Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files. (apart from passwords, although you might want to include Media licenses as well, if applicable) and click on Clear.Clear Edge browsing data

Restore new tab and homepage settings:

  1. Click the menu icon and choose Settings.
  2. Then find On startup section.
  3. Click Remove next to any suspicious startup page.

Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:

  1. Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
  2. Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
  3. Select Details tab.
  4. Now scroll down and locate every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right-click on each of them and select End Task to stop MS Edge from running.Reset MS Edge

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge

Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):

  1. Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
  2. Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chromium Edge

Clear cache and site data:

  1. Click on Menu and go to Settings.
  2. Select Privacy, search and services.
  3. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  4. Under Time range, pick All time.
  5. Select Clear now.Clear browser data from Chroum Edge

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. On the left side, pick Reset settings.
  3. Select Restore settings to their default values.
  4. Confirm with Reset.
  5. This will disable extensions and reset startup pages but will not delete bookmarks, saved passwords, or browsing history.Reset Chromium Edge

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)

Remove dangerous extensions:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the Menu (three horizontal lines at the top-right of the window).
  2. Select Add-ons.
  3. In here, select the unwanted extension and click Remove.Remove extensions from Firefox

Reset the homepage:

  1. Click three horizontal lines at the top right corner to open the menu.
  2. Choose Settings.
  3. Under Home, set your preferred homepage and new tab settings.

Clear cookies and site data:

  1. Click Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Go to Privacy & Security section.
  3. Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
  4. Click on Clear Data...
  5. Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.Clear cookies and site data from Firefox

Reset Mozilla Firefox

If clearing the browser as explained above did not help, reset Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
  2. Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.Reset Firefox 1
  3. Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
  4. Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.Reset Firefox 2

Remove from Google Chrome

Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome, click on the Menu (three vertical dots at the top-right corner) and select More tools > Extensions.
  2. In the newly opened window, you will see all the installed extensions. Uninstall all suspicious extensions related to the unwanted program by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chrome

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:

  1. Click on Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
  3. Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
  4. Click Clear data.Clear cache and web data from Chrome

Change your homepage:

  1. Click menu and choose Settings.
  2. Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
  3. Click on Open a specific or set of pages and click on three dots to find the Remove option.

Reset Google Chrome:

If the previous methods did not help you, reset Google Chrome to eliminate all the unwanted components:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
  3. Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
  4. Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
  5. Confirm with Reset settings.Reset Chrome 2

Delete from Safari

Remove dangerous extensions:

  1. Open Safari, click Safari in the menu at the top-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
  2. Go to the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious entries, and click Uninstall to remove them.Remove extensions from Safari

Clear history and website data:

  1. Click Safari in the menu and pick Clear History.
  2. Set Clear to all history and confirm with Clear History.Clear history from Safari

Reset Safari:

  1. Click Safari in the menu and select Preferences > Advanced.
  2. Enable Show Develop menu in menu bar.
  3. From the menu bar, click Develop and select Empty Caches.Reset Safari

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