Awesome Shoppers adware. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Awesome Shoppers?
Developed by Awesome Shoppers Ltd., Awesome Shoppers is a free browser add-on that is actively spread on the Internet these days. Although it has the official website, it does not contain a download button, which is suspicious. Lots of people have already reported that Awesome Shoppers infiltrated computers without requiring authorization and started initiating a serious havoc within Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer. Such scenario happens due to several reasons. First of all, Awesome Shoppers virus is spread via other freewares and is disclosed in a very tricky manner. Secondly, people get rid of all responsibilities to protect their computers and neither install anti-spywares nor check freeware’s installation process. Consequently, such untruthful apps as Awesome Shoppers get an easy access to target computers.
This add-on promises to help you “get live price comparisons with the products you are viewing online. Simply go to your favorite online store, search for your desired product and Awesome Shoppers will locate a better deal for you.” However, you should not get fooled by such a description since it’s a real catch. In fact, this app is a typical adware which seeks to generate advertising income. Therefore, once it infiltrates Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer, you may start seeing ads marked with slogans as ‘Fun & Easy to Use’, ‘Find the top Deals’ and ‘Save Money.’ Keep in mind that all of the are nothing else but just misleading Awesome Shoppers ads. As soon as you click on any of them, you may be redirected to affiliate websites with the content, which is not necessarily pleasant to view or safe to open. Moreover, Awesome Shoppers installs tracking cookies on each of web browsers and starts collecting non-personally identifiable information (IP address, PCs’ location, email address, search terms, websites visited, data entered in them, clicks, etc.). Unfortunately, users are not informed about such activity and have no ability to refuse installation of cookies. That’s why security experts recognize Awesome Shoppers as a risk to the privacy. In order to get this doubtful adware from your machine once and for all, we highly recommend you to check it with a reputable anti-spyware, such as Reimage.
How can Awesome Shoppers hijack my computer?
In case of Awesome Shoppers installation, users do not have much space to choose. Usually, it is attached to other freewares and sharewares as an ‘optional download’. However, it is usually disclosed in a misleading manner, i.e. disguised under Advanced/Custom installation option, which is frequently skipped by the users unchecked. Besides, it is always set by default, which means that it will get installed automatically unless the user uncheck the tick marked alongside it. Thus, it means that the only way to keep your computer away from ‘Ads by Awesome Shoppers’, slowdowns, redirects, and other inconveniences is to check Advanced or Custom settings of every freeware and deselect all ‘optional downloads’.
How to remove Awesome Shoppers virus?
Awesome Shoppers redirects can make you visit really doubtful websites. Moreover, this app may cause slowdowns, crashes, continuous ads and other issues that certainly do not improve your browsing experience. Therefore, you are strongly recommended to remove it from the system. The guide explaining how to do that is given down below:
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To remove Awesome Shoppers adware, follow these steps:
Remove Awesome Shoppers from Windows systems
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
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Uninstall Awesome Shoppers and related programs
Here, look for Awesome Shoppers or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Erase Awesome Shoppers from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Awesome Shoppers or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Uninstall Awesome Shoppers from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Awesome Shoppers and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Awesome Shoppers removal.
Get rid of Awesome Shoppers adware from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
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Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Awesome Shoppers should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariEliminate Awesome Shoppers from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select Awesome Shoppers and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Awesome Shoppers removal.
Delete Awesome Shoppers from Google Chrome
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select Awesome Shoppers and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Awesome Shoppers removal.
Remove Awesome Shoppers from Safari
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for Awesome Shoppers or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Awesome Shoppers removal process.