Alpha Shopper - How to remove

Alpha Shopper is described as a useful and free tool that will enhance your web browsing, but it is not true. Once installed this application will flood your web browsers with various advertisements and that’s why it is listed as an adware infection.

Ads by Alpha Shopper are apparently supposed to help you save when you shop by presenting you a ton of discounts. But these are rarely relevant and could cost you a lot of time to sift through them. Besides, they show up always, including when you’re doing stuff unrelated to shopping.

Those ads displayed by Alpha Shopper are not only annoying but malicious as well, so you should get rid of it as soon as possible. If you have recently discovered that your computer is infected with this malware (adware can be as bad as some malware out there) but don’t know how to eliminate it, you have come to the right place. In this article we will provide you with detailed instructions on how to eliminate this malware either manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which method to choose.

It’s much easier to get rid of infection like Alpha Shopper automatically, thus we recommend to select this method. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Combo Cleaner, install it and then run a scan of all files stored on your hard drive. It should automatically detect and eliminate the threat just in a few moments after that. If your system is infected with some other viruses, it will detect and remove them as well.

Ads by Alpha Shopper are detrimental to efficient and safe browsing process and should be removed:

Type of threat	Adware Browser hijacker Potentially unwanted program (PUP)
Symptoms	Alpha Shopper changes the new tab and home page Ads by Alpha Shopper and similar labels on ads on various websites
Possible consequences	Malware from malicious ads Scams and fraudulent content via malicious ads Laggy computer Slower website loading
Removal of the adware	Emilimate Alpha Shopper manually Use an anti-malware tool to automatically remove it (Combo Cleaner (Mac), SpyHunter (PC))

In case you prefer the manual removal method, you should scroll down below this article right now. There you will find our step-by-step Alpha Shopper manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process of virus removal. If you manage to complete all steps correctly you will be able to eliminate Alpha Shopper manually by your own.

If you have any questions regarding this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all. To learn more about specific features of Alpha Shopper please continue reading this article.

Adware virus Alpha Shopper

This adware goes by two different names – it can be called either Alpha Shopper or Alpha Shoppers. Either way, you should know that it is the exact same virus and you should follow the same instructions in order to get rid of it.

Even though it’s presented as a useful application that will save both your time and money when shopping online by providing you with various coupons, deals, and commercial offers, this is not true. The problem is that all those advertisements displayed by Alpha Shopper come in an annoying form of web advertisements, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. Mostly, it’s just the same ads that you already see every day online, just more dangerous.

Alpha Shopper can be described as an advertising network for cyber criminals – since they are banned from all legitimate advertising networks like Google or Facebook ads, they use adware like this to promote their websites and direct some traffic to them. This means that if you keep Alpha Shopper installed on your computer, various cyber criminals will be able to reach you right on your web browser on a daily basis and that’s very dangerous.

This leasves no doubt that Alpha Shopper’s ads are not only disturbing, but malicious as well, so we don’t recommend to click on any of them. If you do so, you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard-earned money.

Luckily, this infection is not very different from other adware viruses. We have seen malware like Awesome Dealers or OfferssDirect – they all operate in a similar manner, and anti-malware tools are capable of solving such problems.

Update: it seems like there is a new adware infection with a similar name – Alphashoppers.co. However, it is not the same virus and you should be aware of that. Alphashoppers.co first appeared in September 2017 and the volume of infections only grows since then.

It hit almost 5 millions visits a month a few months ago and most of them come from Indonesia, Vietnam, Colombia, Philippines, Mexico. It also hijacks the new tab website and builds the traffic this way.

How you got infected with Alpha Shoppers?

Alpha Shopper is traveling the same way as most other adware – bundled with various free applications that can be downloaded from the Internet. So when you download and install some freeware from unreliable website, there is a chance that Alpha Shopper will be downloaded and installed alongside without you even being aware of that.

In order to avoid this happening, always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware. Never skip any steps and always opt-out for a custom or advanced install mode if possible. Don’t rush because some of the most important information can be displayed in a very tiny font and you don’t want to overlook that. If it’s too late and your computer is already infected with Alpha Shopper wait no more and get rid of it right now.

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How to remove Alpha Shoppers using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Alpha Shopper install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Alpha Shoppers . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Alpha Shopper easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Alpha Shoppers from macOS

Delete Alpha Shopper from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Alpha Shoppers app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Alpha Shopper and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Alpha Shoppers, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Alpha Shopper from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Alpha Shoppers. Click on the trash bin icon next to Alpha Shopper or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Alpha Shoppers, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Alpha Shopper from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Alpha Shoppers related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Alpha Shopper, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Alpha Shopper from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Alpha Shoppers. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Alpha Shopper or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Alpha Shoppers from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Alpha Shopper. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Alpha Shoppers, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

Manual removal