Shop with Boost - How to remove

Shop with Boost was designed by Verti Technology Group, Inc. Designers of this program states that it should enhance your browsing and display various deals and offers in order to save your time and money while shopping online. However, this is not actually true. Most of those coupons and deals are fake and if you clock on them you will be redirected to a third parties websites which may be infected. Shop with Boost makes money this way. For that reason it is listed as an adware. It is not officially a virus, although a lot of users think that way because they do not remember installing this program and is surprised when they see ads displayed by Shop with Boost. In addition to all those malicious activities, Shop with Boost also gathers your personal information like browsing history or search queries in order to adjust their ads and make them more engaging to you. It works as a browser extension and can be infiltrated to all most popular web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Most of anti-malware programs list Shop with Boost as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) and it is recommended to remove it from your computer.

This adware is distributed mostly via free downloads. That being said, you need to be extra careful during the installation of software that has been downloaded from the Internet for free. Opt out for a custom or advanced install mode and do not skip any steps in order to make sure you are aware of what are you installing. If you see some additional software that you are not aware of – do not install it as it can be potentially an adware or other malicious application. If your computer is already infected and you are tired of all those ads, use some trustworthy anti-malware program like Spyhunter or malwarebytes. It will detect and remove all threats automatically. However, if you want to do it manually, use our step-by-step Shop with Boost removal tutorial given below.

Using Control Panel to remove the main Shop with Boost components and installers

1. Go to Control Panel. On Windows XP/Vista/7 open Start -> Control Panel , Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall . On Windows 8 enter Control Panel in the search box, then look for Uninstall a program. You may need to confirm that you are the administrator on this PC, in both cases.
2. Look for Shop with Boost and /or similar looking items on the list of programs. By default, I recommend removing Yontoo, WebCake, anything “savings” or “coupon” related. Scanning with Anti-Malware programs like Spyhunter or Stopzilla might give a good idea of what programs you should remove from there as well.
3. Close Control Panel.

Removing Shop with Boost from Internet Explorer

1. Press Wench icon->Manage Add-ons.
2. Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Shop with Boost and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
3. Close the Options.

Removing Shop with Boost from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Shop with Boost 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 probably you do not need it.
3. Optionally, reset Firefox: go to Firefox ->Help (Help in menu for OSX users) -> Troubleshooting Information. Then Reset Firefox.

Removing Shop with Boost from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Shop with Boost. If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
3. Restart Chrome.

Optionally, you can enter chrome://settings in URL bar , press Advanced settings, scroll to the bottom of the list and press Reset browser settings.

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