Shopping Assistant - How to remove

Shopping Assistant is listed as an adware and a PUP (potentially unwanted program). It has an official website at shoppingassistantapp.com but it is not possible to get this adware from there as well as from any other website. It is a browser add-on that is capable to operate on all of the most popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari. Once installed, it Shopping Assistant will display various ads on your web browser, in form of pop-up, in-text, banner, and interstitial ads. Even though developers of this adware promise that it will enhance your browsing experience by providing you with various coupons and deals and help you save both your time and money this way, it is not true. All those commercial offers come from third parties and therefore are fake. It is not recommended to click on one of those ads because if you do so, you will be immediately redirected to third parties websites that may be infected by cyber criminals and cause harm to you. Furthermore, Shopping Assistant will collect your personal information, such as IP address, browsing history or search queries and transfer it to mentioned third parties later on. They adjust their ads according to it and make them more engaging and revenant to your browsing habits this way. It is not officially a dangerous virus, but it can lead you to some serious problems and you should not keep it on your computer.

We have mentioned before, that it is not possible to download Shopping Assistant from its’ official website. This program is mostly distributed via free software. It comes bundled with freebies that can be found on the Internet. That being said, to avoid this happening, you need to pay attention to the installation process of software downloaded from a suspicious looking website. Do not skip any steps and opt out for a custom or advanced install mode to see if no additional unwanted applications is being installed alongside. Read all terms and conditions as well. This should prevent you from installing any malicious software. However, if your computer is already infected and you want to get rid of Shopping Assistant, you should scan your computer with a trustworthy anti-malware, such as Spyhunter or malwarebytes. It will detect and remove the threat automatically. If you prefer to perform this manually, just follow our step-by-step Shopping Assistant removal guide.

How to delete Shopping Assistant

Using Control Panel to remove the main Shopping Assistantcomponents 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 %NAME% 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 Shopping Assistant from Internet Explorer

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

Removing Shopping Assistant from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Shopping Assistant 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 Shopping Assistant from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Shopping Assistant. If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
3. Restart Chrome.
4. 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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