Shopping Buddy - How to remove

Shopping Buddy is yet another malicious application that is officially listed as an adware. Due to this virus your computer can suffer some severe cyber security damage or you can even get scammed and lose your money. It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with this malware or not – usually advertisements displayed by Shopping Buddy are labeled with a slogan “Ads by Shopping Buddy” or “Brought to you by Shopping Buddy”. So if you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browsers, your computer is definitely infected and you need to take care of that.

There are two most common methods how you can eliminate adware like Shopping Buddy – either manually or automatically. It’s much easier to do this automatically, therefore we recommend you to select this method. Simply download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes and scan your computer with it. It will automatically detect and eliminate the threat just in a few moments. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed. You can use other anti-malware software of your choice as well.

However, if for some reasons you don’t want to download any additional anti-malware software, you can get rid of Shopping Buddy manually. This process can be complicated, therefore we have developed a step-by-step Shopping Buddy manual removal guide to assist you – scroll down below and check it out. Try to complete all steps correctly and you will be able to eliminate this infection by yourself.

To lear more about specific features of Shopping Buddy please continue reading this article. If you have some questions related to this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all.

About Shopping Buddy adware

Even though it’s described as application that will help you to both save your time and money when shopping online by providing you with coupons, deals and other commercial offers, this is not true. The problem is that all those offers displayed by Shopping Buddy come in annoying form of web advertisements, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual ads. New tab or even window can be opened on your web browser at any time as well.

It works as browser add-on that can be added to all most common web browsers, including Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or even Safari. This means Apple users can get infected with this virus as well.

We don’t recommend to click on any of advertisements displayed by Shopping Buddy because 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 this way. That’s why you should eliminate Shopping Buddy from your computer as soon as possible.

Distribution Methods of Shopping Buddy adware

You can get infected with this virus simply by downloading and installing freeware from unreliable websites because it travels bundled with it. So to avoid this happening, always pay close attention to the installation process of freeware.

Never skip any steps and 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 during the installation you notice that some additional software that you are not aware of is being installed alongside – don’t allow this installation to be completed because it can possibly be Shopping Buddy or any other adware.

Manual removal of Shopping Buddy ads

How to remove Shopping Buddy using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy from macOS

Delete Shopping Buddy from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy, 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 Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy. Click on the trash bin icon next to Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy, 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 Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy, 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 Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Shopping Buddy 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 Shopping Buddy from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Shopping Buddy. 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 Shopping Buddy, 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