Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Remove Ads by MyShopper Pop-up Virus

Many ads of MyShopper keep popping up on your screen? The browser is also redirected to unwanted website?
Description of MyShopper

MyShopper is classified as an adware which often comes along with shareware, junk email attachment, unsafe websites or other unsafe programs. Normally, the adware mainly attacks famous browsers, such as IE, Firefox and Chrome.
Once MyShopper adware comes into your system, various ads including electronic products, coupon codes and clothes will pop up on your webpages. It is unwise to click the ads, or you will be misled to some unknown websites. At the same time, many malware, malicious programs and add-ons may be installed to your PC without your permission. Additionally, MyShopper adware may drop malicious registry entries and files to your system. Then many add-ons and malicious toolbars may be downloaded to your PC, so you are unable to stop the pop-ups. Apart from that, your homepage and default browser settings will be modified. Moreover, MyShopper can monitor your browsing activities and record your private information including bank account information, and credit card number. So you’d better remove MyShopper from your PC ASAP.
Screenshot of MyShopper
Annoyances that are caused by MyShopper:

1.MyShopper virus will slow down your PC speed, so you cannot use your PC smoothly.
2.Lots of ads keep popping up when you surf the Internet.
3.MyShopper virus will disable your antivirus program and help other viruses attack your PC
4.Redirect problem will happen all the time.
Steps to remove MyShopper virus:

1.Stop all vicious processes of MyShopper from Task Manager
To do this, you can hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc at the same time to open the Task Manager. But you should know that the virus’s name may vary from one to other, so you should be careful.
2.Display all hidden files so as to remove MyShopper's files
To show all hidden files from PC, please follow these steps:
①Click Start Menu and click Control Panel
②Click Appearance and Personalization and click Folder Options
③Go to View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and deselect Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)
④Click OK
3.Remove all malicious files and keys from Registry Editor
To do this, you can click on Start Menu and click Run. When a dialogue pops up, you should type "regedit" in the box and click OK.
Then you will see the following Screenshot:
Now, please remove the following keys from the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp
Note: you should know that any mistake changes happen in the registry will cause other serious system problems. So before you make some changes, you should back up your registry first!
How to Open & Back up the Registry

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