What is Shelfsick?

Shelfsick – is a program that comes to your computer in the form of an extension to the browser. Shelfsick can hijack the popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The main objective in Shelfsick – is to promote the products and services of partner sites and companies. Once it infects a computer, it displays the countless banners, coupons, pop-ups and stuff. Shelfsick may seem a useful program, but it is not. Shelfsick can offer you those products that do not exist. Shelfsick also collects information about your browsing and other private data. Because of this, this potentially unwanted software can continuously display advertising during your browsing. Shelfsick significantly reduces the performance of your PC. It can change your browser settings, home page, and more. Shelfsick – this is a very malicious program, so you should remove it immediately.

How Shelfsick gets on your PC?

Shelfsick isn’t a virus, but this program can be classified as potentially unwanted software. Such malware comes on your computer with other free programs. Most often, it comes without the user’s knowledge. Therefore, many users aren’t even aware that their computer has been compromised by malware. Remember, no need to rush during installation of programs. Always follow the installation process, read the user agreement and select only the “Advanced” installation type. Don’t settle for installation of the suspicious software. Don’t rush to press the “Next” button. Also, you can always read reviews about a particular program. Be careful and attentive. If Shelfsick has already come into PC, then you urgently need to get rid of this program. To do this, use our detailed instructions, which are listed below.

How to remove Shelfsick from your computer?

To uninstall Shelfsick remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Shelfsick in their database. You can try to use them for removing Shelfsick.

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You can try both of these products to remove Shelfsick

Or uninstall Shelfsick manually.

Step 1: Remove Shelfsick from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Shelfsick.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Shelfsick and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Shelfsick, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate Shelfsick and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove Shelfsick from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Shelfsick from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find Shelfsick.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose Shelfsick.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Shelfsick.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Remove following files and folders of Shelfsick:

Remove following regitry entries:

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Written by Rami Douafi