What is Shop Smart?
Shop Smart is a browser extension that comes bundled with other free downloads without user consent. Shop Smart can significantly interfere with the user while browsing, as Shop Smart displays a huge amount of banners and coupons that apply to partner sites, for example, eBay, Amazon, and AliExpress and so on. Thus, Shop Smart as if it helps the user to find the cheapest deals and make the best purchase. In fact, not almost all of these offers are real. Developers just want to make money and to get you to commit senseless purchase. In addition, Shop Smart may result in another potentially unwanted software without user consent. Therefore, if you notice that your computer has Shop Smart, then you should remove it right away.
How Shop Smart gets on your PC?
Malicious software infects a computer without the user’s consent. Usually, Shop Smart comes with free applications and programs that you can download from popular free sites such as download.com, Softpedia, Freewarefiles, Shareware, Soft32 and many others. These sites tend to create their own download managers that implement a potentially unwanted program. Users are not attentive during installation, so the computer can be infected. Always follow the important rules. Read user agreement. Take your time. Do not press the “Next” button, if you are not sure that the program will not harm your computer. Select advanced installation type. Do not settle for questionable deals and carefully follow the installation process. If Shop Smart has already penetrated to the PC, you can use our instructions to remove it immediately.
How to remove Shop Smart from your computer?
To uninstall Shop Smart remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Shop Smart in their database. You can try to use them for removing Shop Smart.
Recommended Solution:
Norton is a powerful removal tool. It can remove all instances of newest viruses, similar to Shop Smart – files, folders, registry keys.
*Trial version of Norton provides detection of computer viruses for FREE. To remove malware, you have to purchase the full version of Norton.
Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as Shop Smart.
You can try both of these products to remove Shop Smart
Or uninstall Shop Smart manually.
Removing from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Shop Smart.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find Shop Smart and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find Shop Smart, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
After that remove Shop Smart from your browser.
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find Shop Smart.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose Shop Smart.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable Shop Smart.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Remove following registry entries:
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Written by Rami Douafi