How to Get Rid of Shopop Pop Up Ads?-Manual Removal Guide

What is Shopop adware?

Do you know more about Shopop adware? What is it? Shopop is classified as an useless browser extension or potential unwanted program which can target almost all the web browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc. with this Shopop on your computer, it can automatically pop up unwanted ads without your consent no matter you doing Google Search or visiting specific websites.

Many computer users have tried to remove the Shopop on their own and they have done an uninstall but why they still get the annoying pop up ads all the time? Because this Shopop pop-up can disguise its related files and use the rookit technology to hook deep into your system to violate the easy removal. With this Shopop on your computer, it can automatically open a new tab every time you launch your web browser.

Symptoms Infected by Shopop Adware

• It can occupy your precious system resource to slow down your overall computer performance.
• It can track and store your online traces to violate your privacy and may steal your personal information.
• It can invite other malware to come to your compromise your computer.
• It can turn your text into hyperlink and may change your computer background.

Manual Removal Instructions to Get Rid of Shopop Adware

Step 1- Boot your computer into "safe mode with networking" by constantly tapping F8 key until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up.

Step 2- Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):

Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

Step 3- Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from Shopop

For Windows Xp: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the Run box -> click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from Shopop.

For Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from Shopop.

Step 4- Remove add-ons:

Internet Explorer
1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2) Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;
3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4)  Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.

Google Chrome
1) Click on 'Customize and control' Google Chrome icon, select 'Settings';
2) Choose 'Basic Options'.
3) Change Google Chrome's homepage to google.com or any other and click the 'Manage search engines...' button;
4) Select 'Google' from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select 'Search Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark.

Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';
2) Choose 'Search Results' from the list and click 'Remove' and OK to save changes;
3) Go to 'Tools' → 'Options'. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the 'General tab';