ShopDrop is an annoying Adware that gets into computer furtively without user’s consent. In general, ways for this Adware getting into computers can be concluded as free download programs, social network, spam email attachment or other poorly built websites. As soon as installed, it will pop up constantly onto your new tab, especially for the shopping websites. It is aimed at promoting products to make money from your account. Be noticed that the advertisements it pops up are related to the websites you have visited. That is to say, ShopDrop has implanted browser with extension which takes the responsibility to track your websites and collect valuable information. It can refer to your online habit, bookmark, history, email address or even users account as well as password. Keeping it on computer, there will be many more ads flooded into your computer. Among which, it may even lead users to malicious websites to penetrate computer with other malware. Concerning for the security of your computer, it is strongly suggested to get rid of ShopDrop instantly once upon the detection.
Why can’t antivirus software remove ShopDrop thoroughly?
It is very upsetting to get affected with ShopDrop. However, what makes users really frustrated is that almost all the antivirus software won’t be able to find and terminate this tricky malware. It is true that ShopDrop is very annoying to pop up again even after it has been removed. It conceals itself quite well on system that common security tools won’t be able to remove it thoroughly. Fortunately, manual removal method is indeed a helpful solution to eradicate this nuisance completely. Here are the step by step instructions as below.
Tips for removing ShopDrop manually and completely
Before starting to delete the related files and registry entries, it is advised to backup system files first for the prevention of important data loss.
NO.1 Open the Windows Task Manager(CTRL+ALT+DELETE) to stop all ShopDrop processes.
[random name].exe
NO.2 Click "Start" menu and click "Run", enter "regedit" into the box and press the Enter key.
NO.3 Search the keys from the pop up window and delete all of them:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ Trojan generic33.CIKO
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "courts" = %AppData%\p1.exe
NO.4 Locate to the system files and get them removed manually:
%AppData%\<random>\
%LocalAppData%\KB8456137\KB8456137.exe
%AppData%\<random>\<random>.exe
%CommonAppData%\<random characters>
No.5 Clean up all the plug-ins from major browsers
Mozilla Firefox:
Click "Tools", then go to "Add-ons", select "Extensions" and disable these add-ons created by ShopDrop.
Note: The files and registry entries are very important to the operating system. Users should be highly cautious or it will crash your system if any real system files would be deleted. In case you are not able to find the listed files, please click and get an online help here.
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