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Removing Shopping Pro and AdChoice

typistretired
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edited 4 January 2015 at 4:04PM in Techie Stuff
Disabled Shopping Pro but still getting ads unable to find the program in the control panel. Can find in the x86 but says it is being used in another program. Microsoft security scanner has not removed. Any suggestions from any techie people I understand AdChoice is Microsoft but I would like to stop all ads when I go onto the internet.
"Look after your pennies and your pounds will look after themselves"

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,620 Forumite
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    Try malwarebytes
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  • typistretired
    typistretired Posts: 2,099 Forumite
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    Thank you for your quick reply. I have used AdwCleaner to remove from internet explorer and then used Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free to remove shopper pro ads etc.
    "Look after your pennies and your pounds will look after themselves"
  • RebekahAmy
    RebekahAmy Posts: 5 Forumite
    Shopper-pro is an adware program that's created to generate revenue for its developer. The annoying pop up ads you receive are generated by Shopper-Pro. Only remove this adware can you totally get rid of all the nettlesome pop up ads. See the removal guide below.

    You said Shopper-Pro doesn't appear in the list of installed programs. Then try the second way to uninstall it.

    Remove Shopper-Pro extension from your browser


    Reset your browser to remove Shopper-Pro.

    Change your default homepage and search engine

    If the above methods can't help to completely get rid of Shopper-Pro. you should run a powerful malware removal tool to quickly remove it.
  • jshm2
    jshm2 Posts: 479 Forumite
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    Shopping Pro and AdChoice do not come under malware and most programs will class them as "useful".

    Your best option if you've run the uninstaller is to download and run unchecky and then download and run unlocker 1.9.2. Once done, then right click on the folder of the program and select "unlocker" from the context menu.

    Then select "delete" and OK. The program will be on the list to be deleted at next boot.
  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    RebekahAmy wrote: »
    Stuff

    As this is a thread necromancy from Jan 2015 then I call spammer-in-making. Marked as such.
  • Le_Kirk
    Le_Kirk Posts: 25,904 Forumite
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    DoaM wrote: »
    As this is a thread necromancy from Jan 2015 then I call spammer-in-making. Marked as such.
    Not just me then??
  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    Every single one of "her" posts have related to a thread necromancy from 2015, so I've marked them all as :spam:
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