Should I remove Shopping Assistant?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.5.17	48.15%
1.4.5	29.63%
1.0.11	11.11%
1.0.8	11.11%

from Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd

Remove Shopping Assistant by Alibaba (China) Co...

Shopping Assistant is a featured extension on Chrome, Opera and Firefox. When you search a product on a retailer's website, Shopping Assistant automatically shows you similar products from popular shopping websites, such as Amazon and eBay. What is more, it includes price history for each product sold on Amazon.

Shopping Assistant is a software program developed by Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd. The most common release is 1.5.17, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named tbcore3.dll. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 12 files and is usually about 4.97 MB (5,206,673 bytes). The installed file update.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 95% of users of Shopping Assistant come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Jamaica.

• ShoppingAssistantHelper by Retail Benefits Inc

Displayed publisher: Shopping Assistant

URL: ruyi.taobao.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\shopping assistant

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Shopping Assistant\uninstaller.exe

Estimated size: 4.97 MB

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program Shopping Assistant, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Shopping Assistant.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 52% Win XP 4%

HOW DOES IT RUN? Plugs into Internet Explorer

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 70% Keep it 30%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	94.74%
Canada	2.63%
Jamaica	2.63%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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