Should I remove ShoppingAssistantHelper?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
57% remove it43% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
United States Rank #49,386
Reach 0.0005%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.1.2 |
60.00% |
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ShoppingAssistantHelper
from Retail Benefits Inc
What is ShoppingAssistantHelper?
The Shopping Assistant web browser extension displays cash-back discounts for participating merchants based on the user's browsing and search queries.
About (from Retail Benefits Inc)
The Shopping Assistant is an application that works in conjunction with your browser: IE, Chrome, Firefox or Safari. The Shopping Assistant will notify you anytime you are visiting a participating site. It will even show you participating sites when you are searching from Google, Yahoo or Bing. This way, you can focus ... Read more
Overview
ShoppingAssistantHelper is a program developed by Retail Benefits Inc. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The main program executable is ShoppingAssistantHelper.exe. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 1.29 MB (1,357,443 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). The distribution of this has mostly been seen in the United States.
- Adds a background Windows Service
Program details
Displayed publisher: Shopping Assistant
URL: rb.retailbenefits.com/landing
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\shoppingassistanthelper
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\ShoppingAssistantHelper\uninstaller.exe
Estimated size: 1.29 MB
Files installed by ShoppingAssistantHelper
| Program executable: | ShoppingAssistantHelper.exe |
| Name: | ShoppingAssistantHelper |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\shoppingassistanthelper\ShoppingAssistantHelper.exe |
| MD5: | 3cf4984f387a61ba7dc2b878828dbc59 |
Additional files:
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ShoppingAssistantHelper.exe - ShoppingAssistantHelper
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uninstaller.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Service
- ShoppingAssistantHelper.exe runs as a service named 'ShoppingAssistantHelper' (ShoppingAssistantHelper).
How do I remove ShoppingAssistantHelper?
You can uninstall ShoppingAssistantHelper from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- 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.
- When you find the program ShoppingAssistantHelper, 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove ShoppingAssistantHelper.
- 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 50%
Win XP 10%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 57%
Keep it 43%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
50.00% |
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| Windows 7 |
40.00% |
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| Windows XP |
10.00% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
40.00% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
20.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
10.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
10.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
10.00% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
10.00% |
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
42.86% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
28.57% |
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| Sahara |
14.29% |
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| Toshiba |
14.29% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite A665 |
12.50% |
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| Microsoft Corporation Sur... |
12.50% |
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| Hewlett-Packard Pavilion ... |
12.50% |
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| HP G72 Notebook PC |
12.50% |
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| Hewlett-Packard 500-217c |
12.50% |
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| Dell Inspiron 7520 |
12.50% |
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