Should I remove ShoppingHelper?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
86% remove it14% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Reach <0.001%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.2.0421.1636 |
100.00% |
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ShoppingHelper
What is ShoppingHelper?
ShoppingHelper is an adware/PUP variant that will add a toolbar, change your browser homepage and set your default search engine. In addition, this adware will injects advertisements in the browser, also known as an ad-injector. Ad injection will insert an add, text, banner, flash or hyperlink-over into the white space or over and existing ad in the underlying HTML. Ads can be from PCP hijacked engines with very low relevance and can serve up malware, adware or other PUP. In addition the components will track your web browser history and actions and report back to a command and control server.
Overview
The primary executable is named 10387.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package is about 15.93 MB (16,701,379 bytes) when donwloaded.
- Malware detected in the program
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in ShoppingHelper.
| 10387.exe (373cb976f0f635c3a761f043ff3c46df) has been flagged by the following 19 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Gen:Adware.Heur.@x1@gfJLNneO |
| Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.Toolbar.Linkury |
| avast! |
2014.9-150816 |
Win32:Malware-gen |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15816 |
Adware.MSIL.Linkury.d |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1140 |
Gen:Adware.Heur.@x1@gfJLNneO |
| Bkav FE |
1.3.0.6379 |
W32.HfsAdware |
| Clam AntiVirus |
0.98/21511 |
Win.Adware.Linkury-2963 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.15.08.16.06 |
Gen:Adware.Heur.@x1@gfJLNneO |
| F-Secure |
11.2015-16-08_1 |
Gen:Adware.Heur.@x1@gfJLNneO |
| G Data |
15.8.25 |
Gen:Adware.Heur.@x1@gfJLNneO |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.1.8.9.0 |
PUA.Toolbar.Linkury |
| Kaspersky |
14.0.0.1571 |
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.MSIL.SmartBar |
| McAfee |
5600.6671 |
Artemis!373CB976F0F6 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6671 |
RDN/Generic PUP.z!fy |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.684 |
Gen:Adware.Heur.@x1@gfJLNneO |
| Norman |
10.20150816 |
Suspicious_Gen4.IDCAY |
| Panda Antivirus |
15.08.16.06 |
Trj/CI.A |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.16 |
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0PE315 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.228 |
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0PE315 |
View all 19 all detections
ShoppingHelper has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\packerf43ab958-46a5-4bc1-b8e7-4045680d99a7
Uninstaller: C:\ProgramData\Packerf43ab958-46a5-4bc1-b8e7-4045680d99a7\10387.exe {"packer":{"runMode":"unpacker"}}
Estimated size: 15.93 MB
Files installed by ShoppingHelper
| Program executable: | 10387.exe (Malware detected) |
| Name: | Packer Framework |
| Path: | C:\ProgramData\packerf43ab958-46a5-4bc1-b8e7-4045680d99a7\10387.exe |
| MD5: | 373cb976f0f635c3a761f043ff3c46df |
How do I remove ShoppingHelper?
You can uninstall ShoppingHelper 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 ShoppingHelper, 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 ShoppingHelper.
- 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.
USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 86%
Keep it 14%
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MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 10
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COUNTRY POPULARITY
100.00%
United States
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
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