Do you know what SmartShopSave.com is?
SmartShopSave.com looks like any other search engine; however, it differs from reliable search engines in a sense that it does not ask for a user’s permission to appear on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Unlike SmartShopSave.com, decent search engines inform users about the changes, and they can decline or agree with the alteration of the settings. SmartShopSave.com is considered to be unreliable not only because it changes homepages and search engines without permission but also because it might provide users with untrustworthy search results that might cause serious harm to the system. If you want to protect your system from harm which SmartShopSave.com search engine might cause, get rid of it without further consideration. Unfortunately, it will not disappear if you erase it via Control Panel. In fact, it is very unlikely that you will find its uninstall there.
Has SmartShopSave.com already been set in the place of your homepage and search engine? If so, there is no doubt that a browser hijacker is installed on your computer. There are several reasons why it has chosen to enter your system, e.g. you do not have a security tool installed and you download many programs from torrent and various P2P web pages. If you already see its presence, you should focus on its removal now and not the prevention. The most important reason why you have to get rid of SmartShopSave.com is that it is going to provide you with advertisements and third-party links. They will be put among search results in order to lure you into clicking on them. In our opinion, the owner of SmartShopSave.com earns money for that. As it seeks to make you click on these ads and links, it will collect information about your Internet browsing habits. It is clear that it will record your search queries, the websites you visit, IP address, and other similar details about hardware and your Internet habits. If you do not like how it acts, get rid of this search engine right away.
SmartShopSave.com screenshot
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SmartShopSave.com is usually spread via bundled malicious installers, which is why many users cannot explain how it has slithered onto their computers. Browser hijackers are usually spread together with other programs, so you should check whether or not other unreliable applications have entered your system. We also highly recommend that you install a security tool on the system because there are thousands of different browser hijackers and other threats that are ready to slither onto your computer.
The reset of your major browsers is the easiest SmartShopSave.com removal method; however, there is a slight possibility that SmartShopSave.com will not disappear after the reset because there might be several versions of this browser hijacker. Do you still see it? If so, acquire SpyHunter and scan your system with it. We can guarantee that it will erase all the infections for you.
Remove SmartShopSave.com browser hijacker
Internet Explorer
- Open your browser and tap Alt+T.
- Select Internet Options.
- Click on the Advanced tab and click Reset.
- Check the box next to Delete personal settings.
- Click Reset.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open your browser and tap Alt+H.
- Select Troubleshooting information.
- Click Refresh Firefox.
- Click on the Refresh Firefox button once again.
Google Chrome
- Launch your browser.
- Tap Alt+F.
- Select Settings.
- Scroll down and then select Show advanced settings.
- Click Reset settings and then click the Reset button.
In non-techie terms:
You should be very careful in the future in order not to encounter threats similar to SmartShopSave.com. As has been mentioned, it is a must to install a security tool; however, you should not forget to be attentive too. Our security specialists even suggest users not to download programs from unreliable third-party web pages ever again.