EasyShopper Adware (Mac)

How to remove EasyShopper from Mac?

What is EasyShopper?

EasyShopper is a deceptive application identical to LiveShoppers. By falsely claiming to improve the online shopping experience, EasyShopper often tricks users into believing that it is a legitimate application. In fact, EasyShopper often infiltrates systems without users’ permission. Furthermore, this application continually records various information relating to users' web browsing activity and displays intrusive online advertisements. For these reasons, EasyShopper is classed as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware.

The advertisements generated by EasyShopper include pop-up, banner, and coupon ads. These are displayed using a 'virtual layer' - a tool that enables placement of third party graphical content on any site visited. None originate from users' visited websites, thus, concealing underlying content and significantly diminishing the web browsing experience. Furthermore, ads by EasyShopper might lead to malicious websites containing infectious content - clicking them risks further adware or malware infections. Be aware also that EasyShopper continually records various data relating to users' web browsing activity including IP addresses, websites visited, pages viewed, search queries entered into search engines, etc. This information may seem insignificant, however, some details might be personally identifiable - developers of EasyShopper share these details with various third parties. Some of this recorded information will be misused to generate revenue. Thus, the presence of an information-tracking app such as EasyShopper on your system can lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. We strongly recommend that you uninstall this adware immediately.

Research shows that adware-type applications are often very similar. All claim to provide a number of 'valuable functions' to significantly improve the Internet browsing experience. These claims are merely attempts to trick users to install. In fact, adware simply generates revenue for the developers. Rather than enabling any of the functions promised, EasyShopper, and other similar apps, generate intrusive online advertisements (using the 'Pay Per Click’ [PPC] advertising model) and collect personally identifiable information (which is later shared with third parties to generate revenue).

How did EasyShopper install on my computer?

This application has an official download website, however, it is also promoted using a dubious software marketing method called 'bundling' and, thus, many users install EasyShopper inadvertently. Bundling is essentially stealth installation of potentially unwanted programs with regular software. Developers conceal details regarding installation of third party apps within the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' section of download/installation sections. Rushing and skipping these procedures often leads to inadvertent installation of bogus applications such as EasyShopper.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

There are two main steps you should take to prevent this situation. Firstly, analyze each step of the download/installation processes using the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' settings. Secondly, all offers to download/install additional programs should be declined, and third party apps already included should be cancelled.

Screenshot of EasyShopper website FAQ (frequently asked questions) page:

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Quick menu:

• What is EasyShopper?
• STEP 1. Remove EasyShopper related files and folders from OSX.
• STEP 2. Remove EasyShopper ads from Safari.
• STEP 3. Remove EasyShopper adware from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove EasyShopper ads from Mozilla Firefox.

Video showing how to remove adware and browser hijackers from a Mac computer:

EasyShopper adware removal:

Remove EasyShopper-related potentially unwanted applications from your "Applications" folder:

Click the Finder icon. In the Finder window, select “Applications”. In the applications folder, look for “MPlayerX”,“NicePlayer”, or other suspicious applications and drag them to the Trash. After removing the potentially unwanted application(s) that cause online ads, scan your Mac for any remaining unwanted components.

Remove ads by easyshopper related files and folders:

Click the Finder icon, from the menu bar, choose Go, and click Go to Folder...

Check for adware-generated files in the /Library/LaunchAgents folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: /Library/LaunchAgents

In the “LaunchAgents” folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by adware - “installmac.AppRemoval.plist”, “myppes.download.plist”, “mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist”, “kuklorest.update.plist”, etc. Adware commonly installs several files with the same string.

Check for adware-generated files in the /Library/Application Support folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: /Library/Application Support

In the “Application Support” folder, look for any recently-added suspicious folders. For example, “MplayerX” or “NicePlayer”, and move these folders to the Trash.

Check for adware-generated files in the ~/Library/LaunchAgents folder:

In the Go to Folder bar, type: ~/Library/LaunchAgents

In the “LaunchAgents” folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by adware - “installmac.AppRemoval.plist”, “myppes.download.plist”, “mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist”, “kuklorest.update.plist”, etc. Adware commonly installs several files with the same string.

Check for adware-generated files in the /Library/LaunchDaemons folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: /Library/LaunchDaemons

In the “LaunchDaemons” folder, look for recently-added suspicious files. For example, “com.aoudad.net-preferences.plist”, “com.myppes.net-preferences.plist”, "com.kuklorest.net-preferences.plist”, “com.avickUpd.plist”, etc., and move them to the Trash.

 Scan your Mac with Combo Cleaner:

If you have followed all the steps in the correct order you Mac should be clean of infections. To be sure your system is not infected run a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus. Download it HERE. After downloading the file double click combocleaner.dmg installer, in the opened window drag and drop Combo Cleaner icon on top of the Applications icon. Now open your launchpad and click on the Combo Cleaner icon. Wait until Combo Cleaner updates it's virus definition database and click "Start Combo Scan" button.

Combo Cleaner will scan your Mac for malware infections. If the antivirus scan displays "no threats found" - this means that you can continue with the removal guide, otherwise it's recommended to remove any found infections before continuing.

After removing files and folders generated by the adware, continue to remove rogue extensions from your Internet browsers.

Ads by EasyShopper homepage and default Internet search engine removal from Internet browsers:

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Remove ads by easyshopper related Safari extensions:

Open Safari browser. From the menu bar, select "Safari" and click "Preferences...".

In the preferences window, select "Extensions" and look for any recently-installed suspicious extensions. When located, click the "Uninstall" button next to it/them. Note that you can safely uninstall all extensions from your Safari browser - none are crucial for normal browser operation.

Change your homepage:

In the "Preferences" window, select the "General" tab. To set your homepage, type the preferred website URL (for example: www.google.com) in the Homepage field. You can also click the “Set to Current Page” button if you wish to set your homepage to the website you are currently visiting.

Change your default search engine:

In the "Preferences" window, select the "Search" tab. Here you will find a drop-down menu labelled "Search engine:" Simply select your preferred search engine from the drop-down list.

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Safari.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Remove ads by easyshopper related Mozilla Firefox add-ons:

Open your Mozilla Firefox browser. At the top right corner of the screen, click the "Open Menu" (three horizontal lines) button. From the opened menu, choose "Add-ons".

Choose the "Extensions" tab and look for any recently-installed suspicious add-ons. When located, click the "Remove" button next to it/them. Note that you can safely uninstall all extensions from your Mozilla Firefox browser - none are crucial for normal browser operation.

Change your homepage:

To change your homepage, click the "Open Menu" (three horizontal lines) button and choose "Preferences" from the drop-down menu. To set your homepage, type the preferred website URL (for example: www.google.com) in the Homepage Page.

Change default search engine:

In the URL address bar, type "about:config" and click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button.

In the "Search:" field, type the name of the browser hijacker. Right click on each of the found preferences and click "Reset" from the drop-down menu.

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Mozilla Firefox.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Remove ads by easyshopper related Google Chrome add-ons:

Open Google Chrome and click the "Chrome menu" (three horizontal lines) button located in the top-right corner of the browser window. From the drop-down menu, choose "More Tools" and select "Extensions".

In the "Extensions" window, look for any recently-installed suspicious add-ons. When located, click the "Trash" button next to it/them. Note that you can safely uninstall all extensions from your Google Chrome browser - none are crucial for normal browser operation.

Change your homepage:

Click the "Chrome menu" (three horizontal lines) button and choose "Settings". In the "On Startup" section, click the "Set pages" link near to the "Open a specific page or set of pages" option. Remove the URL of the browser hijacker (for example trovi.com) and enter your preferred URL (for example, google.com).

Change default search engine:

Click the "Chrome menu" (three horizontal lines) button and choose "Settings". In the "Search" section, click the "Manage search engines..." button. In the opened window, remove the unwanted Internet search engine by clicking the "X" button next to it. Select your preferred Internet search engine from the list and click the "Make default" button next to it.

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Google Chrome.

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