Shopperify Adware (Mac)

What is Shopperify?

Shopperify is a deceptive application that supposedly helps to save time and money when shopping online. Judging on appearance alone, this app may seem legitimate and useful, however, Shopperify is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware.

There are three main reasons for these negative associations: 1) installation without consent; 2) display of intrusive online advertisements, and; 3) tracking of users' Internet browsing activity.

Following infiltration, Shopperify delivers pop-up, banner, coupon, and other similar ads. To achieve this, developers employ a "virtual layer" - a tool that enables placement of third party graphical content on any site. Therefore, displayed ads often conceal underlying website content, thereby significantly diminishing the Internet browsing experience.

In addition, some might redirect to malicious websites and even accidental clicks can result in high-risk adware or malware infections. Another downside is information tracking. Be aware that Shopperify records IP addresses, URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries, and other similar information that might contain personal details.

Shopperify's developers share this data with third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who misuse private details to generate revenue. The presence of an information-tracking application can lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. Therefore, you are strongly advised to uninstall Shopperify adware immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by Shopperify
Threat Type	Mac malware, Mac virus
Symptoms	Your Mac became slower than normal, you see unwanted pop-up ads, you get redirected to shady websites.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake flash player installers, torrent file downloads.
Damage	Internet browsing tracking (potential privacy issues), displaying of unwanted ads, redirects to shady websites, loss of private information.
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Shopperify is identical to MyShopBot, OptiBuy, Shoppinizer, and a number of other adware-type applications. As with Shopperify, these PUPs also offer identical functionality, however, adware-type applications are designed only to generate revenue for the developers and are useless for regular users.

Rather than providing any of features promised, PUPs deliver intrusive online advertisements (via the "Pay Per Click" advertising model) and continually gather various information (which is later sold to third parties).

How did Shopperify install on my computer?

Shopperify adware has an official download website, however, it is also distributed using a deceptive marketing method called "bundling". Therefore, users often install Shopperify inadvertently, without their consent. "Bundling" is stealth installation of third party software with regular apps. Developers know that users often rush the download/installation processes and skip steps.

Therefore, they hide bundled programs within the "Custom" or "Advanced" settings. By skipping this section, users commonly grant set-ups permission to modify various settings.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

To prevent system infiltration by PUPs, be very cautious when downloading and installing software. Closely analyze each step using the "Custom" or "Advanced" settings and decline offers to download/install additional applications. The key to computer safety is caution.

Deceptive application installer promoting Shopperify adware:

How ads generated by this adware appear on shopping websites:

Shopperify adware displaying intrusive online advertisements:

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Quick menu:

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

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

Shopperify adware removal:

Remove Shopperify-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 adware-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 exact 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 exact 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 correctly, your Mac should be clean of infections. To ensure 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 the 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 its virus definition database and click the "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.

Remove malicious extensions from Internet browsers

Remove malicious Safari extensions:

Open the 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 regular browser operation.

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

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

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

Remove malicious extensions from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window) and select "Add-ons and themes". Click "Extensions", in the opened window locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, click on the three dots and then click "Remove".

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

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