What is ShopDiscounts?

ShopDiscounts is a program that relates to the number of potentially unwanted programs. This program comes to your computer in the form of an extension to the browser. ShopDiscounts hijacks popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. ShopDiscounts is an advertising program. After penetration, it starts to display a huge amount of unnecessary ads, banners and coupons. Most of these products can relate to popular online stores, such as eBay, Amazon, AliExpress and so on. At first glance, ShopDiscounts creates the impression of a useful program. In fact, the program forces the user to spend money for nothing. Also, this program can redirect the user to other sites, change your browser settings. If you find this on your computer, then you need to remove this program immediately.

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How ShopDiscounts gets on your PC?

ShopDiscounts refers to the number of potentially unwanted software. These programs come on a computer without the user’s consent. Typically, PUP penetrates a computer bundled with free software, such as players, converters or archivers, and so on. Malware can be hidden in the Download manager or Installation Manager. You need to remember a few simple things to protect your PC against the penetration of potentially unwanted programs. Always follow the installation process carefully. Also, you must choose the “Advanced” or “Full” installation type in order to see the hidden elements of the installation. Don’t press the “Next” if you aren’t sure in any component of the program. Read reviews about this program and use special programs that will help you to protect your PC. If your computer is already infected, then use our instructions to remove ShopDiscounts.

How to remove ShopDiscounts from your computer?

To uninstall ShopDiscounts remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have ShopDiscounts in their database. You can try to use them for removing ShopDiscounts.

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You can try both of these products to remove ShopDiscounts

Or uninstall ShopDiscounts manually.

Removing from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find ShopDiscounts.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find ShopDiscounts and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find ShopDiscounts, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

After that remove ShopDiscounts from your browser.

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find ShopDiscounts.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose ShopDiscounts.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable ShopDiscounts.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove following registry entries:


no information

Then remove following files:


ShopDiscounts.dll

And following folders


%PROGRAMFILES%ShopDiscounts

Written by Rami Douafi

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