Terrific Shopper Adware

What is Terrific Shopper?

Terrific Shopper is a deceptive application identical to Torpedo Deals that claims to save time and money by providing coupons and notifications of special deals/discounts available on various e-shops. In this way, Terrific Shopper attempts to give the impression of legitimacy, however, this app usually infiltrates systems without permission.

Furthermore, it continually delivers intrusive advertisements and gathers various user/system information. For these reasons, Terrific Shopper is classed as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware.

Following infiltration, Terrific Shopper delivers pop-up, coupon, banner, 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. The displayed ads often conceal underlying content of visited websites.

In addition, some redirect to malicious websites - even accidental clicks can result in high-risk adware or malware infections. By delivering content-concealing advertisements, Terrific Shopper significantly diminishes the Internet browsing experience. It is also worth noting that Terrific Shopper changes browsers' homepage to it's website, which redirects users to search.yahoo.com.

In addition, Terrific Shopper gathers URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, and other similar information relating to web browsing activity. There is a high probability that this collected information will contain personal details that developers share with cooperating third parties (who misuse personal details to generate revenue).

The presence of an information-tracking app can result in serious privacy issues or even identity theft. You are strongly advised to uninstall this potentially unwanted program.

Terrific Shopper is similar to Coupon Time, Price-Hero, Mute Tabs Button, and dozens of other adware-type applications. All offer various 'useful features', however, that PUPs such as Terrific Shopper are designed only to generate revenue for the developers.

Rather than providing any value for regular users, adware-type applications deliver intrusive online advertisements (via the "Pay Per Click" [PPC] advertising model) and collect personally identifiable information (which is later sold to third parties).

How did Terrific Shopper install on my computer?

This PUP is free for anyone to download on its official website, however, developers also distribute it by employing a deceptive marketing method called "bundling". Therefore, users often install Terrific Shopper inadvertently, without their consent. Bundling is stealth installation of third party applications with regular software.

Developers hide bundled programs within the "Custom" or "Advanced" settings of the download/installation processes. Rushing these procedures and skipping steps often leads to inadvertent installation of rogue apps.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

To prevent system infiltration by PUPs, be very cautious during the download/installation processes. Select the "Custom/Advanced" settings and closely analyze each step. In addition, decline offers to download/install additional applications an cancel those already included. The key to computer safety is caution.

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Quick menu:

• What is Terrific Shopper?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Terrific Shopper application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Terrific Shopper adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Terrific Shopper ads from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Terrific Shopper' from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Terrific Shopper extension from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Terrific Shopper adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Terrific Shopper", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Terrific Shopper ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Terrific Shopper adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon  (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for "Terrific Shopper", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by terrific shopper, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Terrific Shopper", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by terrific shopper, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu  (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove "Terrific Shopper".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by terrific shopper removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by terrific shopper, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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