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What is SwytShop?

According to the developers, SwytShop saves time and money by finding the best deals available within online stores - "With Swytshop, you’ll always find the lowest price for any product you’re looking for online – all automatically, all while you’re shopping.

Gone are the days of wasting time comparing prices manually, leave it to Swytshop to save you expenses and trouble!" These fake promises often tempt users to install. Be aware, however, that SwytShop is categorized as adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP).

Following successful installation, SwytShop generates intrusive advertisements and collects information relating to users' Internet browsing activity.

Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, website URLs visited, pages viewed, and geographic location are just some examples of data types recorded by SwytShop. All information (some of which may be personally identifiable) is later shared with cooperating third party companies who can misuse it to generate revenue.

Thus, the presence of SwytShop adware on your system can lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. SwytShop employs a virtual layer to display coupon, pop-up, and other similar ads. Advertisements generated by this tool do not originate from users' visited websites and conceal underlying web content.

In addition, some redirect to rogue websites containing infectious content, thereby significantly diminishing the Internet browsing experience and potentially causing adware or malware infections when clicked. We strongly recommend that you uninstall SwytShop immediately.

SwytShop Privacy Policy regarding data sharing with third parties:

By using our SWYTSHOP services, you approve our sharing or transferring of information, including Personal Information, internally, within our group of companies. Non-Personal Information may be shared with third parties, in order to provide, maintain or improve our services and operation. Third parties can better provide you with offers you may be interested in.

SwytShop shares many similarities with PriceFountain, FirstOffer, PopDeals, and other applications claiming to save time and money. Be aware that adware-type applications promise to enable useful functionality simply to trick users to install.

Once installed, these apps provide no real value for users - they generate revenue for the developers by displaying advertisements (via the 'Pay Per Click [PPC] advertising model) and collecting personally identifiable information (which is later sold to third party companies).

How did SwytShop install on my computer?

SwytShop is free for anyone to download on its official website. It is also distributed using a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' - stealth installation of PUPs with the chosen software/apps. Many users are unaware that developers conceal bundled applications within the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' settings.

By skipping this section, users often inadvertently install SwytShop and other similar programs. The developers are concerned only with the amount of revenue generated (which is dependent on the number of apps distributed), and thus, do not properly disclose installation of PUPs.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Only by paying close attention during the download and installation processes will you be able to protect your system from adware-type infections. Select the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' options when downloading and installing software, opting-out of any third party applications listed for download and/or installation. Closely analyze these processes to avoid system infections.

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Quick menu:

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

SwytShop 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 "SwytShop", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

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

Remove SwytShop 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 "SwytShop", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the swytshop adware, 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 "SwytShop", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the swytshop adware, 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 "SwytShop".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with swytshop adware 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 swytshop adware, 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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