I keep getting ads from something called HopToShop on my laptop. They can appear in a random time and I don’t know how to stop them from popping up. My computer now is running really slow and I want to solve this problem soon. However, my anti-virus program doesn’t give me any warning about bad stuff on my computer. What should I do? Please help!

Brief Introduction to This Adware

HopToShop is a kind of computer threat that can be classified as an adware or potentially unwanted program. To be more specific, it is a kind of computer infection that aims on browsers installed on the infected computer, and once it sneaks into the target machines, it can generate many problems when people use the corrupted computers. Mostly, cyber hackers who design it can spread this infection on the Internet. Users can be targeted by this infection without any notice as its infiltration cannot be detected by anti-virus programs saved on the infected machines. How can this stuff come to innocent computers without being caught? Technically speaking, this adware doesn’t belong to a computer virus which can be scanned by security tools. However, what it can do to the corrupted machine can be a totally disaster.

The Screenshot of This Adware

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Without being found by anti-virus software, this HopToShop adware can come to target computer with many easily ways. Cyber hackers who design this infection can put it into lots of websites which have been attacked by them. Once websites become the proxy servers of this infection, as long as people come to visit those pages, this adware can pretend to be a plug-in or extension to be added automatically on the browsers. Also, when people install programs to their computers, this adware can be installed in the meanwhile as cyber hackers can bundle it with those programs. It can be difficult for users to notice the process as all the activities can be performed on the background.

As soon as this HopToShop adware infiltrates target computers, it can bring many troubles and problems to the corrupted machines. People will face many errors during the use as this adware can be activated all the time. It can add itself to the system registry to make sure it can be opened automatically from the startup. The default homepage and search engine can be changed to be some strange pages which are browser hijacker as well. So when people go online, they can be redirected to many unsafe websites which could download many other computer viruses. Users will realize that their computer will work slower and slower after a long time use as this adware can consume too much CPU resource.

The properties of Browser Hijacker

-Can not be detected by your anti-virus software, which makes it hard to uninstall from the computer.
-Once you open your browser, you will be redirected to some unknown websites.
-Can slow down the performance of the computer, or even blue screen.
-Can pop up many unwanted advertisements when you are doing something else.
-Can change your settings in your browser and it is not easy to change it back.

If you find any symptoms listed above showing on your computer, then your computer must be suffered with a browser hijacker that causes you keep being redirecting to this HopToShop. Welcome to contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for manual removal guide. Also, we will provide a short removal guide below for computer literate.

NOTE: Being afraid to do any wrong operation during the process of removing this browser hijacker? Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts, we are here to help you:

Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Browser Hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this hijacker, the name of the process of it is random.

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Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

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Step 3: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel

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Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs

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Then try to find the program which relates to this browser hijacker, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.

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Step4: Change your homepage in your browser (Take Internet Explorer as an Example)

From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options.

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Then type the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK

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Similar video on browser hijacker removal:

Conclusion:

HopToShop belongs to an adware infection which is a branch of browser hijack. It can cause many problems to the infected computer if it can stay on it for a long time. Users will get a bad computer with poor performance as this adware and its accomplices can mess up the whole system. It is necessary for users who encounter this problem on their machines to get rid of it in time.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of HopToShop? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on March 8, 2015 5:49 am

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