How to remove Shauckaimo.com ads pop-ups?

Written by Valdis Koks

Shauckaimo.com search hijacker is a kind of virus that squeezes into your PC, and afterwards alters the search engine settings in your browser to one which it wants. It additionally makes different unpleasant modifications that can lead to personal data leaks, in addition to various other malware injection. In this post, you will read the guide of Shauckaimo.com hijacker clearing in various strategies, and also the technique of making your browser as good as new.

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Shauckaimo.com Info

Name Shauckaimo.com extension
Type Browser hijacker1
Short Description The unwanted software that amends important browser settings without the user’s permission.
Symptoms The Shauckaimo.com hijacker replaces the browser parameters set by the users and replaces these settings with its own values.
Distribution Method Bundling with Freeware or Shareware, misleading pop-up ads produced by adware.
Detection Tool Inspect If Your System Has Been Affected by the Shauckaimo.com hijacker.

The ways of injection of Shauckaimo.com search hijackers are numerous. Most of them come from the malware dispersing via the malvertising or malevolent links of various websites. Sometimes, your PC can be infected with this virus with the trojan-downloader, which is put into action to disperse numerous other malware. There is a solitary form of this undesirable program – browser plugin that might build right into any type of browser which supports the add-on installation2.

You will not likely install this plugin by yourself, because their names are highly suspicious, and the usefulness is very debatable. The “creators” of Shauckaimo.com hijacker normally mention that it can save the .doc/.docx files from the web pages already to .pdf format, or to save the whole site on your disk. It is really tough to picture if somebody may be needed in such functions in 2024, when the Internet access is not time-limited as well as every computer is able to open the needed .docx documents at Google Docs.

Nonetheless, besides their uselessness, they may simply be spotted in the Chrome Web Store. Naturally, virus experts sound the alarm relating to such spam into the legitimate source of browser extensions, requiring the Google reaction – eliminating these extensions from their place. But they are still not hurrying to deal with that protection problem.

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Is the Shauckaimo.com virus?

At the first blush, you may assume that these redirects are just annoying, but not harmful. As a result of this factor a great deal of people are simply playing for time rather than eliminating this malware, getting much more possibilities of being contaminated with different other infections, which are far more serious than Shauckaimo.com is.

Besides the altered browser search engine or search results, you may additionally see various promotions even on those sites that do not have any type of ads on it by default. And you can easily misclick while turning off the advertisement, and begin the downloading of an unknown file, which can be a malware, or a potentially unwanted program, or even ransomware – whatever the maintainers of this hijacker want.

If your browser is damaged because of the Azorult trojan task, the system may begin malfunctioning quickly – this symptome is one of the most usual in case of trojan penetration.

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How to remove Shauckaimo.com?

First, let me say several words about prevention the Shauckaimo.com virus penetration. It is very easy to speak about the techniques of protecting your personal computer from such frustrating things as browser hijackers, however, it is very simple to be caught on this lure even being a professional user. As it was stated above, this unwanted program may hide after the attractive (at the first sight) advertisement, or in packs with other adware you may get in dozens of methods. However, regardless of the usual intricacy of the penetration approaches, it is very simple to prevent the Shauckaimo.com hijacker appearing in your system:

  • Do not follow the dubious links;
  • Restrict the usage of pseudo-free software (one which is offered as free, but has an additional unwanted programs in its pack);
  • Leave the habit of clicking advertisements on the web. If you need to buy something, it is better to google it;
  • Avoid downloading the files from dubious sources, like forums or file sharing websites.

Preparation before removing Shauckaimo.com.

Before starting the actual uninstall procedure, we recommend that you do the following introductory milestones.

  • Make sure you have this hand-operated tutorial constantly prepared to make use of.
  • Perform a back-up of every one of your information, including the saved logins, passwords as well as other credentials. You ought to support your info with a cloud backup option and ensure your files are shielded from any kind of sort of loss, even from one of the most serious infections.
  • Wait up until the lasting backup process is over.

Step 1: Uninstall Shauckaimo.com and related software from Windows

Here is a technique in few easy steps that must be able to uninstall most applications. Either you use Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, these milestones will work well. Moving the app or its folder to the Trash can be a very wrong idea. In case you do that, remnants of the app may remain, and that can cause the unstable performance of your system, malfunctions with the file type associations and other unpleasant behavior. The effective solution to get an app off your device is to remove it manually. To do that:

1. Keep holding the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will soon arrive.

Windows keyboard R

2. In the field that appeared, type in “appwiz.cpl” -1  and choose OK – 2.

Run appwiz.cpl

 

3. This will open a window with all the apps available on the device. Choose the app that you want to get rid of, then choose “Uninstall

Follow the steps above and you will successfully get rid of most unwanted apps.

Step 2: Get rid of Shauckaimo.com from all your available browsers.

Mozilla FirefoxGoogle ChromeInternet ExplorerMicrosoft Edge

1. Launch Mozilla Firefox. Go to its menu window

2. Choose the “Add-ons” icon in the menu.

3. Find the unwanted extension and select “Remove

Mozilla Firefox Add-ons Remove

4. Upon deleting the extension, reload Mozilla Firefox, closing it with the help of a red “X” button in the upper right corner and start it again.

1. Launch Google Chrome and go to its drop menu

Google Chrome drop menu click

2. Click on “Tools” and then in the extended menu select “Extensions

Google Chrome Tools select Extensions

3. In the “Extensions” menu find the unwanted extension and apply the “Remove” button related to it.

Google Chrome Extensions Remove

4. As soon as the extension is deleted, reload Google Chrome by closing it by means of the red “X” button at the top right corner and launch it again.

1. Launch Internet Explorer

2. Click on the gear icon marked ‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and choose ‘Manage Add-ons’

Manage-add-ons

3. In the “Manage Add-ons” window, locate the extension you want to delete and then click “Remove”. A pop-up window will come up to inform you that you are about to delete the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and choose “Remove”.

Internet Explorer extension removal

4. Once the unwanted extension is deleted, reload Internet Explorer by shutting it down from the red “X” button located at the top right corner and launch it again.

1. Launch Edge

2. Access the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.

3. From the drop menu choose “Extensions”.

Microsoft Edge menu Extensions

4. Locate the suspected dangerous extension you want to delete and then click on the Remove button.

Microsoft Edge Extensions Remove

Step 3: Clean any registries that could be added by Shauckaimo.com on your device.

The usually attacked registries of Windows machines are the following:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

You can access them by going to the Windows registry editor and getting rid of any values added by Shauckaimo.com. Follow the steps below:

  1. Start the Run Window command once again, type “regedit” and click OK.Window command regedit
  2. As soon as you open it, you can freely go to the Run and RunOnce keys, whose locations are displayed above.Window command Run and RunOnce keys
  3. You can delete the value of the virus by right-clicking on it and deleting it.Window command regedit delete the value virus

Tip: To locate a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and select “Modify” to find which file it is set to run. If this is the malware file location, delete the value.

Step 4: Scan for Shauckaimo.com with Loaris Trojan Remover

1. Click on the “Download” button to proceed to Loaris Trojan Remover download.

It is recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by Trojan Remover. Click on the corresponding links to check License AgreementPrivacy Policy.

2. Click “Install” to start.

Loaris Trojan Remover Install

There were 4 scan types suggested:

  • Standard Scan.
  • Full Scan.
  • Custom Scan.
  • Removable Scan.

 

3. After the installed has finished, click on the ‘Scan’ tab. Click on ‘Full Scan’.

Loaris Trojan Remover Full Scan

4. Once the scanning is started, Loaris will initiate the thorough analysis of your device and may soon identify specific threats currently slowing down the performance of your system. Make sure to wait until the scanning is completed to let the software fully evaluate the safety of your workstation.

Loaris Trojan Remover - scan in process

5. After Loaris Trojan Remover has finished scanning your PC for any files of the associated threat and found them, you can try to get them removed automatically and permanently by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button. There were options to move the files to quarantine, ignore or delete them.

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If any threats have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

 

  1. About browser hijackers on Wikipedia
  2. Possible danger of free browser extensions

About the author

Valdis Koks

Security engineer, reverse engineering and memory forensics

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