ShopForGood IE Plugin Detection and Removal
Title: ShopForGood IE Plugin
Also Known as: Shop for Good IE Plugin; Shop for Good
Severity scale:
ShopForGood IE Plugin is a search hijacker that tries to disguise itself as a BHO (browser helper object). This is a sneaky move on its part, designed to let it get past your Windows firewall. Since it attaches itself to your browser, the firewall detects it as simply another part of Microsoft Internet Explorer instead of the hijacker that it is.
ShopForGood IE Plugin complicates a user’s Internet surfing experience by re-routing searches through its own servers. So if you try to search for something using Google, ShopForGood will redirect you away from Google and towards its own search engine of choice, instead.
ShopForGood runs every time your browser runs. It eats up system resources and may slow your web browsing activities. A quick, free scan with SpyZooka will let you know what other spyware programs you may have on your system.
ShopForGood IE Plugin file contents:
Directory: TGDC
Files:
TGDC.exe
winy.dll
Registry Value:
TGDC IE Plugin
AKA:
ShopForGood
