# How do you get rid of Shopnav **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-rid-of-shopnav/233642 "2004-03-11T04:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-rid-of-shopnav/233642/1 "2004-03-11T04:57:57Z")
Somehow, our computer system has been infested with a piece of shit called Shopnav that grabs our browser every time it fails to go directly to the place it’s spozed ta go and pulls up this fakey search page. Anybody know any good techniques or software that’ll get rid of this reeking pile of garbage? BTW, since we didn’t that I know of (our kid uses the computer, says he’s innocent but he says that a lot) ASK for Shopnav to be installed, isn’t this illegal, like putting a virus in someone’s machine? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-rid-of-shopnav/233642/2 "2004-03-11T05:40:55Z")
Try Googling Shopnav and Remove. There’s a few sites out there. [Here’s one solution.](http://www.spyany.com/program/article_spy_rm_ShopNav.html) ---
**Author:** ![trabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trabi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-rid-of-shopnav/233642/3 "2004-03-11T06:59:49Z")
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