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SP2Update
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About
Adware
SP2Update
SP2Update is an adware that monitors your surfing habits and browser search requests, it then contacts to its controlling server in order to generate targeted popup advertisements on your computer.
How to Remove
SP2Update
?
Remove this spyware using Spyware Doctor.
Follow these removal steps to manually remove this adware from your computer:
- Reboot the computer to safe mode (click F8 when Windows start).
- Click Start > Run, type 'regedit', and click Ok to open the Registry eidtor.
- Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
In the right pane find and delete the entry with the value "sp2update" that points to the file "%Windir%\sp2update.exe".
- Use Windows Explorer to open the "%Windir%" folder (by default this is "C:\Windows" or "C:\Winnt"), find and delete the file "sp2update.exe".
- Reboot the computer.
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