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SurfSideKick Adware

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About Adware SurfSideKick

SurfSideKick is an adware that changes your internet settings that redirects your url search to its controlling server and generates advertisments.

How to Remove SurfSideKick ?

Remove this spyware using Spyware Doctor.

Follow these removal steps to remove this adware from your computer:

1. Close all open Internet Explorer windows.
   
2. Click Start > Run, type 'regedit', and click Ok to open the Registry eidtor.
   
3. Navigate to the following key:
   
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
   
   In the right pane find and delete the entry named "SurfSideKick", "SurfSideKick 2 " or "SurfSideKick 3 " that points to the file "ssk.exe".
   
   Find and delete the entry named "CU1" that points to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VCClient\VCClient.exe".
   
   Find and delete the entry named "CU2" that points to " C:\Program Files\Common Files\VCClient\VCMain.exe"
   
4. Navigate to the following key:
   
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
   
   In the right pane find and delete the entry named "SurfSideKick", "SurfSideKick 2 " or "SurfSideKick 3 " that points to the file "ssk.exe".
   
   Find and delete the entry named "CU1" that points to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VCClient\VCClient.exe".
   
   Find and delete the entry named "CU2" that points to " C:\Program Files\Common Files\VCClient\VCMain.exe".
   
5. Find and delete the following keys:
   
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SurfSideKick
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {000AB005-FF12-42C2-8DF5-39E12E5F9C91}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Surf Sidekick_is1
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SurfSideKick
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\ {000AB005-FF12-42C2-8DF5-39E12E5F9C91}
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SurfSideKick
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\ {000AB005-FF12-42C2-8DF5-39E12E5F9C91}
   
6. Exit Registry Editor.
   
7. Delete the following directories if they exist:
   
   C:\Program Files\SurfSideKick
   C:\Program Files\SurfSideKick 2\
   C:\Program Files\SurfSideKick 3\
   C:\Program Files\Common Files\VCClient\
   
8. Search for and delete the following files ( if exist ):
   
   Sskknwrd.dll
   Ssk.log
   SskUpdater.exe
   SskCore.dll
   

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