comp has SurfSidekick... was advised after many a search to create a 'batch' file to delete the sucker even before it STARTED up (already tried deleting it from the start-up programs..... the sucker snuck back in...) and not the slightest clue as how to do it... much less make it work ~~~~: ( any help available from veterans or noobs alike?Hi, this is easily solved (hopefully...)
Open control panel>add/REMOVE programs click surfsidekick and uninstall.

DEREK.lol derek. if only it were that easy.
problem is that SS2 is running and every time I take it off the start-up directory (whatever you address it by) it puts itself back in. and the guys at Windows still have not figured out how to tell a computer "I DONT CARE IF ITS RUNNING! GET RID OF IT!" (grrrr)
poor ignorants rock on simpsons!Have you tried manually removing it from the registery:
Go to START>RUN Key in REGEDIT and select EDIT from the menu and select FIND...Key in SURFSIDEKICK and if found, remove the entry. Or another way..goto the Task Manager and end the program before trying to remove it as suggested in a previous reply.Hi, the uninstall info came from thew faq's on the surfsidekick website. Surfsidekick is a manual DOWNLOAD on that site, ie you have to click the download button. If you haven't been there then maybe this is a new variant. The known files and reg entries are:

Creates the following files:

%Program Files%\SurfSideKick\Ssk.exe
%Program Files%\SurfSideKick\SskBho.dll
%Program Files%\SurfSideKick\SskCore.dll

Note: %ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the program files folder. By default, this is C:\Program Files.


Adds values to the following registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{000AB0005-FF12-42C2-8DF5-39E12E5F9C91}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{000AB0005-FF12-42C2-8DF5-39E12E5F9C91}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Surf Sidekick_is1


Adds the value:

"SurfSideKick" = "%Program Files%\SurfSideKick\Ssk.exe"

to the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

so that the program runs every time Windows starts.

The above was from http://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.surfsidekick.html

Just found this surfsidekickb is bundled with some free software.
File names: Ssk.exe; SskBho.dll; SskCore.dll; SSK_B5.EXE

When Adware.SurfSideKick.B is executed, it performs the following actions:


Creates the following files:

%Program Files%\SurfSideKick 2\Ssk.exe
%Program Files%\SurfSideKick 2\SskBho.dll
%Program Files%\SurfSideKick 2\SskCore.dll

Note: %ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the program files folder. By default, this is C:\Program Files.


Creates the following registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CA0E28FA-1AFD-4C21-A8DC-70EB5BE2F076}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{CA0E28FA-1AFD-4C21-A8DC-70EB5BE2F076}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{CA0E28FA-1AFD-4C21-A8DC-70EB5BE2F076}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SurfSideKick2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Surf Sidekick


Adds the value:

"SurfSideKick 2" = "%Program Files%\SurfSideKick 2\Ssk.exe"

to the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

so that the adware program runs every time Windows starts.


Displays pop-up advertisements.


Attempts to connect to a predetermined Web site and downloads other adware programs and sends on system information.


Have you tried booting into safe mode and uninstalling from there?

Derek.
PS Homer Simpson is my hero.