How do I get rid of surfside kick, my ad aware won't remove it.?

Question

I'm running a compaq, with windows xp with sevice pack 2, also roll-up 2. widows defener won't let me quarintine it, it won't even ignore it when I set it to ignore it. And before you say, use add-remove program, I've checked and it's not in there.

Answer 1

Hi there,
Here's some detailed information on the Surf Sidekick infection:
http://virusinfo.prevx.com/viruscenter.asp?returnpage=default&GRP=4736100019

The best and easiest way to remove this infection is by installing the Free Trial of Prevx1. This will scan your PC and remove this and any other infections free of charge.
http://www.prevx.com
 

Answer 2

Try going to www.cnet.com and download a 30 day free trial of McAfee and run that and see if it will get rid of it,, otherwise, I would say track it down in the windows explorer and drag and drop it into recycle bin, or if that fails,,, try going to HP/Compaq website and see if they have a download there that will help out,

Answer 3

There's a good list of free spyware removal tools here, also has some good info on how to avoid stuff like this.http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html

Answer 4

surfsidekick
filenames:Ssk.exe SskBho.dll SskCore.dll SSK_B5.EXE

try this
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-112118-0309-99&tabid=3

try this
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=2319

try this
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Applications/Viruses/Q_21568539.html

if you cant follow what is going on above, post back about it

Answer 5

go to www'grisoft.com/doc1 and download the antispyware update it and run it in safe mode