Follow these removal steps to remove this adware from your computer: Close all open Internet Explorer windows. 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 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" 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". 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} Exit Registry Editor. 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\ Search for and delete the following files ( if exist ): Sskknwrd.dll Ssk.log SskUpdater.exe SskCore.dll