Remove SideSearch. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: SideSearch

Type: Adware
Severity scale:SideSearch severity is 30  (30 / 100)
 
SideSearch is an advertising program that monitors user Internet activity and displays alternative search results in the Internet Explorer additional search sidebar, which automatically appears whenever the user performs a web search on a particular site. The program is able to silently update itself via the Internet. SideSearch is bundled with some ad-supported products and several parasites. It can also be manually installed. The program runs every time the user launches Internet Explorer.


SideSearch properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Automatic SideSearch removal:

remover for SideSearch

SideSearch manual removal:

Kill processes:
sstu.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lycos
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\AutoSearch=4
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\provider=lyco
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Sep.Band
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Sep.Band.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Sep.Search
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Sep.Search.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{00000762-3965-4A1A-98CE-3D4BF457D4C8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{000007AB-7059-463E-BD44-101A1750D732}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C30793AF-14B2-4300-8B5D-4BFA3987050E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C5183ABC-EB6E-4E05-B8C9-500A16B6CF94}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FFFFDA2C-A0D5-4D60-8EE1-1B7F8929E24D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{3A951AF0-53F8-4803-A565-0E1DEE4B11F5}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{AF286CEA-635D-40C5-A891-B40A0F520539}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{4E627A1E-BC4B-4FAF-8DE8-1D9A54D37DA3}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{000007AB-7059-463E-BD44-101A1750D732}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{000007C6-17DF-4438-92A4-DE5537471BA3}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{00000762-3965-4A1A-98CE-3D4BF457D4C8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{C5183ABC-EB6E-4E05-B8C9-500A16B6CF94}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FFFFDA2C-A0D5-4D60-8EE1-1B7F8929E24D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved\{00000762-3965-4A1A-98CE-3D4BF457D4C8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved\{000007AB-7059-463E-BD44-101A1750D732}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved\{FFFFDA2C-A0D5-4D60-8EE1-1B7F8929E24D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SEP
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Lycos SideSearch
Unregister DLLs:
sidesearch[XVS].dll, sep.dll, sst.dll

Delete files:
sstu.exe, sidesearch[XVS].dll, sep.dll, sst.dll
Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\SEP
C:\Program Files\Lycos\SideSearch
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application Data\Lycos\SideSearch
Misc:
[XVS] is the version number.

Other programs to remove SideSearch:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
• CounterSpy - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 29/09/05

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