Remove Surfing Spy. Description and removal instructions

Title: Surfing Spy
Type: Spyware	Severity scale: (48 / 100)

Surfing Spy is a commercial spyware product designed to record addresses of all the web sites visited in Internet Explorer and Netscape web browsers. Gathered data is saved into a file on a hard disk. The program must be manually installed. Surfing Spy automatically runs on every Windows startup.

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Surfing Spy properties:
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Surfing Spy removal:

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Surfing Spy manual removal:

Kill processes:
ssytem.exe, ssadmin.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\SSPY=%Windir%\ssytem.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Load=%Windir%\ssytem.exe

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
ssytem.exe, ssadmin.exe, sshook.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
All Surfing Spy files can be found in the main system folder (C:\Windows or C:\Winnt).

Other programs to remove Surfing Spy:

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

Information added: 27/08/05
Information updated: 27/08/05

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