Should I remove Shopping Sidekick?
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Warning, Shopping Sidekick has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this on your PC, you should be safe uninstalling it.
(Reported by 4 people)
Versions of Shopping Sidekick
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.24.151.151 |
51.61% |
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| 1.23.151.151 |
9.68% |
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| 1.18.149.149 |
38.71% |
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Other programs by 215 Apps
Shopping Sidekick
What is Shopping Sidekick?
Shopping Sidekick is a web browser plugin that displays coupon deals and other advertisements when users visit various online shopping sites. When a user visits an online shopping site and the program has a pre-arranged affiliate relationship with a similar merchant it will alert the user that other deals or prices exist, or in many cases just shows adverts. It injects ads and affiliate codes in product links directly by modifying web pages HTML content. In addition, it has been seen to display non-embedded pop-up advertisements that are non-attributed to the application making this program adware. This software is detected by various anti-malware programs that typically flag it as adware or a potentially unwanted program. It is typically included in various 3rd party software bundles.
About Shopping Sidekick (from 215 Apps)
“Use ShoppingSidekick when you buy online and you can find coupons to apply directly to your order, without leaving the page! ShoppingSidekick is a browser add-on that seamlessly integrates with shoppi”
Program details
URL: shopping-sidekick.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\shopping sidekick
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Shopping Sidekick\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.17 MB
Files installed by Shopping Sidekick
| Program executable: | Shopping Sidekick-bg.exe |
| Name: | Shopping Sidekick |
| Shopping Sidekick exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\shopping sidekick\Shopping Sidekick-bg.exe |
| MD5: | a4d222108d8d2b5331950277a201336e |
Additional files:
- Shopping Sidekick.dll - Shopping Sidekick (Shopping Sidekick BHO)
- Shopping Sidekick.exe - Shopping Sidekick exe
- Shopping Sidekick-bg.exe
- Shopping SidekickGui.exe
- Uninstall.exe - Shopping Sidekick Installer
- ButtonUtil.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer extension added
- Shopping Sidekick.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (browser helper object) with the CLSID of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110011501158}.
(Note, behavior information is not collected by the "Should I Remove It?" software.)
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 74%
Win 8 3%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 85%
Keep it 15%
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Which Windows versions does it run on?
| OS version | OS install distribution |
| Windows 7 |
74.19% |
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| Windows XP |
12.90% |
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| Windows Vista |
9.68% |
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| Windows 8 |
3.23% |
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Which countries install it?
United States installs about 81.58% of Shopping Sidekick.
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| PC Manufacturer | OEM distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
42.86% |
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| Toshiba |
21.43% |
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| Acer |
14.29% |
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| Dell |
10.71% |
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| ASUS |
7.14% |
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| Sahara |
3.57% |
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How do I remove Shopping Sidekick?
Quickly and completely remove Shopping Sidekick from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).
Or, you can uninstall Shopping Sidekick from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Shopping Sidekick, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Shopping Sidekick.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Shopping Sidekick you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
About 215 Apps
215 Apps developes a number of adware driven toolbar programs such as DropinSavings, Vid-Saver, Giant Savings, Savings Sidekick, etc., simply referred to as the plugin. The plugin will displaying rele
About (from 215 Apps)
“215Apps builds fun apps to help users supercharge their browser! Save money with our coupon apps. Create a universal wishlist of your most-wanted items and share it with your friends so they will buy ”
Publisher URL: www.215apps.com