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Should I remove Shopping Sidekick Plugin?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #4,583
United States Rank #2,700
Reach 0.1419%
Installation trends (last 30 days)
Uninstallation trends (last 30 days)
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 4.92 days
145.08 days >
Average installed length: 76.23 days

Versions of Shopping Sidekick Plugin

VersionDistribution
1.26.152.152 57.79%
1.24.151.151 42.21%

Shopping Sidekick Plugin

What is Shopping Sidekick Plugin?

Shopping Sidekick Plugin by 215 Apps (Awesome Apps) is a Browser Helper Object installed into Internet Explorer that monitors web pages for possible affiliate merchant partners. Shopping Sidekick will let you know when there are coupons by showing a counter in the top right of Web sites. Shopping Sidekick is an adware type program that has causes serious performance issues to your PC by installing a number of plug-ins and add-ins to your web browser and Windows. It injects ads directly by modifying web pages based on your surfing habits.

About Shopping Sidekick Plugin (from 215 Apps)

After you install Shopping Sidekick our install screen should pop-up, if it does not, search your download location for Shopping-Sidekick.exe. Once our installer loads, follow the on-screen instructio
Warning, 2 anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Shopping Sidekick Plugin.
The file Shopping Sidekick PluginGui.exe has been flagged by the following scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.14
Malwarebytes 1.70.0.9 PUP.215Apps
Shopping Sidekick Plugin has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: shopping-sidekick.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\shopping sidekick plugin
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Shopping Sidekick Plugin\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 5.06 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Shopping Sidekick Plugin

Program executable:Shopping Sidekick PluginGui.exe
Name:Shopping Sidekick Plugin
Shopping Sidekick Plugin exe
Path:C:\Program Files\shopping sidekick plugin\Shopping Sidekick PluginGui.exe
MD5:b40f67170a5407ce65b1a959ecbbec47
Additional files:
  • Shopping Sidekick Plugin.dll - Shopping Sidekick Plugin (Shopping Sidekick Plugin BHO)
  • Shopping Sidekick Plugin-bg.exe - Shopping Sidekick Plugin exe
  • Shopping Sidekick PluginGui.exe
  • Uninstall.exe - Shopping Sidekick Plugin Installer
  • ButtonUtil.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • Shopping Sidekick Plugin.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Shopping Sidekick Plugin' with the class of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110211181102} (CrossriderApp0021802).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

Shopping Sidekick Plugin-bg.exe
Memory:7.92 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0070307236%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00249499%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00453573%
0.015104% average
Switches/sec:8
70 average

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win Vista (SP1) 2%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#4,583

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 69.68%
Windows Vista 15.48%
Windows XP 9.03%
Windows 8 5.81%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 57.52%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 12.42%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.15%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.19%
Windows 8 4.58%
Windows 7 Professional 3.27%

Distribution by countryGeography

70.13% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 70.13%
  United Kingdom 12.99%
  Canada 7.14%
  Ireland 3.90%
  Germany 1.95%
  Australia 1.30%
  Brazil 0.65%
  Mexico 0.65%
  RS 0.65%
  SY 0.65%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
Dell 23.13%
Acer 14.29%
Toshiba 12.24%
Lenovo 4.08%
ASUS 3.40%
Gateway 2.72%
GIGABYTE 1.36%
American Megatrends 1.36%
Medion 1.36%
Alienware 0.68%
Intel 0.68%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.60%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655D 2.16%
Dell Inspiron 620 2.16%
Dell Inspiron 660 1.44%
Hewlett-Packard Compaq Pr... 1.44%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 1.44%

How do I remove Shopping Sidekick Plugin?

Quickly and completely remove Shopping Sidekick Plugin from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).
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Or, you can uninstall Shopping Sidekick Plugin from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program Shopping Sidekick Plugin, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Shopping Sidekick Plugin.
  4. 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 Plugin you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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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

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