Should I remove Shopping Sidekick Plugin?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
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
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.26.152.152 |
57.79% |
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| 1.24.151.151 |
42.21% |
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- #4,583 Shopping Sidekick Plugin by 215 Apps
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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 software | Software version | Detection |
| Dr.Web |
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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 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
Files 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
Behaviors 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).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| Shopping Sidekick Plugin-bg.exe |
| Memory: | 7.92 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0070307236% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00249499% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00453573% | |
| Switches/sec: | 8 | |
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win Vista (SP1) 2%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%
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GLOBAL RANK
#4,583
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
69.68% |
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| Windows Vista |
15.48% |
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| Windows XP |
9.03% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.81% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
57.52% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
12.42% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.15% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.19% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.58% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
3.27% |
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Geography
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% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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| Dell |
23.13% |
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| Acer |
14.29% |
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| Toshiba |
12.24% |
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| Lenovo |
4.08% |
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| ASUS |
3.40% |
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| Gateway |
2.72% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.36% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.36% |
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| Medion |
1.36% |
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| Alienware |
0.68% |
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| Intel |
0.68% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.60% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C655D |
2.16% |
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| Dell Inspiron 620 |
2.16% |
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| Dell Inspiron 660 |
1.44% |
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| Hewlett-Packard Compaq Pr... |
1.44% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
1.44% |
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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).
Or, you can uninstall Shopping Sidekick Plugin 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 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Shopping Sidekick Plugin.
- 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.
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.
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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