Remove Surf Slide Completely

Surf Slide seems to be useful application that gets installed on users’ browsers as a browser add-on in order to enhance their browsing experience. However, it is reported as an adware program or potentially unwanted program designed only for commercial purposes. By delivering various pop-up ads to users, it can help its creators to make money and the advertisers to promote their products or services. It does not consider whether users need these ads or not. When installed on users’ browsers, it just displays all sorts of ads, including sponsor links, offers, deals, coupons and banners on the websites they are browsing. It is not responsible for the reliability of the information in the ads, either. In such case, some unwary users may be tricked into buying some fake products or non-existent services. To deliver more targeted ads to users, this adware may also furtively monitor users’ online activities, trace their browsing history and then send the information to its creators. To avoid unwanted trouble, it is strongly suggested that this adware be removed as quickly as possible.

Manually Remove the Adware by Taking the Steps.

Step1: Open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar, and then clicking “Start Task Manager”. Click the “Processes” tab, then you will see a list of all the processes that are currently running under your user account. To view all of the processes currently running on the computer, click “Show processes from all users”. Scroll down to look for any processes related to Surf Slide adware, click them, and then click on the “End Process” button.

Step 2: Click the “Start” menu and select “Control Panel”. Click on the “Appearance and Personalization” link and then click on “Folder Options”. Under the “View” tab, select the radio button labeled “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”, remove the checkmark from the box labeled “Hide protecting operating system files (Recommended)” and click” OK”.

Step 3: Look for the files related to Surf Slide adware in the local disk C. Select and right click on them, and click on the “Delete” option. (You can use the search function to look for those malicious files)

Step4: Click on the Start button, in the search box, type “regedit”, and click on “regedit.exe” from the results list. Once the Registry Editor is opened, search for any registry entries associated with the adware and delete them all.
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Step 5: Remove the toolbars, extensions, or plug-ins associated with Surf Slide adware.

Internet Explorer
Click “Tools” and select “Manage add-ons”. On the “Toolbars and Extensions” tab, find out and disable the toolbars or extensions associated with the adware. Restart the browser to complete the changes.

Mozilla Firefox
Click on the “Tools” menu and navigate to “Add-ons”. On the “Extensions” and “Plugins” tabs, find out any extensions or plug-ins related to the adware and remove/disable them. Restart the Firefox browser.

Google Chrome
Click on the Wrench or 3-bar icon, click “Tools” and navigate to “Extensions”. On the “Extensions” tab, look for and delete all extensions related to Surf Slide adware. Close the browser window and restart it.