Do you want to get rid of Surf and Keep adware infection? If "YES" then follow the below given instructions very carefully to perform a successful removal on your infected PC.
Surf and Keep : Few Facts about it
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Name |
Surf and Keep |
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Type |
Adware |
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Risk
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Medium |
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Symptoms |
Showing too many intrusive ads, fake links, or updates, slow PC performance, redirections etc. |
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Distribution |
Spam emails, infected links or updates,malicious sites, freeware or shareware downloads etc. |
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Infected PC |
Windows |
Surf and Keep : Get detailed knowledge on it
Surf and Keep is a dubious browser plugin which claims to save your time and money while shopping online. It is a deceptive browser add-on which automatically start scanning for coupons, discounts, deals, and promotions, price comparison of various online sites, and provides you the best of the deals that suits your budget. While looking these helpful feature you might start thinking about it is legitimate but many of the online users deemed it as an adware infection which silently intrude into your system by following stealth. It attaches within your browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer without your consent and then after it generates too many intrusive advertisements or pop-ups, discount deals ads or similar others. It make your browser out of order by making changes into into their settings to replace search engine or homepage with other malicious pages. It make your system slow by running malicious tasks into system background.
System users who downloaded third party software free from their websites without checking their license agreements or other security checkups. As the users are always in hurry and use "Default or Express" screen for the new program installation so these kinds of freeware hides their list and install some additional program on your system without your consent that can make harm to your device. Due to this reason users are always suggested to do the new installation by using "Custom or Advanced" screen that does not allow any additional program to install on the system. It save your system from unwanted installation that save your from infection attack also.
How to deal with the Surf and Keep adware culprit?
If you really want to get rid of Surf and Keep then you should use a trusted anti-malware on your compromised PC or if you want to do it manually then follow the below given removal guidance attentively.
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Learn To Remove Surf and Keep Using Manual Methods
Phase 1 : Show Hidden Files To Delete Surf and Keep Related Files And Folders
1. For Windows 8 or 10 Users : From the Ribbon’s View in My PC click on Options icon.
2. For Windows 7 or Vista Users : Open My Computer and tap on Organize button on the upper left corner and then to Folder and Search Options from the drop down menu.
3. Now go to the View tab and enable Show hidden files and folder options and then uncheck the Hide protected system operating files checkbox option below.
4. Finally look for any suspicious files in the hidden folders as given below and delete it.
- %AppData%\[adware_name]
- %Temp%\[adware_name]
- %LocalAppData%\[adware_name].exe
- %AllUsersProfile%random.exe
- %CommonAppData%\[adware_name]
Phase 2 : Get Rid of Surf and Keep Related Extensions Related From Different Web Browsers
From Chrome :
1. Click on Menu icon, hover through More Tools then tap on Extensions.
2. Now click on Trash icon on the extensions tab there next to suspicious extensions to remove it.
From Internet Explorer :
1. Click on Manage add-ons option from the drop down menu on going through Gear icon.
2. Now if you find any suspicious extension in the Toolbars and Extensions panel then right click on it and Delete option to remove it.
From Mozilla Firefox :
1. Tap on Add-ons on going through Menu icon.
2. In the Extensions tab click on Disable or Remove button next to Surf and Keep related extensions to remove them.
From Opera :
1. Press Opera menu, hover to Extensions and then select Extensions manager there.
2. Now if any browser extension looks suspicious to you then click on (X) button to remove it.
From Safari :
1. Click Preferences… on going through Settings Gear icon.
2. Now on Extensions tab click on Uninstall button to remove it.
From Microsoft Edge :
Note:–As there is no option for Extension Manager in Microsoft Edge so in order to sort out issues related with adware programs in MS Edge you can change its default homepage and search engine.
Change Default Homepage of Ms Edge –
1. Click on More(…) followed by Settings and then to Start page under Open With section.
2. Now select View advanced settings button and then in Search in the address bar with section, you can select Google or any other homepage as your preference.
Change Default Search Engine Settings of Ms Edge –
1. Select More(…) then Settings followed by View advanced settings button.
2. Under Search in the address bar with box click on <Add new>. Now you can choose from the available list of search providers or add you preferred search engine and click Add as default.
Phase 3 : Block Unwanted Pop-ups from Surf and Keep On Different Web Browsers
1. Google Chrome : Click Menu icon → Settings → Show advanced settings… → Content Settings… under Privacy section → enable Do not allow any site to show pop-ups (recommended) option → Done.
2. Mozilla Firefox : Tap on Menu icon → Options → Content panel → check Block pop-up windows in Pop-ups section.
3. Internet Explorer : Click Gear Settings icon → Internet Options → in Privacy tab enable Turn on Pop-up Blocker under Pop-up Blocker Section.
4. Microsoft Edge : Press More(…) option → Settings → View advanced settings → toggle on Block pop-ups.
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