Remove Sekindo Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Adware is sneaky. It’s annoying, it’s meddlesome, it destroys your entire browsing experience and it has absolutely nothing beneficial to offer you. Even though this type of cyber infection is considered to be the least dangerous one out there, it has to be removed ASAP. You certainly don’t need a nasty parasite on board and you should know that adware only becomes more dangerous as time passes. Now, Sekindo is a classic member of the adware family. It has also been classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). On theory, this thing is supposed to be perfectly useful and perfectly safe. On practice, though, we’re writing a removal guide right now because it’s key for your further safety that you delete the virus. The sooner, the better. Sekindo exhibits numerous malicious traits so it provides you various tricks and shenanigans. It’s your responsibility to avoid all of them till you get rid of the parasite. To begin with, this program usually gets installed behind your back. Then it starts modifying your browser settings (again, behind your back). As you could imagine, these manipulations only have one goal – to help hackers gain illegitimate profit online. Sekindo also adds a browser extension which floods your PC screen with ads. They include a rich bouquet of irritating pop-ups ads, stubborn pop-under ads, intrusive banner ads, interstitial ads, video ads, etc. It goes without saying that such a never-ending mess of web links both effectively stops you from browsing the Web and annoys you on a daily basis. What you may not know is the fact Sekindo is ad-supported. The program itself comes for free which means its developers need to apply some other mechanism in order to make money out of it. That’s where commercials come in handy. All advertisements generated by this parasite are sponsored and, if you’re seeing some particularly attractive product discount, you’re only seeing it because hackers want you to. Thanks to the pay-per-click mechanism crooks successful gain easy profit by bombarding you with ads. Unfortunately, what might happen to your machine when you click a corrupted link, is not hackers’ problem. It’s yours. Therefore, stay away from the ads. You simply cannot afford to believe a program that was never meant to be trustworthy. There is no doubt that some of its ads lead straight to malicious websites infested with parasites. The question is, are you going to allow hackers to make money at your expense? Are you going to let them compromise your already compromised machine even further? Also, Sekindo poses a threat to your privacy as it steals personal data like nobody’s business. This program will not enhance your Internet experience; it will only bring upon you trouble. And it has to be deleted.

How did I get infected with?

Did you install Sekindo voluntarily? No? Remember, this is adware. More often than not, such sneaky infections use unfair, highly secretive methods to get downloaded. One extremely popular infiltration technique is called freeware bundling. It’s just as simple as it is efficient so you should definitely watch out for infections when installing bundled programs. Opt for the Custom option instead of the Basic one in the Setup Wizard; this will allow you to spot and deselect any bonus parasite attached to the safe software. Also, you know these Terms and Conditions you always accept without reading? Yes, that’s is a horrible habit.  Never rush the installation process because you might be accepting some terms/conditions that you strongly disagree with. Furthermore, there’s no one to blame later on when you realize your PC is compromised. Another piece of advice for you is to always avoid third-party ads, suspicious-looking websites and unverified software. Your caution WILL pay off so don’t take unwarranted risks. It’s worth it to pay attention to your machine before it’s too late. Remember, the Web is filled with infections. Whether you will manage to protect your PC or you will end up with a compromised device, is entirely up to you.

Why are these ads dangerous?

The pesky Sekindo ads, as we mentioned already, are sponsored. You’re only seeing them all over your PC screen in order to help hackers gain revenue. They were never supposed to help you save time or money. Therefore, keep in mind how tricky those pop-ups are. Restrain yourself from clicking any coupon, discount, deal or price comparison you may see because they are all unreliable. And they should all be avoided. Once the parasite installs its undesirable browser add-on, consider Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer infected. They are now injected with the pop-ups and if you want to get rid of this never-ending parade of commercials, you have to tackle the parasite itself. Don’t hesitate. Sekindo also collects browsing-related data including browsing history, search queries, passwords and usernames, IP addresses, email addresses, etc. There is absolutely nothing even remotely safe about having your sensitive data spied on by hackers. They will eventually sell your information to questionable third parties with questionable intentions. How nervous does that make you feel? To protect your virtual safety and privacy, uninstall the parasite. In order to do so manually, please follow the detailed removal guide that you will find down below.

How Can I Remove Sekindo Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Sekindo infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Uninstall Sekindo from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Sekindo from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Sekindo from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Sekindo from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Sekindo program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Sekindo from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
• Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
• If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
• go to settings – Add person

• choose a preferred name.

• then go back and remove person 1
• Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable and remove any unknown add on
• Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

• Open IE
• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Go to Toolbars and Extensions
• Disable any suspicious extension.
• If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
• On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
• Click on Internet options

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

• Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Sekindo Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.