Surfshield Ads

Surfshield Ads is a browser service that should safeguard you against dubious websites. It is a very tempting offer but you should not get fooled as Surfshield Ads is just one more invasive adware application. In reality, it is quite paradoxical as an application that should safeguard your system against dubious web content will most likely expose your PC to it. Do not risk getting infected with other dubious applications or even worse – malware by running Surfshield Ads. Removal is essential for anyone who cares about virtual security on any level. The comprehensive removal guide of Surfshield Ads is located below and should be used instantly if Surfshield Ads was found present on your operating system. Read the rest of the article and find out how this invasive adware program works.

Just as Surfshield Ads enters your system browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox will be affected by this adware program. Unlike the majority of adware programs Surfshield Ads does not rely on browser extensions to display commercial third-party adverts. Instead of installing extensions Surfshield Ads starts a Windows process after it successfully gains access into your operating system. The process is called UpdateService.exe and could be stopped via Task Manager. Unfortunately, the dubious process will auto-start with every system startup. As long as Surfshield Ads is present on your operating system your browsers will be flooded with numerous annoying third-party adverts that will make surfing the web a frustrating experience.

If that was not enough, it was revealed that adverts provided by Surfshield Ads could contain redirect links. Ergo, just by clicking on such an advert you could land on a website running an arbitrary code execution exploit. This exploit is used by malware distributors because it allows installing a dubious application without requiring any authorization from you – the user. Therefore, just by landing on such a website could be enough to get your system infected with unknown malware. Whichever way you look, Surfshield Ads is an application that should be removed ASAP as it exhibits no valuable features whatsoever.

If you wish to maintain a secure, clean and fully functioning system, removal of Surfshield Ads is essential. Manual removal is rather simple and should do the trick as uninstalling via Control Panel stops the dubious activities of Surfshield Ads. In order to make sure that every bit of Surfshield Ads is removed we recommend you analyzing your system for leftovers of the infection. We provide a complete list of files and registry entries associated with Surfshield Ads. Thus, by using that list you could check and see if Surfshield Ads was deleted entirely.

How to remove Surfshield Ads from your operating system

How to remove Surfshield Ads from Windows 7 and Windows Vista

1. Tap the Windows key on your keyboard.
2. Then click Control Panel.
3. Under the Programs section select Uninstall a program.
4. Now select Surfshield and click Uninstall.

Remove Surfshield Ads from Windows 8

1. Tap the Windows+Q keys on your keyboard simultaneously.
2. Now type Control Panel into the search box and tap Enter.
3. Click Uninstall a program.
4. Now double-click Surfshield.
5. Confirm that you want to remove Surfshield.

Remove Surfshield Ads from Windows XP

1. Click the Start button.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. The select Surfshield and click Remove.