Remove Sidebar Dock Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Sidebar Dock is an ad-supported adware application. It’s a potentially unwanted program that is downloaded for free but ends up costing you quite a bit. After all, ‘there’s no such thing as free lunch,’ right? You must have heard the expression before, and if you haven’t, you get the point – nothing is for free. Sidebar Dock is no exception to the rule. You pay for it with time and energy as it presents you with a never-ending supply of issues. Oh, yes. The PUP causes you an abundance of grievances and headaches. It starts wreaking havoc shortly after infiltration and doesn’t stop unless you delete it from your PC altogether. For one, if you end up choosing to permit the tool to stay, you better get used to enduring an ever-flowing waterfall of advertisements popping up each time you try to go online. But the annoying ads will be the least of your concerns. You’ll also be forced to experience frequent system crashes and a slower PC performance, and you’ll be faced with both a malware and a security threat, as well. With all of these unpleasantries in mind, do you honestly believe holding onto to such a hazardous tool is in your and your system’s best interest? Think long and hard before you decide as both your futures rest on your final choice.

How did I get infected with?

Like all adware applications, Sidebar Dock requires the user’s assistance to slither into their computer. Unfortunately, most users tend to oblige and all but hold the front door to the PUP as it paraded right through, no questions asked. It’s like you’re looking straight at it, but fail to see it. That may seem perplexing now, but it’s about to get clearer. To sneak in, and do so undetected, the tool turns to old but gold means of invasion. It often hitches a ride with freeware or spam email attachments or hides behind corrupted links or sites. Furthermore, the tool can also pose as a fake program or system update, like Adobe Flash Player or Java. Do you spot the common denominator? All of these methods have something in common. What binds them is your carelessness. The adware preys on your distraction, haste, and gullibility to gain access to your system by fooling you into giving it the green light of approval without even realizing it. So, avoid them! Don’t give into your carelessness! Don’t throw caution to the wind and don’t rush, and you just might prevent Sidebar Dock, and infections like it, from slithering into your system and messing it up. After all, a little extra attention goes a long, long way.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Sidebar Dock is a deceitful and untrustworthy program, not to mention, harmful. Don’t fall for its trickery! Despite what it tries to pitch you, it’s NOT useful! It does NOT help you save money by showing you all kinds of deals and bargains! Its coupons are also useless as you cannot take advantage of them either. How come? Well, every enticing offer the tool provides you with is displayed via its endless myriad of pop-up advertisements. So, if you wish to take advantage of an offer or two or ten, you have to click the pop-ups, which show them. Do NOT do that! If you press a single pop-up, all you’ll have to show for it is more unwanted malware slithering into your PC. Why? Well, the advertisements are highly unreliable. They’re bundled with various malicious tools, which are released on your computer with each click. Remember, a click equals malware! So, don’t click! Or, better yet, cease the bombardment of unreliable ads by deleting the application altogether. It’s most definitely NOT worth the risk of keeping it on your PC. By getting rid of it, you’ll save yourself a ton of grievances and headaches, including dealing with a severe security issue. Oh, yes. Sidebar Dock jeopardizes your personal and financial details by spying on you. It starts keeping a thorough record of your every online move from the moment it settles in your system. When it deems it has enough data from you, it sends it to the unknown third parties that support it. Don’t allow it to do that! Delete it at once! It will be for the best, and your future self will thank you for it.

How Can I Remove Sidebar Dock Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Sidebar Dock 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 Sidebar Dock from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Sidebar Dock from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Sidebar Dock from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Sidebar Dock from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Sidebar Dock 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 Sidebar Dock 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 Sidebar Dock 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.