How to remove 2ndThought

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 4:17 am

2ndThought description

2ndThought is an adware + browser hijacker. This means that 2nd Thought loads pop-ups and it hijacks your web browser.

2ndThought takes homepage over and changes it to 2nd-thought.com. It also collects information about online activities on victim’s computer and it delivers the data to the creators of this adware. 2nd Thought loads commercial pop-ups related to user’s online habits.

Get rid of 2ndThought

How to manually remove 2ndThought

To remove 2ndThought spyware you must block 2ndThought sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other 2ndThought files and registry utility. Follow the 2ndThought detection and removal instructions below.

The most typical software removal method is to remove 2ndThought by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden 2ndThought files, running processes and registries in your computer, so 2ndThought may recreate all other files after reboot.

2ndThought manual removal instructions

Block 2ndThought sites:
2nd-thought.com Read more how to block 2ndThought sites

Stop and remove 2ndThought processes:
canada[1].exe
stcloader.exe
STC.exe
Read more how to kill 2ndThought processes

Locate and delete 2ndThought registry entries:
3E7145B1-EA07-42CE-9299-11DF39FF54BD
34EF5B1C-52CB-400b-8B7C-F787018B3826
Software\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\13197ACE-6851-45C3-A7FF-C281324D5489\
SoftwareMicrosoftCode Store DatabaseDistribution Units{13197ACE-6851-45C3-A7FF-C281324D5489}13197ACE-6851-45C3-A7FF-C281324D5489
Read more how to delete 2ndThought registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by 2ndThought

Search and unregister 2ndThought DLL libraries:
2ndsrch.dll Read more how to unregister 2ndThought DLL files

Detect and delete other 2ndThought files:
canada[1].exe
Second Thought.lnk
2ndsrch.dll
stcloader.exe
STC.exe

We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track 2ndThought and automaticaly remove 2ndThought processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.


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