What is SimilarSites?
By SimilarSites
What is it?
SimilarSites is a web browser extension and browser helper object (BHO) for Internet Explorer that installs a button within the web browser designed to show simular web sites based on the current site the user is on.
Why should I uninstall SimilarSites?
Removing unwanted web browser extensions is typically a good idea. SimilarSites, like many browser plug-ins, has the potential to cause stability issues within the web browsers they load into, effecting overall PC performance.
Typical installation path: C:\Program Files\SimilarSites\
Description from SimilarSites“With all the websites on the net, it’s easy to waste time surfing through irrelevant ones. SimilarSites improves your browsing experience with sites like the ones you’re looking for. SimilarSites.com is an innovative Recommendation Engine for websites that scours the Internet to deliver the most similar websites according to a specific website or topic of your choice. Cut through the clutter of the web by finding the most relevant similar sites based on related content, website structure, link analysis algorithms, detailed user surfing behaviors and a large community of user rankings. Using more than 30 unique Similarity Engines, our technology takes a snapshot of the inside and outside of a website. Once analyzed, we categorize the site with our huge index of data to help you get the very best similar results depending on what you are looking for.”
Publisher about URL: http://www.SimilarSites.com
SimilarSites technical details
Name: SimilarSites
Type: Browser Extension
Class ID: {807DF5E0-4EF7-48A8-A405-239F3E29FFA9}
Files installed by SimilarSites
- similarsites.dll (Internet Explorer SimilarSites Toolbar by SimilarSites)
How to Automatically Uninstall SimilarSites (with Boost)
If you you do not have Boost installed yet, download Boost and enjoy your PC.
Open Boost by either double-clicking the Boost icon 
in your notification area next to your PC's clock, or single-clicking the Boost icon and clicking the Open Boost button on the top left of the Boost notification window.
If you are not currently on the My PC screen of the main Boost window, click the My PC tab.
Click the Optimize programs button 
, this will launch the Program Optimization screen.
Locate the program in the list called SimilarSites by SimilarSites. (The program could be listed under any of the section such as Uninstall Recommended, Possible Uninstall, etc. based on how well SimilarSites performs on your PC.)
SimilarSites by SimilarSites
To the right of the list item, click the Uninstall 
button and Boost will completely remove SimilarSites from your PC.
How to Manually Uninstall SimilarSites (with Windows)
Use Add/Remove Programs control panel in Windows makes to uninstall SimilarSites. Follow the appropriate instructions below to use this control panel.
Windows 7
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
In Large or Small icon view, click Programs and Features. If you're using Category view, under "Programs", click Uninstall a program.
Select SimilarSites from the list of programs, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, right-click the program and select Uninstall.
Windows Vista
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
In Classic View, double-click Programs and Features. In Control Panel Home view, under "Programs", click Uninstall a program.
Select SimilarSites from the program list, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, right-click the program and select Uninstall.
Windows XP
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
Click the Add or Remove Programs icon.
Select SimilarSites from the list of programs and click Remove.