How do I get rid of an unwanted tool bar from mysearchresults.com? I can't find anything in the control panel to remove it.
I installed some freeware on my computer this morning and now I have an unwanted toolbar from mysearchresults.com. It's up on top by the window tabs and I can't find anywhere to remove it. It does not show up in my uninstall programs list in the control panel. Any suggestions?
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by Nathan2055Your toolbar is not appearing in the add-ons/plug-ins list. If it is not appearing in Control Panel, uninstall the freeware completely, reboot the computer, and see if the unwanted toolbar is gone. If it isn't, check to see if it appears in Internet Explorer on any other browsers you have installed.
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I took a closer look at the extensions in the addons and found it. It was listed as something other than what I expected. I don't remember the exact name, but it was i something or other. When I clicked on the "more" link, I saw that the home page was mysearchresults.com so I just clicked on remove and restarted firefox. It's not there anymore, so I hope it's resolved. Thank you for the quick answer.
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This happened
Every time Firefox opened
This started when...
I uninstalled a media player (divx) from my computer.
Installed Plug-ins
- The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
- Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.3
- 4.1.10329.0
- Google Update
- NPWLPG
- iTunes Detector Plug-in
- Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_31 for Mozilla browsers
- NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
- CouponNetwork Coupon Activator
- Coupons, Inc. Coupon Printer Plugin
- Coupons, Inc. Coupon Printer DLL
- The plug-in allows you to open and edit files using Microsoft Office applications
- Office Authorization plug-in for NPAPI browsers
Application
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0
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Your toolbar is not appearing in the add-ons/plug-ins list. If it is not appearing in Control Panel, uninstall the freeware completely, reboot the computer, and see if the unwanted toolbar is gone. If it isn't, check to see if it appears in Internet Explorer on any other browsers you have installed.
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I took a closer look at the extensions in the addons and found it. It was listed as something other than what I expected. I don't remember the exact name, but it was i something or other. When I clicked on the "more" link, I saw that the home page was mysearchresults.com so I just clicked on remove and restarted firefox. It's not there anymore, so I hope it's resolved. Thank you for the quick answer.
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Yes, it was installed as "Defaut 1.4" under Extensions
To remove My Search Results from the list of search engines, do the following:
Firefox
1. Click the drop-down arrow in the box showing Search Here
2. Select "Manage Search Engines"
2. Highlight Search here and click the Remove button
Internet Explorer
1. From the Tools menu select Internet Options
2. In the Search section, click on Settings.
3. highlight the search engine you wish to be the default engine and select Make Default.
4. Highlight Search here and click the Remove button.
Chrome
1. Click the Wrench icon next to the address box and select Settings
2. In the Search section, click on Manage Search Settings.
3. Right-click the the search engine you wish to be the default engine and select Make Default.
4. Highlight Search here and click the Remove button.
5. Click OK
For more info, you can mysearchresults' support center : support.mysearchresults.com