Delete unwanted "Free Ride" toolbar
I have no idea how I downloaded, much less installed, a toolbar named "Free Ride" or "FreeRide" but it happened while I was on Facebook if that is a clue. I cannot find it as an add-on, etc, in FF. Cannot even find it in a search of my computer's hard drives. Any help removing it will be appreciated. FF version 3.6.17
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From a Google search: free-ride toolbar Firefox
You may be able to simply uninstall the toolbar as one article mentions, but another article mentions additional problems, so you probably want to check everything.
- Getting rid of free ride games web search
http://www.computing.net/answers/security/getting-rid-of-free-ride-games-web-search/32201.html - Free Ride Games
http://www.slideshare.net/conduityoursite/free-ride-games - How to Uninstall FreeRide | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/how_8488123_uninstall-freeride.html
Since the toolbar came from Conduit, it would be wise to protect your system
Tools > Options > Privacy
Known attack sites can be blocked here, doubtful that this one is an attack site, uses information reported to Firefox and to Google.
[x] Warn me when sites try to install add-ons
[x] Block reported attack sites
[x] Block reported web forgeries
Having a good hosts file on your system can protect your entire system cross-application and all browsers and all your Firefox profiles against a lot malware. See links below.
More information: on extensions
- Adblock Plus :: Add-ons for Firefox
- Writing Adblock Plus filters
- Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
- Google - Highlight harmful site alert - Themes and Skins for www.google - userstyles.org
- Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
- My notes on extensions -- http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox.htm#ext_table