GamingWonderland Toolbar
What is GamingWonderland Toolbar?
Installs a Mindspark toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Mindspark so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar.
About (from Mindspark Interactive Network)
Toolbar Search Functions: The Toolbar installs into your Internet browser and allows you to search the Internet with MyWebSearch® and may provide other search features as further described herein. Default Search, Address Bar Queries, DNS Errors: If you consent to make MyWebSearch your default search service, your Inter... Read more
Overview
A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks.
- Loads into the web browser
- Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Program details
URL: search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/default.jhtml
Uninstaller: rundll32 C:\Program Files1\GAMING~2\bar\1.bin\gtBar.dll,O
How do I remove GamingWonderland Toolbar?
You can uninstall GamingWonderland Toolbar from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program GamingWonderland Toolbar, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove GamingWonderland Toolbar.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by GamingWonderland Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 65%
Win Vista 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 63%
Keep it 37%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #11,724
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
71.22% |
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| Windows Vista |
10.97% |
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| Windows 10 |
9.35% |
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| Windows XP |
8.45% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
47.92% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.85% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.68% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
8.32% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.33% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.16% |
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Geography
71.61% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
71.61% |
| India |
3.17% |
| United Kingdom |
2.92% |
| Canada |
2.53% |
| Brazil |
2.28% |
| Australia |
1.65% |
| Indonesia |
1.52% |
| New Zealand |
1.01% |
| Argentina |
0.76% |
| Spain |
0.76% |
| Mexico |
0.63% |
| Philippines |
0.63% |
| Netherlands |
0.63% |
| Germany |
0.63% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
39.51% |
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| Dell |
25.19% |
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| Acer |
13.58% |
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| Toshiba |
10.12% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.46% |
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| ASUS |
3.46% |
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| Samsung |
1.98% |
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| Lenovo |
0.99% |
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| Intel |
0.99% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.74% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.90% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
3.88% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.88% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
3.02% |
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| HP Pavilion g4 Notebook P... |
2.16% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
1.72% |
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About Mindspark Interactive Network
Mindspark is a business unit of IAC that focuses on interactive products and web portals and operates IAC's interactive products and web portals such as Life123, Myway.
Publisher URL: www.mindspark.com