Guffins Toolbar
What is Guffins Toolbar?
Guffins Toolbar installs within Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox web browsers and allows the user to search the Internet with MyWebSearch, an ad-supported program that changes and redircts all of your search results as well as DNS errors, and modifies your home page to mywebsearch.com. MyWebSearch automatically becomes your default search service which hijacks all your search requests as well as tracks your Internet surfing behavior to send you targeted advertising.
About (from Mindspark Interactive Network)
By downloading the Guffins toolbar, you will be installing a toolbar in your Internet browser (and any supported email functions and instant messenger functions) with the following features: SEARCH ASSISTANT: This provides relevant links and results when you make a search request in your browser address bar or if you... Read more
Overview
Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.
- Loads into the web browser
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Program details
URL: search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/default.jhtml
Uninstaller: rundll32 C:\Program Files2\Guffins\bar\1.bin\u4Bar.dll,O
How do I remove Guffins Toolbar?
You can uninstall Guffins 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 Guffins 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 Guffins 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 Guffins 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) 73%
Win XP 2%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #40,465
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
77.08% |
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| Windows 10 |
10.42% |
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| Windows Vista |
8.33% |
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| Windows XP |
4.17% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
63.04% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.70% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.52% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.52% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.35% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
2.17% |
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Geography
74.63% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
74.63% |
| Australia |
5.97% |
| Canada |
4.48% |
| United Kingdom |
4.48% |
| New Zealand |
2.99% |
| Finland |
1.49% |
| Croatia |
1.49% |
| Lebanon |
1.49% |
| Netherlands |
1.49% |
| Portugal |
1.49% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.55% |
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| Dell |
22.73% |
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| Toshiba |
13.64% |
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| Acer |
11.36% |
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| ASUS |
9.09% |
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| Lenovo |
4.55% |
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| Sony |
2.27% |
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| Intel |
2.27% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.27% |
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| Gateway |
2.27% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 530 |
4.76% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
4.76% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L755 |
2.38% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L550 |
2.38% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L455D |
2.38% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L450 |
2.38% |
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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