Should I remove Privacy Defender Toolbar?

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This toolbar will hijack the user's Internet browser homepage and search provider.

Privacy Defender Toolbar is a software program developed by Montera Technologeis LTD. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named privacydefendersrv.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 6 files and is usually about 2.04 MB (2,143,866 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows 7 (SP1). While about 63% of users of Privacy Defender Toolbar come from the United States, it is also popular in Norway and New Zealand.

Displayed publisher: Privacy Defender

URL: privacy-defender.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\privacy defender\privacydefender\1.6.7.3

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Privacy Defender\privacydefender\1.6.7.3\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 2.04 MB

1. 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.
2. When you find the program Privacy Defender 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).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Privacy Defender Toolbar.
4. 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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

HOW DOES IT RUN? Plugs into Internet Explorer

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 67% Keep it 33%

MOST USED OS ~99% Windows 7 (SP1)

United States	62.50%
Norway	25.00%
New Zealand	12.50%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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