Should I remove Ad-Aware Security Toolbar?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
4.0.0.5	0.08%
3.9.0.26	24.94%
3.9.0.23	18.93%
3.9.0.21	1.20%
3.9.0.14	7.46%
3.9.0.13	1.76%
2.1.0.20	15.40%
2.0.0.3	5.93%
1.0.1.26	0.72%
0.9.1.8	11.71%
0.9.1.4DBG	1.60%
0.9.1.4	1.92%
0.9.1.20	6.42%
0.9.1.18	1.12%
0.9.1.15	0.72%
0.10.0.1	0.08%

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from Lavasoft

Remove Ad-Aware Security Toolbar by Lavasoft

The Ad-Aware Security Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox is a Conduit OurToolbar Community smartbar or a Visicom toolbar, depedning on the installed version. The Toolbar installs into your Internet browser and allows you to search the Internet with Community Toolbar that changes and redirects all of your search results as well as DNS errors, and modifies your home page.

From the EULA:
"BY PROCEEDING TO INSTALL THE AD-AWARE SECURITY TOOLBAR, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THAT, UPON ITS INSTALLATION, AD-AWARE SECURITY TOOLBAR WILL MODIFY THE SETTINGS OF YOUR BROWSER CONCERNING "DNS ERROR PAGE", "ERROR 404 PAGE", "ADDRESS BAR SEARCH", "NEW TAB" AND "DEFAULT BROWSERAd by Deal Boat SEARCH". FURTHERMORE, ONCE INSTALLED, THE AD-AWARE SECURITY TOOLBAR MAY COMMUNICATE CERTAIN BASIC USAGE INFORMATION TO LICENSOR and/or VISICOM MEDIA, Inc. ("VISICOM") VIA ("APPLICATIONSTAT.COM") TO HELP LICENSOR COMPILE GLOBAL STATISTICS CONCERNING USAGE OF AD-AWARE SECURITY TOOLBAR BY USERS"

URL: toolbar.lavasoft.com

License: View the full license agreement (EULA) for Ad-Aware Security Toolbar

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\adawaretb

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\adawaretb\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 2.67 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 Ad-Aware Security 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 Ad-Aware Security 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.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 56% Win 7 0%

HOW DOES IT RUN? Plugs into Internet Explorer

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 69% Keep it 31%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	65.05%
United Kingdom	4.67%
Germany	4.61%
Canada	3.49%
Australia	1.95%
Sweden	1.60%
France	1.42%
Italy	1.24%
Israel	0.95%
Netherlands	0.95%
Japan	0.71%
Belgium	0.65%
Spain	0.65%
India	0.59%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Lavasoft is a development company that produces anti-spyware software, most known for Ad-Aware.

Publisher URL: www.lavasoft.com

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