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Remove HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar by Minds...

HowToSimplified is a Mindspark web browser toolbar that is designed to modify the users search and home pages to Ask.com (or MyWebSearch).

HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar is a software program developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named 8eBar.dll. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 61 files and is usually about 7.58 MB (7,945,501 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows Vista (SP2). While about 96% of users of HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and NG.

• HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar

URL: eula.mindspark.com/ask

Help link: support.mindspark.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\HowToSimplified_8e\bar\1.bin

Uninstaller: rundll32 "C:\Program Files\HowToSimplified_8e\bar\1.bin\8eBar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="HowToSimplified_8e" uninstalltype="FF"

Estimated size: 7.58 MB

• 8emedint.exe connects to ve-in-f105.1e100.net (173.194.75.105 port 80).

8ehighin.exe
Memory:	2.15 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0020603325%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00137664%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00068370%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	7,200	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	13 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	669 Bytes	105.02 KB average
8emedint.exe
Memory:	2.25 MB
Total CPU:	0.0011411218%
Kernel CPU:	0.00073377%
User CPU:	0.00040735%
CPU cycles/sec:	2,741
I/O reads/min:	30 Bytes
I/O writes/min:	9 Bytes
8eSrchMn.exe
Memory:	925.71 KB
Total CPU:	0.0001043500%
Kernel CPU:	0.00009643%
User CPU:	0.00000792%
CPU cycles/sec:	3,456
I/O reads/min:	2 Bytes

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 HowToSimplified Firefox 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 HowToSimplified Firefox 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) 68% Win Vista (SP1) 2%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 68% Keep it 32%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	95.71%
Canada	2.86%
NG	1.43%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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

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