Should I remove Qwest Windows Live Toolbar Buttons?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
2.0.0.0	100.00%

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• Qwest Installer
• Qwest Quickcare 2.7
• Qwest Toolbar
• Qwest Quickcare 2.5
• QuickConnect

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from Qwest

Remove Qwest Windows Live Toolbar Buttons

Qwest Toolbar is a Community Toolbar by Conduit that runs in Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox Web browsers. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. The toolbar will attempt to change the browser's home page and search provider settings during installation (sometimes this is an option provided to the user but is checked by default) and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar. It also may automatically download and install updates without notifying the user. This is a PPI (pay per install) toolbar. For each install and for every month the user whose web browser this is installed into remains installed, the publisher gets paid by Conduit a few cents depending on the country of install.

A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks.

URL: www.Qwest.com

Help link: www.qwest.com/residential/customerService/contactus/dsl.html

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Qwest\Qwest Windows Live Toolbar Buttons

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{693EF7BC-C5CA-43E6-AFA8-1F3FB63A8D92}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly

Language: English

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 Qwest Windows Live Toolbar Buttons, 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 Qwest Windows Live Toolbar Buttons.
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) 41% Win Vista (SP1) 1%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 65% Keep it 35%

GLOBAL RANK #26,992

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	99.02%
Singapore	0.49%
United Kingdom	0.49%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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