ReadingFanatic Toolbar
What is ReadingFanatic Toolbar?
ReadingFanatic Toolbar installs into your Internet browser and allows you to search the Internet with MyWebSearch, a potentially unwanted program that changes and redircts all of your search results as well as DNS errors, and modifies your home page to mywebsearch.com or some other webpage. 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)
MyWebSearch is an incredibly popular toolbar (over 20 million active users each month!), that gives you access to the web’s leading search engine Google; includes some of the most popular products on the web for making communication easier, more expressive, and more entertaining. The MyWebSearch toolbar platform allows... Read more
Overview
Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed.
- Integrates into the web browser
- May modify the web browser's home page
- The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Program details
URL: search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/default.jhtml
Uninstaller: rundll32 C:\Program Files2\READIN~2\bar\1.bin\6xBar.dll,O
How do I remove ReadingFanatic Toolbar?
You can uninstall ReadingFanatic 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 ReadingFanatic 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 ReadingFanatic 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 ReadingFanatic 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) 63%
Win Vista (SP1) 1%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 70%
Keep it 30%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #15,707
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
67.85% |
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| Windows Vista |
12.09% |
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| Windows 10 |
10.62% |
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| Windows XP |
9.44% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
10.36% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.17% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.28% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.21% |
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| Windows 8 |
3.55% |
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Geography
73.84% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
73.84% |
| Canada |
4.43% |
| United Kingdom |
3.82% |
| Australia |
3.62% |
| Mexico |
1.61% |
| India |
1.21% |
| South Africa |
1.01% |
| Argentina |
0.80% |
| Spain |
0.80% |
| Ireland |
0.80% |
| IQ |
0.80% |
| Iran |
0.80% |
| Belgium |
0.60% |
| Israel |
0.60% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
40.43% |
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| Dell |
25.53% |
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| Acer |
15.32% |
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| Toshiba |
6.38% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.40% |
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| ASUS |
3.40% |
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| Lenovo |
2.13% |
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| Gateway |
1.28% |
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| Samsung |
1.28% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.85% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
5.06% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
3.80% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.80% |
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| Dell Inspiron 560 |
3.16% |
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| HP G60 Notebook PC |
2.53% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.53% |
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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