Should I remove Toolbar Cleaner?

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Remove Toolbar Cleaner 1.0 by Lavasoft

Toolbar Cleaner is an app from Visicom Media that allows you to select various toolbars installed on your PC and remove them. It is typically installed through bundled installers but could also be installed from the Visicom Media website. Toolbar Cleaner has also been seen installing various Visicom Media programs such as MyStart Toolbar.

Toolbar Cleaner allows you remove toolbars that you're not using or won't uninstall the proper way. Remove toolbars from both Internet Explorer and Firefox.

The main program executable is ToolbarCleaner.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The setup package is about 739.72 KB (757,478 bytes) when donwloaded.

URL: toolbar.lavasoft.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Toolbar Cleaner

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Toolbar Cleaner\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 739.72 KB

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 Toolbar Cleaner 1.0, 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 Toolbar Cleaner.
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) 63% Win 10 5%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 74% Keep it 26%

US RANK #41,548

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	75.86%
Finland	3.45%
Sweden	3.45%
Mexico	3.45%
Germany	3.45%
Canada	3.45%
United Kingdom	3.45%
Lithuania	3.45%

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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