Should I remove Vuze Toolbar?

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from Vuze, Inc.

Remove Vuze Toolbar

Vuze Toolbar is an ad-supported program installed into Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. The programs collects and stores information about web browsing habits and sends this information to its remote servers in order to provide injected advertising in search results and various other places. It will also modify the browser's home page and search provider. The toolbar is typically bundled with the free Vuze software as an option during installation and does not necessarily get uninstalled when Vuze is removed from the user's PC and must be removed manually. Additionally, if the home page and search settings were modified by this toolbar, they need to be manually reverted back by the user.

It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is AskService.exe. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 8 files and is usually about 955.32 KB (978,243 bytes).

URL: www.vuze.com/toolbar

Help link: faq.vuze.com/?CategoryID=30

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\AskBarDis\

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\AskBarDis\unins000.exe"

Estimated size: 955.32 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 Vuze 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 Vuze 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 Vista (SP2) 44% Win 10 1%

HOW DOES IT RUN? Plugs into Internet Explorer

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 64% Keep it 36%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	41.38%
Canada	12.07%
France	7.47%
Germany	3.45%
United Kingdom	3.45%
Sweden	3.45%
Australia	2.87%
Belgium	2.87%
Spain	2.87%
Netherlands	2.87%
Italy	2.30%
Finland	1.72%
Greece	1.72%
Israel	1.72%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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