Easily Remove Browser Toolbars With This Free Tool

It is a common occurrence for many people to find themselves in a situation where they unintentionally click on the “Next” or “I agree” buttons without carefully considering the details while installing a new software program. This usually happens when we are rushing or not completely attentive to the installation process. Nevertheless, the impact of this quick action becomes evident when we subsequently open our web browser and are greeted by the unwelcome presence of an irritating toolbar that has been installed without our permission.

Browser toolbars aren’t simply benign annoyances either. Beyond simply taking up space on your screen and potentially slowing down your browser’s responsiveness, they track your actions online and sell that information that whomever will buy it. That’s their business model, for the most part. You’re not the customer of adware and other malware, you’re the product being sold. Or at least your information is.

It’s normally possible to go into your browser and manually remove unwanted browser toolbars, rogue addons and search engine redirectors. But it’s a tedious, time consuming process, and you need to know where to look to make the changes. This is especially true if you have more than one browser. Removing half a dozen toolbars and rogue toolbars can easily become an hour long ordeal if you’re having to try to clean up multiple browsers.

I fix a lot of computers. A LOT of computers. All that time spent manually removing toolbars adds up quick. So lately I’ve been using a tool called “AdwCleaner” to automate the process. AdwCleaner stands for “Adware Cleaner”, but it’s not your typical malware removal tool. You don’t download new detection updates for it like you would for SpyZooka or MalwareByte’s. It’s very specialized for removing a specific set of very persistent malware and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) like browser toolbars. It’s a very powerful tool, and very good at what it’s intended for, but it’s not something you’d want to run every day. You’re not given a lot of options on what AdwCleaner removes. If it finds a program or toolbar that is in its detection list, it will remove the offender without consulting you first. Also, after removing any malware, it forces you to restart your computer, which allows it to ensure that the malware processes aren’t started again.

If toolbars are making your browsing cluttered and slow, you may want to give AdwCleaner a try. It’s very simple to use, just run the program and click the “Delete” button to remove any detectable malware on your system.

AdwCleaner can be downloaded at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/