What is OnTargetYoga Toolbar?
If you are practicing yoga daily, or you are interested in starting to practice it, OnTargetYoga Toolbar might seem like a great assistant. The extension is compatible with Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers, and Internet Explorer users can download it as an application. The extension/app is meant to offer free yoga-related content directly via the browser, and so it is not surprising that some have downloaded it already. Officially, it is available at ontargetyoga.com/index.jhtml and the Chrome web store, chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ontargetyoga/bmjgcbjkkidfnefbipkbgjmddcfllbkm. If this is the source you used to acquire the suspicious PUP (potentially unwanted program), it is unlikely that other PUPs or malicious threats have invaded your operating system. On the other hand, if you have used a different installer, the PUP might have been packaged along with unfamiliar pieces, and you MUST research them to make sure that you do not need to delete them. Well, what about removing OnTargetYoga Toolbar? Is that necessary? Continue reading, and you will be able to decide for yourself.
How does OnTargetYoga Toolbar work?
OnTargetYoga Toolbar was created by Mindspark Interactive Network, and so it is not surprising that it is similar to HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar, MyEasyLotto Toolbar, HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar, and other PUPs created by the same company. As you can tell by the names of these apps, they all represent different content. The suspicious OnTargetYoga Toolbar is all about yoga, and when you install this extension, it represents yoga-related links via hp.myway.com/ontargetyoga/ttab02chr/index.html. On this page, you can find links to nccih.nih.gov/health/yoga/introduction.htm, dailycupofyoga.com/category/yoga/, yogajournal.com/poses, yogafinder.com, and the popular “Yoga with Adriene” channel on YouTube at youtube.com/channel/UCFKE7WVJfvaHW5q283SxchA. The links are legitimate, and you can find useful content via them, but you need to ask yourself if the toolbar is beneficial. The only good thing about it is that it offers links to all of these sites from one page, but you can easily achieve the same result by creating bookmarks for very site. Overall, Anti-Spyware-101.com research team is doubtful whether or not the app/add-on can be viewed as a beneficial tool, and that might be a reason to delete it.
Of course, we recommend deleting OnTargetYoga Toolbar because of the suspicious activity related to it. If you have installed the toolbar already, you know that it uses the Search.myway.com search tool. Is it trustworthy? It is meant to offer results that are “enhanced” by Google, but the reality is that you cannot compare MySearch to Google at all. Most likely, the suspicious search tool uses the good name of a well-known search provider to trick unsuspecting users into trusting the results that are shown to them and then interacting with potentially unreliable content. You need to be particularly careful about installers, shopping deals, discounts, advertisements, surveys, and prize giveaways. Of course, if you delete OnTargetYoga Toolbar – and all other threats if they exist – and employ a trusted search tool, you will not need to worry about facing potentially unreliable search results.
How to remove OnTargetYoga Toolbar
Yoga is a wonderful form of exercise, and there are plenty of online resources that can help you start your journey or become more experienced. That being said, not every single tool can be trusted, and it appears that OnTargetYoga Toolbar is one of them. This extension was created to introduce users to MySearch, and the results shown via this engine can be modified, which is why trusting it would be risky. On top of that, it is known that the tool can be used to collect user data, as well as help third parties advertise their content. Due to these reasons, our recommendation for you is to delete OnTargetYoga Toolbar. You can do that using the manual removal instructions below, and we are sure that even completely inexperienced users will be able to follow the steps. If you do not know what you are doing, or if a malware scanner warned you about other threats, we suggest using anti-malware software. It can simultaneously scan the system, remove malware (and PUPs), and reinforce overall protection.
Removal Guide
Mozilla Firefox
- Open the browser and tap keys Alt+T.
- Select Add-ons and then move to Extensions.
- Remove the undesirable add-on.
Google Chrome
- Open the browser and tap keys Alt+F.
- Choose More tools and then click Extensions.
- Remove the undesirable add-on.
Internet Explorer
- Access Control Panel (via the Start menu for all versions up to Windows 8, or find via the search field on Windows 10).
- Click Uninstall a program or double-click Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP).
- Uninstall/Remove the undesirable application.
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