What is ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar?
If you shop online frequently, you might be on a hunt for the best deals and discounts, and that is what the suspicious ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar promises to help you with. The extension is free, and so you might see no harm in installing it. If you install the first tool that offers something beneficial without doing any research, you are likely to run into big problems. If you have installed this potentially unwanted program (PUP) already, it is unlikely that you researched it thoroughly or that you reviewed the privacy policies that are represented by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc., the developer of the PUP. If you would have looked into this toolbar before the installation, it is unlikely that you would have gone through with it, and that is because it is pretty suspicious. For example, it can record information about you and your behavior using cookies. It then can share information with “partners” who are not disclosed. If you do not want a strange piece of software tracking you and sharing information about you, it might be best to delete ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar. Unfortunately, that is not the only reason you should remove this strange, potentially unwanted program.
How does ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar work?
Our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team might have familiarized with ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar just recently, but we are actually quite familiar with it, and that is because it is a clone of TaxCenterNow Toolbar, OnTargetYoga Toolbar, HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar, and hundreds of other PUPs that have been created by the same company. Most of these PUPs have official download sources. The ones linked to ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar are the official download page, shoppingdealslive.com, and the Chrome web store page, chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/shoppingdealslive/behkikojenlolaeojfhpgbcejengenag. If you acquire the toolbar from either of these sources, you should not see additional threats slithering in along with it. However, if you download it along with anything via an unfamiliar bundled installer, you should install a trustworthy malware scanner to inspect your operating system immediately. What should you do if you discover much more serious threats running wild on your computer? Without a doubt, you must delete these threats, and if you are not able to follow the manual removal guides available on this site, it might be best to install trustworthy anti-malware software.
It is likely that many users will not rush to remove ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar simply because of the features it offers. For example, the links shown via hp.myway.com/shoppingdealslive/ttab02chr/index.html appear to be completely legitimate, and they are. These links represent Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Target, Macy’s, BedBathAndBeyond, Booking, TripAdvisor, and many other beneficial sites. This is not what we need to focus on. Instead, we need to take a good look at the search tool. Well, it is “enhanced by Google,” and that means that it is trustworthy, right? Unfortunately, we cannot say that it is. The search engine you are routed to if you enter any search query is search.myway.com, and you might know already that MySearch is not identified as a trustworthy search provider. That is because after stealing most of the results from Google, it showcases sponsored links. Do you want to interact with advertisements and suspicious links whenever you are browsing the web? We are sure that you do not, and that is why it is our recommendation that you remove ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar from your system immediately.
How to delete ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar
Even if you found ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar to be beneficial in some cases, you must agree with us that the cons outweigh the pros when it comes to this potentially unwanted program. Sure, it offers easy-access links to a bunch of familiar websites, but it also introduces you to a highly unpredictable and suspicious search tool. Do not pay attention to the “enhanced by Google” tag attached to it because Google has nothing to do with it. Also, you must not forget about the data-tracking tools, using which the creator of the PUP could track you and learn more about you. Are you ready to remove ShoppingDealsLive Toolbar? If you are, you need to scan your system and think about your skills first. If the scanner discovers multiple threats and you are not experienced, employing a legitimate anti-malware program is the way to go. If other threats do not exist, and you know what you are doing, follow the instructions below.
Removal Instructions
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open the browser and tap keys Alt+T to access the Tools menu.
- Click Add-ons and then Remove the undesirable add-on.
- Restart the browser, and if the homepage is still hijacked, tap keys Alt+T again.
- Select Options and overwrite the hijacker’s URL under Home Page.
Google Chrome:
- Open the browser and enter chrome://extensions into the address bar.
- Remove the undesirable extension in the Extensions menu.
- Restart the browser, and if the homepage is still hijacked, tap keys Alt+F.
- Go to On Startup and Remove/Edit the URL of the hijacker.
Internet Explorer:
- Open the Start menu (or use the search field on Windows 10) and access Control Panel.
- Move to Uninstall a program and then Uninstall the undesirable application.
- Open the browser, and if the homepage is still hijacked, tap keys Alt+T.
- Select Internet options, click the General tab, and then overwrite the hijacker’s URL under Home Page.
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