Affinity

What is Affinity?

Affinity is a browser extension, a browser toolbar, which is based on Conduit platform. The application is compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. It is available at affinity.ourtoolbar.com, which is one of the sources of Conduit toolbars. Affinity is also powered by Conduit Search, which means that it can replace the home page and the default search provider of your browsers. Since the toolbar is aimed at promoting the website affinityguild.com and may make some changes on the browsers, we recommend that you remove it from the PC. The toolbar may also monitor you. Since the owners of affinityguild.com seek to attract as more visitors to the website, some tracking techniques may be used to monitor how you interact with the toolbar.

In addition to Affinity, the search engine search.conduit.com also monitors your interaction which the search engine. It records your search terms, the URLs of the websites that you access, and other non-personally identifiable information, which may be used for marketing and/or advertising purposes.

How does Affinity work?

Affinity toolbar is installed in several ways. For example, if you install the toolbar on Mozilla Firefox, no additional buttons or links are offer. All that you get is a link to affinityguild.com, a button which shows the time, and some other links associated with the major website. But if you implement the toolbar on Internet Explorer, you are offered to add some other features. Affinity toolbar may be powered by a radio player, an e-mail notifier, weather forecasts, and a link to Facebook, which are typical features of Conduit toolbars. If you already have some bookmarks on your browser or simply do not like the toolbar and its options, remove it from the system right now.

It is also important to note that the changes of the browser settings means that you will be provided with advertisements. Some advertisements, or rather sponsored links, are displayed on the search results page. Even though a lot of legitimate and safe websites are advertised in this way, beware of insecure websites. Neither Conduit nor Affinity is responsible for your interaction with various third-party links, so if you want to minimize the risk of being directed to insecure websites, avoid those sponsored links and remove Affinity toolbar from the system. Another type of advertisements that you are provided with is display ads. They are generated on the start-up page and are not related to your earlier search terms.

How to remove Affinity?

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How to uninstall Affinity Toolbar

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Select Uninstall a program and remove the unwanted application.
3. Remove the unwanted toolbar.

Windows XP

1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs and uninstall the unwanted toolbar.

Windows 8

1. Press Win+R and type in control panel.
2. Click OK.
3. Click Uninstall a program and remove the unwanted application.

How to remove Affinity from the browsers

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and click Manage Add-ons.
2. Select the Toolbars and Extensions option on the left side of the window and remove unwanted extensions.
3. Click Search Providers and set a new default search provider.
4. Press Alt+T and click Internet Options.
5. Change the home page on the General tab.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+A and click Extensions.
2. Remove the unwanted browser extension.
3. Press Alt+T and click Options.
4. On the General tab, change the home page and click OK.
5. Click the search engine icon next to the search box and select a new search provider.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and point to Tools.
2. Click Extensions.
3. Remove the unwanted browser extension.
4. Click Settings.
5. Under On startup, click on the last option and then select Set pages.
6. Delete search.conduit.com and set a new startup page.
7. Under Search, click Manage search engines and select a new default search engine.

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