Motitags Toolbar

Posted by Lisa Blanc on February 4, 2014

What is Motitags Toolbar?

Motitags Toolbar is a browser extension that installs a new toolbar on your browser. It is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers. The toolbar has been developed to provide you with a wide range of emoticons that you could use in your instant and e-mail messages. However, computer users are generally advised to remove Motitags Toolbar from their systems, as this toolbar is also classified as potentially unwanted program that may arrive with additional functions that might expose you to potential security threats. If you want to avoid any security risks, you should uninstall Motitags Toolbar right now.

Where does Motitags Toolbar come from?

This browser toolbar is one of the many browser plug-ins that have been developed by Mindspark. There has been an onslaught of potentially unwanted programs released by this developer last year and it seems that Motitags Toolbar is yet a new browser plug-in from the same group. Technically, the application does not differ much from previous add-ons, such as DictionaryBoss Toolbar, Utility Chest Toolbar, Zwinky Toolbar and many others. test Download Removal Tool100% FREE spyware scan and
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You can actually download Motitags Toolbar at motitags.com. There you can see that the application is said to be compatible with Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer only, but the plug-in can also be installed on Google Chrome if you download it from Chrome app store.

The fact that Motitags Toolbar can be downloaded at an official website and it requires user’s consent for installation allows us to say that the application is not a malicious computer infection. Nevertheless, it still may exhibit potentially unwanted behavior.

What does Motitags Toolbar do?

Apart from giving you direct shortcuts to various emoticons and the most popular websites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Amazon, YouTube, and so on, Motitags Toolbar may also change your default home page to home.tb.ask.com and default search engine to Ask.com. That is why some users think that Motitags Toolbar is a browser hijacker. Nevertheless, this browser settings modification does not happen without your consent and if you had your browser settings changed, it means you have overlook several installation steps. It happens quite often when you install freeware applications on your computer that Motitags Toolbar comes bundled with.

Ask.com is not a malicious search engine, but it was discontinued almost 3 years ago, and it is not clear why Motitags Toolbar would be using as part of its setup. Once thing is clear – with your browser settings changed you may get exposed to corrupted third party content as the search engine supports third party advertisements, and Motitags Toolbar cannot guarantee that the websites you get redirected to are absolutely safe.

How to remove Motitags Toolbar?

In order to protect your system from any potential threats you are strongly advised to remove Motitags Toolbar right now. Uninstall the toolbar manually via Control Panel, and then remove it from your browser. After manual removal you should also scan the computer for other potentially unwanted programs with SpyHunter free scanner, because if Motitags Toolbar comes bundled with freeware you are abound to have some undesirable applications installed on your computer. Do all it takes to protect the system from harm.