Cats and Catapults Toolbar

Posted by Lisa Blanc on March 3, 2015

What is Cats and Catapults Toolbar?

There is one more Mindspark Interactive Network application called Cats and Catapults Toolbar that has raised questions to many of its users. The program comes bundled with optional search tools that users have the option to refuse during the installation of the toolbar. Unfortunately, the search tools are set for automatic installation, and many computer users simply skip the step without realizing that the home page and default search provider tools on Chrome, Firefox, and even Internet Explorer browsers will be modified without further notification. Do you need to delete these search tools? More importantly, do you need to remove Cats and Catapults Toolbar? These are the questions we have addressed in this report. If after reading you still do not know what to do with this suspicious software or how to remove it, you can contact us via the comment box below. test test test Download Removal Tool100% FREE spyware scan and
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How does Cats and Catapults Toolbar work?

Have you downloaded Cats and Catapults Toolbar from free.catsandcatapults.com? This is the official download page for the toolbar, and Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers believe that most users trust this source to acquire the application. Have you downloaded Cats and Catapults Toolbar using the services of a third party? In this case, it is possible that more suspicious programs have been installed. Make sure you scan your PC with a malware scanner just to make sure that you do not need to concern yourself with other threats after you delete Cats and Catapults Toolbar. This is what we recommend for the users of EasyPDFCombine Toolbar, RecipeHub Toolbar, MarineAquarium Toolbar, and other Mindspark Interactive Network applications. If you want to learn more about these apps and their removal, you can check the removal guides that we have prepared after analyzing every single one of them individually.

After installation, Cats and Catapults Toolbar employs HTTP cookies to track your activity. These cookies are unlikely to collect private information, but they can record your browsing history that could be used to present more attractive sponsored search results. Even though Ask search tools installed together with Cats and Catapults Toolbar are not malicious, they can show sponsored links and ads, which is the main reason why you should remove them from your operating system.

How to delete Cats and Catapults Toolbar

While some computer users find Cats and Catapults Toolbar to be a fun and useful browser extension, others cannot wait to delete this application from their operating system. It is up to you to make the decision, but we are here to help you remove Cats and Catapults Toolbar if you decide that you have no use for the add-on, or if you do not enjoy the installed search tools. We have prepared a manual removal guide to help you delete Cats and Catapults Toolbar and replace Ask Search tools. Even though automatic malware removal software is not necessary when it comes to the removal of the toolbar, we advise installing it to keep your operating system protected in the future.

Remove Cats and Catapults Toolbar and Ask Search

Remove from Windows 8.1/Windows 8:

Access the Metro UI start menu and open the Charm bar.
Click Search and use the tool to access Control Panel.
Move to Uninstall a program.
Right-click the program you want to delete and choose Uninstall.

Remove from Windows 7/Windows Vista:

Click the Windows button on the Taskbar.
Select Control Panel and move to Uninstall a program.
Right-click the program you wish to delete from your PC.
Select Uninstall.

Remove from Windows XP:

Open the Start menu from the Taskbar.
Select Control Panel.
Double-click lick Add or Remove Programs.
Remove the undesirable application.

Remove from Internet Explorer:

Open IE, simultaneously tap Alt+T, and click Manage Add-ons.
Go to Search Providers and select (Set as default) a new default search provider.
Remove the undesirable search provider and click Close.
Simultaneously tap Alt+T one more time and select Internet Options.
Click the General tab, overwrite/delete the Home Page URL, and click OK.

Remove from Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, navigate to the Firefox search box, and click the Search icon.
Select a new default search provider and click the Search icon again.
Select Manage Search Engines and Remove the undesirable search tool. Click OK.
Simultaneously tap Alt+T and select Options.
Click the General tab, overwrite/delete the Home Page URL, and click OK.
Simultaneously tap Ctrl+Shift+A (Add-ons Manager) and select Extensions.
Remove the undesirable extension.

Remove from Google Chrome:

Open Chrome, simultaneously tap Alt+F, and select Settings.
Move to On Startup and mark Open a specific page or set of pages.
Click Set pages and overwrite/delete the URL of the undesirable search tool. Click OK.
Navigate to Appearance, mark Show Home button, and click Change.
Find the URL of the undesirable search tool, overwrite/delete it, and click OK.
Navigate to Search, click Manage search engines, and set a new default search provider.
Click X on the URL of the search tool you wish to remove and click Done.
Simultaneously tap Alt+F again, select More tools, and click Extensions.
Find the undesirable extension, click the recycle bin icon, and choose Remove.