CoolPopularGames toolbar

Posted by Max Lehmann on June 30, 2015

What is CoolPopularGames toolbar?

There are a lot of useful and beneficial toolbars, but, unfortunately, CoolPopularGames toolbar is not one of them. In fact, our researchers have categorized it as a bad toolbar, which affects Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It may change your browser settings without your knowledge and set Ask.com as your home page and search engine. It can be very annoying that instead of your preferred home page CoolPopularGames toolbar and its search tool appears. Toolbars are quite vulnerable and cyber criminals might exploit them, which could put your system’s security at risk. This toolbar can also collect information about your browsing activities and share this with third parties. You might be displayed modified search result pages if you use the third-party search tool it offers. Another problem is that if your system has been infected with this browser extension, it is quite possible that it has not slithered onto your computer all alone. All in all, you might have a number of threats to your system’s security. Therefore, we recommend that you remove CoolPopularGames toolbar as soon as possible. test test Download Removal Tool100% FREE spyware scan and
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Where does CoolPopularGames toolbar come from?

CoolPopularGames toolbar comes from the Mindspark family of toolbars, and is very similar to Webfetti Toolbar and AudioToAudio Toolbar. You can directly install this toolbar from its official website, coolpopulargames.com; but it is more likely that users get infected with it via freeware bundles. A lot of unsuspecting users visit unfamiliar and questionable file-sharing websites. What they do not know is that it is very easy to get infected with malware or download a whole package containing potentially harmful applications, if they click on corrupted links or buttons. Another mistake people make is not being careful during the installation of a software package. Unless it installs silently, without your knowledge, there is usually an option for you to deselect programs and tools you do not want to install from the bundle. Or you are informed in the agreement that other tools or applications will also be installed. Unfortunately, most users rush to get it done and miss these steps and end up with several infections on board. Therefore, it is possible that beside CoolPopularGames toolbar you also need to delete all other threats that might have been distributed with it.

What does CoolPopularGames toolbar do?

CoolPopularGames toolbar offers for users to play more than 500 popular free online games, including card games, shooting games, puzzles, and mystery games. This toolbar, on the other hand, collects data about the websites you visit, which ads you click on, how much time you spend on websites, your favorite products, brands, etc. This is enough to make a profile about you so that you can be targeted with relevant third-party advertisements and sponsored links, which might be inserted among the displayed search results when you use the built-in search tool that is powered by Ask.com. Sadly enough, clicking on a potentially unreliable third-party ad or link might take you to malicious websites operated by cyber criminals. To keep your system secure from this kind of threat, you should remove CoolPopularGames toolbar.

How do I remove CoolPopularGames toolbar?

Although this toolbar has no uninstaller, you can easily get rid of it if you reset your affected browsers. It is possible that you have never done that before, so you will find our instructions below quite helpful. It should not take more than just a minute, actually. But you cannot forget about the other potential infections that might be still threatening your PC. In order to make sure that your computer is safe and sound, we suggest that you use reliable malware removal software to delete all the possible threats.