What is GetPoliticalNews Toolbar?
GetPoliticalNews Toolbar is the newest Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. creation. It really looks like useful software that provides users with the latest “political news across a variety of categories such as politics, healthcare, civil rights, elections and taxes” at first glance, so we are sure there are some users who have already consciously installed GetPoliticalNews Toolbar on their computers. Researchers at anti-spyware-101.com have found two sources it can be downloaded from directly: its official website (getpoliticalnews.com) and the Chrome Web Store (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/getpoliticalnews/ehncliklfaplfhkkahnmoepebjgifcod). Additionally, since this piece of software travels in software bundles as well, it might be installed on users’ computers without their knowledge. It is not at all surprising that users who know nothing about the installation of GetPoliticalNews Toolbar decide to remove it from their PCs right away. You should be one of them if the installation of this potentially unwanted application was a surprise for you too, or you simply do not like the changes applied to your web browser. Yes, it will alter your browser’s settings. Continue reading to find out more about GetPoliticalNews Toolbar and its removal.
What does GetPoliticalNews Toolbar do?
You might find GetPoliticalNews Toolbar beneficial, but, if you ask us, we do not consider GetPoliticalNews Toolbar very useful software because, as research conducted by our specialists has shown, it only sets a new page on users’ browsers. This means that you will no longer see your preferred homepage too. The page set (https://hp.myway.com/getpoliticalnews/ttab02chr/index.html?p2=^CXR^xdm121^TTAB02^lt&n=78490B96&st=tab&ptb=73572CAD-D4D0-4F9D-91EA-C7FC9343DFB4&si=4r4&rd=alreadyInstalled&ruid=DC75FF10-4441-49CB-869E-E48F6B09A5AC) looks like a normal search provider. At the top, there is a bar with NBC News, USA Today, Politico, Tools, Facebook, and weather forecast. In the middle, you will find a search box. Below it, you will see buttons that lead to Facebook, Gmail, TripAdvisor, Instagram, and other popular websites. The page set is not malicious, but you should still remove it, especially if you have found it set on your browsers out of the blue.
Research has shown that the promoted search tool (search.myway.com) uses the modified Google search engine. As a consequence, you might see some modified search results displayed to you. In the worst-case scenario, they might redirect you to dubious websites. We are sure you do not want to end up on an untrustworthy website that, for example, promotes suspicious software, so we suggest that you get rid of GetPoliticalNews Toolbar – it is the only way to remove the page set from your browser. If you decide to continue using the promoted search provider, you should at least inspect all search results returned to you after entering a search query.
If GetPoliticalNews Toolbar stays active on your system, it will record information about you in a variety of ways. It will surely record personal details provided by the user, but it focuses on the collection of the non-personally identifiable information primarily. It should record the following details automatically: IP address, browser type, browser language, search queries, search results displayed, and more. Without a doubt, these are not all the details it will record. As you can find it written in the Privacy Policy document, it might share the gathered data with third parties, including service providers, affiliates, advertising companies, and ad networks. We cannot promise that there is nothing to worry about because we know nothing about these third parties and their real intentions.
Where does GetPoliticalNews Toolbar come from?
Potentially unwanted applications are often distributed in software bundles, so the next time you install a new application downloaded from some kind of file-sharing website on your computer, you should be more careful. “Being more careful” means that you should always read the provided information carefully instead of clicking Next to complete the installation quicker. Additionally, there must be security software installed on the system to prevent untrustworthy software from entering the system.
The good news is that the GetPoliticalNews Toolbar removal will not be very complicated. It can be removed from Internet Explorer through Control Panel. If you use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, you will need to remove the extension of GetPoliticalNews Toolbar from the add-ons manager window. You will find instructions that will help you to remove GetPoliticalNews Toolbar manually provided below this article, but keep in mind that you can delete it automatically instead if that is what you want.
Remove GetPoliticalNews Toolbar
Internet Explorer
Windows XP
- Click Start and select Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Select GetPoliticalNews Toolbar and click Remove.
Windows 7/Vista/8/8.1/10
- Launch Run.
- Type Control Panel and press Enter to access it.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Locate GetPoliticalNews Internet Explorer Homepage and New Tab and then click Uninstall.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- Tap Ctrl+Shift+A.
- Select presidentialbuzz.
- Click Remove.
Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome.
- Tap Alt+F.
- Select More tools.
- Click Extensions.
- Select presidentialbuzz.
- Click Remove.
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