MapsEasy Toolbar

Posted by Sarah Stewart on April 11, 2016

What is MapsEasy Toolbar?

MapsEasy Toolbar is an annoying and potentially unreliable application that may affect all major browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer. Our malware specialists have categorized this browser extension as a bad toolbar due to the suspicious traits it showed during the test. It is possible that the contents you can engage with through this tool are not always reliable. Therefore, you may be exposed to unsafe web content, which could make you and your computer’s system security more vulnerable. Since there are several ways how the presence of this toolbar may harm your computer, we think that you would be better off without it. If you do not want to end up on malicious websites and infect your computer with more threats, you should not even hesitate to remove MapsEasy Toolbar. If you need a reliable application related to travelling, maps, and directions, we recommend that you carry on with your search instead of putting up with this questionable toolbar. test test test

Where does MapsEasy Toolbar come from?

Since two out of the three major browsers block the download of this application through its official page (mapseasy.net), we do not believe that most users would go on forcing the installation of such a questionable tool. This is further supported by the number of installations through the Chrome web store (1,118 users), which clearly shows that not too many computer users have installed this application officially. So there has to be another way to let this toolbar on board.

According to our researchers, this application can also be found in freeware bundles containing malware threats. It is important to distinguish between legitimate and infected bundles, though. But whichever you are installing, you need to be careful with the steps of the installation wizard to make sure you actually know what you are allowing to enter your system. Why would you install totally useless and potentially unwanted applications when you can opt out in time? This is true for both legitimate and malicious bundles as well. Obviously, the latter ones can cause your system actual damage and pose multiple threats to your system security.

Therefore, it is essential to know that you can download such packages through visiting unreliable torrent and freeware sites and clicking on content there. Unreliable third-parties may disguise their advertisements as buttons or download links. So when you are viewing an unfamiliar website trying to download free tools, it is possible that you click on a fake button and end up with such a malicious bundle. If you are not sure how this bad toolbar emerged on your computer, we recommend that you not only delete MapsEasy Toolbar, but also all other possibly harmful programs you may detect on board. If you do not want to hunt down all threats manually, you can use a more effective method, i.e., a free online malware scanner. However, before you use such a tool, you should make sure that it is a reliable one.

How does MapsEasy Toolbar work?

When you install this toolbar, it makes some changes in your browsers and may set an altered safesearch.net search page as your home page, new tab page, and default search provider as well. This is quite bad news, since it means that any time you open your browsers or click for a new tab page, you will be forced to be exposed to this unreliable toolbar. At the top of the page you will find the toolbar itself that contains a search tool and several quick links to third-party websites associated with online maps, directions, traffic, and weather. The search page provides you with a search box and below it, links to several popular websites, such as Twitter, Amazon, and Facebook. If you click on any of the quick links, it is possible that you end up on a page that will display potentially unreliable third-party ads that this toolbar promotes. But our researchers have found that this application may even collect information about your online activities and use this to target you with tailored search results and advertisements. This would not be an issue if you could actually trust these links and ads. However, experience and research show that clicking on these may result in being redirected to fake and malicious websites. If you do not want to let more infections on board or get scammed other ways, you should not think twice about removing MapsEasy Toolbar.

How to delete MapsEasy Toolbar

It is possible that your version of this application has an uninstaller. You can easily check this if you open the list of installed programs in Control Panel. If you do not find the uninstaller, you should reset all your browsers to undo all the changes. You should know that even if there is an uninstaller, it may only remove the extensions from Internet Explorer. If you need assistance with these steps, please use our guide below as a reference. If you want to make sure that your virtual world is all secure, you should keep all your programs updated and use a professional anti-malware program to protect your PC from all existing malware threats.