SafePCRepair Toolbar

Posted by Max Lehmann on October 30, 2013

What is SafePCRepair Toolbar?

SafePCRepair Toolbar is a potentially unwanted program else classified as browser plugin that gets installed on Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. It is not a malware infection, as it does not enter your system without your permission. However, more often than not users overlook that fact that they do install SafePCRepair Toolbar themselves. This toolbar claims that it can improve your computer’s performance, and it promotes itself as a reliable tool for PC optimization. However, computer security researchers does not recommended having on the computer as it exposes the system to potential malware infections and so you are recommended to remove SafePCRepair Toolbar right now.

Where does SafePCRepair Toolbar come from?

If you are familiar with such browser plugins as TotalRecipeSearch toolbar, Filmfanatic Toolbar, Zwinky Toolbar and so on, you will definitely know what to expect of SafePCRepair Toolbar. This application is developed by Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. and it comes bundled with Ask.com search engine. Thus, it is possible to download SafePCRepair Toolbar from the official website at download.safepcrepair.com/index.jhtml. This website is supposedly powered by Ask.com and you can download the toolbar for free, in order to “remove performance-draining unk that slows down your PC”.

Apart from the official website, SafePCRepair Toolbar can also bundled with a list of other third party applications, most of which are related to Mindspark Interactive Network as well; for example, HeadlineAlley Toolbar, DailyBibleGuide Toolbar, Utility Chest Toolbar and so on.

What does SafePCRepair Toolbar do?

If you install the full version of SafePCRepair Toolbar on your computer, then the toolbar will also modify your default search engine and home page to search.ask.com and home.ask.com. Take note of the fact that you actually allow SafePCRepair Toolbar to change your browser settings during the toolbar installation.

Also, Ask.com is a legitimate website and a search engine that has been discontinued in 2011. Hence, the fact that a supposedly legal browser plugin is bundled with a non-functional search engine is rather odd and suspicious. What is more, SafePCRepair Toolbar may display third party commercial advertisements, and in such a case, it cannot be held responsible for whatever content is shown to you, as the third party ads content is not covered by SafePCRepair Toolbar’s privacy policy.

How to remove SafePCRepair Toolbar?

SafePCRepair Toolbar’s usefulness is highly debatable, as you still need to pay $29.95 for the application to work. Adding up to the entire shakiness of privacy policy and the possibility of being exploited for malware distribution, one could say that SafePCRepair Toolbar needs to be uninstalled from your computer immediately.

Follow the instructions below to terminate the plugin and then run a full PC scan with SpyHunter free scanner, as you need to make sure that there are no other potentially unwanted programs left in the system. Acquire a powerful antimalware program to remove dangerous threats if any.