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Monday, December 29, 2014

Freshy Toolbar Removal Guide - Remove Freshy Completely

Freshy Toolbar appears to have affected my computer. How do I remove "freshy" which seems to be forcing itself as my browser's home page?

Basic information about Freshy Toolbar


Freshy Toolbar is a potentially unwanted web browser search redirection which is powered by Conduit. The Freshy Toolbar can get into your computer along with freeware and shareware downloaded and installed from the Internet. This unwanted toolbar is designed to promote the Xanga webpages, and displays third party advertisements without guarantee. Once the Freshy Toolbar gets into the computer, it will modify the user's search and home pages. Freshy Toolbar is compatible with all internet browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.


Freshy Toolbar will turn your default search engine to conduit.com. When you open the browser,  Freshy Toolbar will  hijack your homepage, search engine and new tab by its related websites. It will take control of your browser and generate a lot of ads and deals on your browser.  It is capable to gather information on browser history and search queries, email address, even other private data like user accounts and password, and then send to the third party for marketing. It is suggested to remove Freshy Toolbar and all its related programs completely. You can follow the guide below to remove this Freshy Toolbar.

Instructions to Get Rid of Freshy Toolbar


Method 1: Freshy Toolbar manual removal


Step 1Open Windows Task Manager and close all the related running processes.

( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)


Step 2: Remove Freshy Toolbar from control panel.

1) On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:


Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program.
Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.

2) When you find the program Freshy Toolbar, click it, and then do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall.
Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).


Step 3: Reset your browser setting

Firefox:
In the drop-down list of Firefox, go to Help and click on Troubleshooting Information.
Click on the Reset Firefox button to reset it.

Google Chrome: 
Click on the Chrome menu on the right of toolbar and then select Settings.
Scroll down to the bottom to click Show advanced settings.
Go down to the bottom and click Reset browser settings to reset Google Chrome to its default setting.


IE: 
Click Tools on the up right corner and select Internet Options.
Click on Advanced tab, press Reset button to reset IE to its default settings.

Step 4: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all the infection registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)




HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing "NewTabPageShow" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "DefaultScope" = "{33BB0A4E-99AF-4226-BDF6-49120163DE86}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe http://www.<random>.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"


Method  2: Automatic Removal with SpyHunter



SpyHunter is a world-famous real-time malware protection and removal tool, which is designed to detect , remove and protect your PC from the latest malware attacks, such as Trojans, worms, rootkits, rogue viruses, browser hijacker, ransomware, adware, key-loggers, and so forth. To keep SpyHunter Anti-malware on your computer is an important way to protect your computer in a good condition. Please find the instruction as follow. 

Step 1: Press the following button to download SpyHunter.


Step 2: Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.



Step 3: Click Finish then you can use it to scan your computer to find out potential threats by pressing Scan computer now!

Step 4: Tick Select all and then Remove to delete all threats.


Guide to download RegCure Pro to optimize PC 


If you are still worried about the left over of Freshy Toolbar and want to clean all the unwanted registry entries,  it is recommended to use RegCure Pro. RegCure Pro is packed with the tools you need to boost your PC’s speed and performance. Featuring an intuitive interface and easy-to-use work flow, RegCure Pro scans common problem areas – and quickly and safely fixes them. As well, it has several tools and features to address other performance and computing issues.

Step 1. Install and launch RegCure Pro on your PC.


Step 2.  Select "Yes" to download and install RegCure Pro.

 

Step 3. Click "Next" to continue.


Step 4. RegCure Pro will open automatically on your screen.

RegCure Pro

 Step 5. RegCure Pro is scanning your PC for error.

 RegCure Pro2

Step 6. After scanning, choose the issues you want to fix. 

 

Note: Manual removal Freshy Toolbar is very difficult. If you don’t have sufficient expertise in dealing with the manual removal, you are suggested to Install Spyhunter to auto-detect and remove viruses safely and quickly. You can also Download RegCure Pro to help you remove unneeded registry files and optimize the computer.

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