Unwanted add-ons - Google is now cracking down and removing ad-injecting Steckler, chief executive officer of Avast. However, some of these add-onsīehave similarly to malware, which is frustrating for users,” said Vince “Toolbars are not classical malware so mostĪntivirus products won’t flag them as malicious. Previously available asĪ feature in Avast Free Antivirus, Avast Browser Cleanup is now available as a Unwanted toolbars from Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet ExplorerĪnd lets users restore their search engine preference. Switch a user’s search preference and can be extremely difficult to remove once Not malicious per se, browser add-ons that come as toolbars can hijack and Removed more than 650 million from users’ browsers in the past two years.

World, announced today that Avast’s patent-pending technology, Avast BrowserĬleanup, has identified more than 60 million different browser add-ons and Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the

Free Utility Eliminates Annoying Toolbars suchĪs Ask and Conduit and Restores Hijacked Search

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