What is Play-bar.net?
Play-bar.net has been classified as a questionable browser hijacker which can invade your windows system via plentiful means similar to shareware downloads, surfing to doubtful web pages, risky torrents, p2p file sharing data, clicking on unsafe links and countless more. As long this hijacker gets attached with your PC it will keep on generating alterations to your browsers settings which includes alters in start-up page, search provider settings as well as other new tab pages and so on. It spies the browsers behaviors of the users, collects the secret thing like passwords, credit card details, banks account numbers and transport it to cyber criminals to misuse those stuff. This malware is particularly programmed to sponser unsafe content and change the actual attribute of your search engine with precarious component. The default search engine of the browsers will be altered immediately with the hazardous one which is actually difficult to change.
Meanwhile, other unwanted even bad programs may be bundled with Play-bar.net as its installation is automatically. Once entered to the computer, it could run automatically whenever you browse the Internet. It shows pop ups, stating that one of your programs like web browser, video players, Java, or something like that is outdated. It suggests updating the software to view websites or perfect other actions. Even, it may keep redirecting you to some unfamiliar websites. During the browsing process, lots of pop ups and ads may keep displaying on your computer screen as well.
Users always wonder how come they still get these computer threats when they have got antivirus protections activated on the computers. Today, more and more viruses, adware or malware problems are created with purposes to help cyber criminals. Hence, they are able to escape from lots of security programs. Play-bar.net hijacker affects Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome on both Windows and Mac books. For Windows and Mac users who have got this browser hijacker attack, they will experience many troubles when searching online. The browsers will be completely messed up by the browser hijacker. To fix the problem, users need to manually go through the processes in order to completely delete the hijacker.
What damage will it cause?
First of all, it is able to display advertisements (pop-ups and banners). When you click into the ads, you will visit certain unknown domain with information that is probably useless and illegal. And to stop this Play-bar.net from Task Manager doesn’t help stop ads from popping out because it is able to run in the background.
Second of all, junk files will be created during Play-bar.net’s installation as well as during the process it sends out ads. The longer it stays in your computer, the more junk files it produces. Gradually, computer runs slower and it takes you a million years to run a program.
Third of all, it has the ability to record your online activities, such as websites you visited days ago, accounts and passwords you use, files in your disks etc. This can be a potential threat to your personal data. And with the Internet connected, your personal data may be secretly acquired by hackers and cyber criminals for vicious purposes.
Play-bar.net removal Instructions
Automatic Removal (Using SpyHunter)(Download Tools Now)
Please be aware that manual removal is a rather risky and complex process that requires a high level of computer troubleshooting skills. So it is only recommended to advanced PC users. If you are an average PC user, we sincerely recommend you to download SpyHunter on your computer and use it to remove Play-bar.net. It is a professional and powerful removal tool which has the ability to detect and remove all types of unwanted programs and threats from your computer without causing any side effect. It can deeply scan your computer to find out and delete the browser hijacker automatically within a few minutes. Please follow the below steps to download it on your computer.
Step 1: Download SpyHunter on your computer by clicking on the below button.
Step 2: Install it on your computer by following the installation wizard. When you finish the installation, launch the removal tool to perform a full system scan to find out the threat.
Step 3: When the scan finishes, check the scan result and then click the Remove button to delete all the detected threats from your computer.
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Method 2. Manually remove Play-bar.net from your computer.
Sometimes, you can restore the browser settings which are set by potentially unwanted programs back to the previous state you wish manually. Uninstalling the relevant programs and disable additional browser toolbars or extensions, changing the homepage and search engine can often fix browser hijacking issues. Follow the guide below and you will be able to get rid of the hijacker.
Uninstall Mindspark products or relevant programs via Control Panel
Windows 8/8.1
In the Programs and Features window, make sure that program you wish to remove is selected and then click Uninstall button.
Windows 7/Vista
Click on Start button, click on Control Panel and then click on Uninstall a Program under Programs.
Search for and click on the Mindspark application or relevant program and click on Uninstall button.
Windows XP
Click on Start button, go to Control Panel and then double click on Add/Remove Programs. From the list of all programs installed on your system, select the program associated with the hijacker and click on Uninstall/Change button.
Remove Play-bar.net from Internet Explorer
Step1. Remove the MyWay New Tab extension from IE
Click on the gear icon in the top right corner of the IE browser or click on Tools and then click on Manage add-ons.
Click on Toolbars and Extensions on the left and search for the add-on you want to delete and click Remove button.
(Please note that the extensions are not listed under the MyWay brand and they could be under the brand name of the extension, such as Filmfanatic, FromDocToPDF and Weatherblink, that is installed on your computer. This applies to Firefox add-ons and Chrome extension which you need to remove as mentioned below.)
Step2. Remove MyWay homepage from IE
Click on the gear button/Tools and then click on Internet Options.
In the General tab, delete Play-bar.net from the Home page section and then type the address of the site you prefer, such as www.google.com into the box.
Click Apply button and save the changes and then click on OK button.
Step3. Disable the unwanted search engine in IE
Click on the gear icon/Tools and click on Manage add-ons, click on Search Provides under Add-on Types in the left, select the provider you don’t want and click Remove. If you want to set Google as your default search engine, highlight it and then click on Set as default button.
Delete Play-bar.net from Google Chrome
Step1. Remove MyWay New tab from Chrome browser
Click on the Customize and Control Google Chrome button at the top right corner, click on More tools and then click on Extensions.
From the list of installed extensions, search for the extension you wish to remove and click on the trashcan icon to delete it.
Step2. Delete Play-bar.net homepage from Chrome
Click on the Customize and Control Google Chrome button and then click on Settings from the drop-down menu.
In the Chrome Settings page, check Open a specified page or set of pages under Startup section and then click Set pages.
Delete the unwanted item and type the address of the site you want in the editable field and click OK.
Under Appearance section, check Show Home button and then click on Change.
Type the address of the site you’d like in the editable filed next to Open this page and then click OK.
Step3. Remove the search engine you don’t want from Chrome.
In the Chrome settings menu, locate to Search section and click on Manage search engines… button.
In the pop-up Search engines screen, highlight the search engine you want and click on Make Default. Locate the unwanted search engine and click X button to remove it then click Done button.
Clean up Play-bar.net from Mozilla Firefox
Step1. Remove MyWay New tab from Firefox browser
Click on button or click on Tools and then click on Add-ons from the drop-down menu.
In the Extensions tab, search for the add-on you wish to remove and click Disable or Remove button.
Sometimes, you are allowed to check the option that remove the MyWay home page and restore to your previous settings when the extension uninstall confirmation dialog appears. This will easily restore your homepage without letting you to manually delete the MyWay homepage from the browser. If this option doesn’t occur, follow the step below to continue.
Step2. Delete the unwanted homepage from Firefox.
Click on button or click on Tools and then click on Options in the drop-down menu.
In the Firefox Options page, make sure you select General tab on the left, then delete Play-bar.net and type the address of the desired site in the Home Page editable filed.
Alternatively, you can open the website you prefer then click on Use Current Pages button to set that page as your homepage.
Step3. Remove the unwanted search engine from Firefox.
In the Firefox Options page, click on Search tab on the left and then select a desired search engine such as Google under Default Search Engine section.
To remove the unwanted search engine, search for it under Once-click Search Engines section and select it then click Remove button to clean up it.
Summary:
Play-bar.net is totally a browser hijack redirect that you should not trust it at all. If you regard it as the real search engine and use it. Your computer can be not safe any more, when Play-bar.net hijacks a system, it can change your homepage and replace your search engines without permission. Like other redirect viruses, it will do anything to make you visit unsafe sites and make some money for the criminals. Generally speaking, the virus is distributed via freeware, shareware, spam emails and malicious attachments. Being as a stubborn virus, it resides deeply in your computer. Even if you delete everything related to Play-bar.net, the redirect problem is still there. It is suggested users don’t spend time trying to change browser to stop these attacks.
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