Do you know what All My Web Toolbar is?
All My Web Toolbar is a potentially unwanted application that is classified as browser plug-in. This toolbar gets installed on your default browser when you come across allmyweb.com website or get the application bundled with freeware. Either way, it is recommended to remove All My Web Toolbar from your computer, because the website and the plug-in may be related to suspicious and potentially dangerous third parties. You need to avoid all the security threats if possible, and removing pontentially unwanted programs from your computer is a good starting point.
All My Web Toolbar is created by Visicom Media Inc. and it is directly associated with allmyweb.com. Due to such associations, it may seem that All My Web Toolbar gets installed onto your computer by a browser hijacker. That is so, because during the installation All My Web Toolbar can change your default homepage and search engine to allmyweb.com. This website seems to be like a decent search engine, but should you try searching for something, you will see that it makes use of a customized Yahoo! search engine.
All My Web Toolbar screenshot
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One of the things that makes All My Web Toolbar rather suspicious is the fact that while you can download the application at allmyweb.com, once you launch the installer you are told that you are about to install ScenicReflections Toolbar onto your computer. Even if All My Web Toolbar is exactly the same as ScenicReflections Toolbar, it still rather disturbing to see that allmyweb.com offers to install a plug-in you had no intention of getting.
Depending on which version of All My Web Toolbar you download, it may use either Dynamic Toolbar or Conduit Toolbar platform. It only proves that this application is directly related to potentially unwanted applications and adware that can eventually expose you to potentially dangerous content.
However, it is definitely not a browser hijacker – if you think that your default homepage has been switched to allmyweb.com without your permission, it means you missed the All My Web Toolbar installation step which INFORMED you about the oncoming changes. It happens quite often, but even if your browser settings do get modified you can easily restore them manually. Not to mention that it is easy to remove All My Web Toolbar as well.
Open Control Panel and uninstall ScenicReflections Toolbar and then follow the instructions below to restore your browser settings. Eventually, get yourself a reliable antimalware tool that will help you detect other potentially unwanted applications and then protect your PC from harm.
How to remove All My Web Toolbar
Windows 8
- Move mouse cursor to the bottom right of the screen.
- Click Settings on Charm bar and go to Control Panel.
- Select Uninstall a program and remove ScenicReflections Toolbar.
Windows Vista & Windows 7
- Open Start menu and click Control Panel.
- Go to Uninstall a program and remove ScenicReflections Toolbar.
Windows XP
- Click Start menu button and navigate to Control Panel.
- Access Add or remove programs and uninstall ScenicReflections Toolbar.
Change your browser settings
Internet Explorer
- Press Alt+X and go to Internet options.
- Rewrite your homepage address under General tab and click OK.
- Press Alt+X once again and press Manage add-ons.
- Click Search providers on the left.
- Set a new default search engine, and remove unwanted search provider.
Mozilla Firefox
- Press Firefox button and click Options.
- Rewrite your homepage address under General tab and click OK.
- Press Search engine icon on the left of search box (top right corner).
- Select Manage search engines on drop-down menu.
- Remove unwanted search provider from the list and click OK.
- Press Firefox button and go to Add-ons.
- Remove ScenicReflections Toolbar from Extensions. Restart browser.
Google Chrome
- Press Alt+F and click Tools.
- Go to Extensions and remove ScenicReflections Toolbar.
- Click Settings on the left.
- Select Open a specific page or set of pages.
- Press Set pages and change your start page. Click OK.
- Click Manage search engines button under Search.
- Set a new default search engine, remove unwanted search provider and click Done.
In non-techie terms:
All My Web Toolbar is a browser plug-in that may arrive at your computer bundled with freeware. It could be related to a number of security risks, so your best option in this situation is to remove All My Web Toolbar right now.