Do you know what CricBuzz Toolbar is?
CricBuzz Toolbar is a browser add-on that is supposed to provide you with the latest information on the cricket games all over the world. This browser extension adds a toolbar to your browser, which has various shortcuts to the latest game results, team ranking and so on. However, CricBuzz Toolbar is also thought to be a potentially unwanted application due to its associations. Hence, if it was not your initial intention to have this application installed on your computer, you are strongly recommended to remove CricBuzz Toolbar from the system immediately.
The reason why one ought to be suspicious of CricBuzz Toolbar is the fact that this application comes from the Conduit Ltd family of browser extensions. It means that CricBuzz Toolbar is practically the same as Brothersoft Toolbar, Travelocity Toolbar, VisualBee Tooblar and many other browser extensions from the same group. It can be confirmed by checking out its official website – as expected, CricBuzz Toolbar can be downloaded from the ourtoolbar.com community group via cricbuzz.ourtoolbar.com. Granted, that is one of the best ways to install the application, because then there is a chance that it would not be bundled with additional software (although sometimes it is).
CricBuzz Toolbar screenshot
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However, it is also possible for a user to download and install CricBuzz Toolbar accidentally, along with some other third party application. Such browser extensions are often included into the installation set of some freeware apps on third party websites as a “package deal”. Users are also often informed or offered to install additional software, but the problem is that a lot of computer users simply skip the installation steps without even taking a closer look at the information provided.
Therefore, if your default home page and search engine have been changed to search.conduit.com, and you have no idea how on earth that happened, chances are that you have accidentally installed CricBuzz Toolbar on your computer. The option of malware infection cannot be even considered here, because the application is very far from being a computer threat.
Nevertheless, with the full set of CricBuzz Toolbar installed, you can be constantly exposed to potentially harmful third party content. Do not click the commercial ads that are displayed on the website, and if you are redirected to an unfamiliar website, close it immediately. Prolonged exposure to unreliable third party content can eventually lead to malware infection. Thus, to prevent that, you should uninstall CricBuzz Toolbar right now.
How to uninstall CricBuzz Toolbar
Windows 8
- Press Windows key and metro GUI will open.
- Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Charm bar will appear. Click Settings and go to Control Panel.
- Select Uninstall a program, highlight CricBuzz Toolbar and click to uninstall it.
- When Uninstall Toolbar pop-up appears, select Remove the toolbar option and click OK.
- Choose Restore my original search settings option on another pop-up a and click OK.
Windows Vista & Windows 7
- Open Start menu and go to Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a program and highlight CricBuzz Toolbar. Click Uninstall.
- Select Remove the toolbar option on Uninstall Toolbar pop-up box and click OK.
- Mark Restore my original search engines option and click OK.
Windows XP
- Click Start and go to Control Panel.
- Choose Add or remove programs and uninstall CricBuzz Toolbar.
- When Uninstall Toolbar pop-up appears, select Remove the toolbar option and click OK.
- Choose Restore my original search settings on the next pop-up and press OK.
How to remove Conduit Search
Internet Explorer
- Press Alt+T and go to Manage add-ons.
- Click Search providers on the left.
- Set a new default search engine and remove CricBuzz Customized Web Search.
Mozilla Firefox
- Click the search engine icon on the left of Firefox search box.
- Go to Manage search engines and remove CricBuzz Customized Web Search from the list.
- Click OK to save changes.
Google Chrome
- Press Alt+F and go to Settings.
- Select Manage search engines under Search.
- Set a new default search engine, remove CricBuzz Customized Web Search and click Done.
After manual removal, you should still run a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner, as that would help you make sure that all the potential threats have been removed from your PC.
In non-techie terms:
CricBuzz Toolbar is a browser extension that is not necessary and barely useful. It may even expose you to potential computer security threats, so you should seriously consider removing CricBuzz Toolbar right now.
Aliases: CricBuzzToolbar.