InstantRadioPlay Toolbar Removal Guide

Do you know what InstantRadioPlay Toolbar is?

Have you come across a suspicious looking toolbar within your web browser? If so it might be that InstantRadioPlay Toolbar is the toolbar in question. You should know only one thing about it – its removal is a must. Even though, usually this browser add-on is advertised as an excellent tool that should improve your radio listening experience within your browser, you should know that these statements are a hoax, to say the least. Such devious marketing strategies employed by vendors of this toolbar are used to lure naïve Internet users into downloading and installing this worthless piece of software. In reality, InstantRadioPlay Toolbar does not perform what it should in a best possible way. We have crafted a detailed removal guide that should be used without any hesitation to remove the InstantRadioPlay Toolbar once and for all from your PC.InstantRadioPlay Toolbar Removal GuideInstantRadioPlay Toolbar screenshot
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Even though, it is possible to download this malicious toolbar from its official website, malware researchers at our internal labs have discovered that in most cases InstantRadioPlay Toolbar is distributed via software bundles. In order to avoid getting your PC infected in this way make sure to stay away from various websites associated with online piracy and third-party download site, since such websites are known to be the primary source of installers filled with third-party unwanted or even potentially malicious applications. Another important thing to remember is that other dubious programs might be marketed in a misleading way. This means that you must learn about the application you want to install as much as possible before downloading it. Lastly, but most importantly make sure to have an active professional antimalware tool. Such a tool would warn you about any suspicious websites or installers beforehand; thus making your PC virtually unbreakable.

During the research, it has been discovered that InstantRadioPlay Toolbar is directly related to malicious toolbars such as RecipeSearch Toolbar, FindYourMaps Toolbar, MyNewsGuide Toolbar and many others. InstantRadioPlay Toolbar and the mentioned counterparts all come for the same developer known as Mindspark. Therefore, it is not surprising that all of their functionality is very similar. As soon as this toolbar enters, you operating system it will make changes to your default browser settings. Your default homepage and search engine will be changed without any authorization. Additionally a suspicious third-party toolbar will be implemented to your browser. It is important to note that all the major browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox are all affected by this malicious application, meaning that no user is entirely safe. All of this activity will make browsing the web a frustrating and annoying task to say the least. Only the complete removal of InstantRadioPlay Toolbar will help you restore the default settings of your browser. If you fail to do so, the annoyance caused by this toolbar will continue to bother you.

It is imperative to remove every single bit of InstantRadioPlay Toolbar since it has been discovered that in some cases even a few leftover files or registry entries could be used to restore this intrusive piece of software. This is why you are advised to conduct an in-depth analysis of your PC for potential leftovers of InstantRadioPlay Toolbar as soon as manual removal is executed. This is your best bet to be sure that every single bit of this malicious toolbar was removed.

How to InstantRadioPlay Toolbar from your PC

Remove the unwanted toolbar from Windows Vista and Windows 7

  1. Click the Windows button and select Control Panel.
  2. Click Uninstall a program.
  3. Double-click InstantRadioPlay Toolbar.
  4. Confirm that you want to remove this toolbar.

Remove the unwanted toolbar from Windows XP

  1. Click Start and go to Control Panel.
  2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
  3. Remove the malicious toolbar.

Remove the unwanted toolbar from Windows 8

  1. Move the mouse pointer to the lower-left corner of the screen.
  2. Right-click and select Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a program.
  4. Right-click InstantRadioPlay Toolbar and click Uninstall.

How to remove InstantRadioPlay Toolbar from your browser

Remove the unwanted toolbar from Google Chrome

  1. Start your web browser and simultaneously tap Alt+F.
  2. Select Tools.
  3. Click Extensions.
  4. Click the trash can icon next to the undesirable add-on.
  5. Select Remove.

Remove the unwanted toolbar from Internet Explorer

  1. Open the browser.
  2. Simultaneously tap Alt+T.
  3. Select Manage Add-ons.
  4. Click Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Remove the unwanted plugin and click Close.

Remove the unwanted toolbar from Mozilla Firefox

  1. Launch the browser and then simultaneously tap Ctrl+Shift+A.
  2. Select Extensions.
  3. Click the Remove button to delete the malicious toolbar.

In non-techie terms:

The manual removal could turn out to be too complicated to some users. If you are one of those users make sure to follow the instructions provided below since they will help you delete this malicious toolbar in an automatic way. This way of removal will ensure that no leftovers of this toolbar are active on your PC.