SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar Removal Guide

Do you know what SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar is?

SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar is one of the potentially unwanted programs created by an unreliable company known as Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. Thus, if you do come across it, we would recommend being extra cautious with it. In fact, our computer security specialists recommend not to leave it unattended. In other words, it might be safer to delete the suspicious add-on before anything goes wrong. If you want to discover more about this suspicious application before deciding if it can stay on your system, you should read the rest of our article. On the other hand, if you came here already decided and wanted to learn how to erase SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar manually, you should take a look at the removal guide placed a bit below the text.

The potentially unwanted program could be downloaded from its official site called simpleholidayrecipes.com/index.jhtml as well as Chrome Web Store page (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/simpleholidayrecipes/blalapdaiabdaclcbmjnlonbocmjllbc). Besides, our computer security specialists suspect SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar might be distributed via bundled software installers, suspicious pop-up advertisements, and so on. Therefore, if you want to avoid receiving such unreliable programs in the future, you may want to be more careful when clicking suspicious pop-ups or installing tools from torrent and other untrustworthy file-sharing sites full of pirated applications, questionable freeware, etc.

Furthermore, it seems SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar is compatible with browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. After being installed, it might change the default browser’s homepage, the new tab page, or default search provider with search.myway.com. This search engine is used by other potentially unwanted programs created by the same company. Our researchers say the main reason it is inadvisable to use it to surf the Internet is search.myway.com could display modified search results containing various advertising material coming from unknown sources. For instance, the ads could lead to scam websites, sites containing malware, and so on. Consequently, it seems to us if you do not want to take any chances it would be wiser to use a more reliable search engine. If you like the links SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar provides we would advise bookmarking them; this way you would not need the extension to go to your favorite recipes web page.SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar Removal GuideSimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar screenshot
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If you made up your mind to delete the potentially unwanted program, we could suggest using our removal guide available slightly below this paragraph. It will explain how to get rid of SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar step by step from browsers it is compatible with. Clearly, erasing it manually could seem to be difficult for less experienced users. If it is the case, it might be easier to employ reputable antimalware tool. All it would take to eliminate the extension is perform a full system scan and wait until the chosen tool locates the potentially unwanted program and other possible threats. Afterward, you could review its displayed report or simply click the provided deletion button to remove all detections at the same time.

Erase SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar

Google Chrome

  1. Press Windows Key+E.
  2. Find the following locations:
    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\{PROFILE}\Extensions
    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\{PROFILE}\Local Extension Settings
  3. Locate folders named as blalapdaiabdaclcbmjnlonbocmjllbc.
  4. Select these folders separately and press Shift+Delete.
  5. Leave the File Explorer.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Tap Windows Key+E.
  2. Go to this particular directory %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{PROFILE}\extensions
  3. Select a file called _reMembers_@www.simpleholidayrecipes.com.xpi and click Shift+Delete.
  4. Exit the File Explorer.

Delete SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar from Internet Explorer

Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7

  1. Navigate to the Start menu.
  2. Access the Control Panel.
  3. Pick either Uninstall a program or Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Click the suspicious application and select Uninstall.

Windows 8/Windows 10

  1. Tap Windows Key+R.
  2. Insert Control Panel and press OK.
  3. Choose Uninstall a program.
  4. Select the potentially unwanted program and press Uninstall.

In non-techie terms:

SimpleHolidayRecipes Toolbar is an unreliable browser extension that may change user’s browser preferences only to encourage him to surf the Internet with the software’s provided search engine. The bad news is the potentially unwanted program’s search engine (search.myway.com) might display unreliable third-party advertising content as our computer security specialists noticed it might show modified search results. Naturally, if you do not like the idea your favorite homepage website could be replaced with an untrustworthy search engine, and you could encounter potentially dangerous advertising content while using it, you should not leave it unattended. Users who wish to get rid of the application manually could do so while following the instructions displaced above. As for those who like using automatic features, we would recommend scanning the computer with a reliable antimalware tool instead.