How to Remove Winload Toolbar in A Correct Way

Winload Toolbar has been classified by several threat detection engine as a typical browser hijacker, it is able to be installed on common browsers like FireFox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Once the browser is infected by Winload Toolbar, the homepage will be altered to search.conduit.com, and every time you conduct search action on your browser, the result page will be redirected to Winload Customized Web Search.

Actually Winload Toolbar is designed for certain black hat SEO purpose, so that’s why you see various non-stopping advertisements pop-up while you are browsing the websites, besides, Winload Toolbar collects users search queries from the browsers and display annoying sponsor links in their search result. The existent of this Toolbar can also slow down the browsers or even crash it from time to time.

According to recent report, Winload Toolbar spreads itself quickly through the internet via free software downloads and custom downloads from software download sites like Softonic, CNET. Once you downloaded the freeware that bundle with Winload Toolbar, it will be installed inside your computer without your notice along with the freeware installation. So people should always be careful about what they download from the internet and pay attention to the default installation option during the installation.

This article is written to help those who installed Winload Toolbar accidentally and want to remove it completely from their computer.

Automatic solutions remove Winload Toolbar

The most efficient way to remove Winload Toolbar no doubt is using the powerful Max Uninstaller, a third party uninstaller tool which is designed to help PC users to uninstall problematic or stubborn Windows applications completely and easily.

• Download and install Professional removal tool Max Uninstaller.
• Click the Plug-in Cleaner in the right side of the program interface. (Note: If Plug-in Cleaner can’t be found in the interface, please click the update button at the top-right corner, and also, make sure your copy of Max Uninstaller has been successfully registered)
• Please make sure you have closed all the browsers in your computer, then click Scan Now button in the appear window.

• Select Winload Toolbar in the program list, click Clean button at the bottom. (Under certain circumstances, the installation status may appeared as “No”, if you are positive that Winload Toolbar is in your computer, just click Clean button to proceed.)
• Click Yes in the pop-up message to start the removal.
• A few seconds later you will be prompted “The selected plug-in have been cleaned completely!”, you may restart the system now.

Manual Ways to Uninstall Winload Toolbar

1. Remove Winload Toolbar from Your Computer

The plug-in may include several programs for different kind of browsers (IE FF Chrome) , which you will need to delete from your computer to completely uninstall Blah Toolbar. Steps are as follows:

• Open the Control Panel;

Windows 7 user: click the “Start” button at the lower left corner → click “Control Panel” → click “Uninstall a program” under the Programs section;
Windows 8 user: hover your mouse pointer at the lower right corner → click “Search” → type in “Control panel” → press “Enter” key → click “Uninstall a program” under the Programs section;

• As you can see in the window appeared hereinafter, locate Winload Toolbar in the list. (The name of program may appeared differently in different circumstances like Winload Toolbar or Winload Toolbar Toolbar for IE/FF/Chrome)
• Double-click it to start the uninstalling.

2. Delete Winload Toolbar from web browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Firefox).

Sometimes after you visit a website, the plug-in can be automatically added to your web browser without taking an installation package. In that case, you will not able to see it in the program list of control panel. Therefore, to correctly remove it, you need to manually restore your web browser’s setting instead.

Remove Winload Toolbar from Firefox

Method One:

• Open Firefox → click the orange “Firefox” button at the upper left corner → click “Add-ons”;

• Click the “Extensions” tab → click on “Remove” button appeared in the item of Winload Toolbar ;
• To reset the default search engine and homepage of Firefox from ask.com to its own default, download the SearchReset, install it, and restore the default homepage of Firefox with it.

Method Two:

• Open Firefox → click the orange “Firefox” button at the upper left corner → click “Help” → “Troubleshooting Information”;

• Click on “Reset Firefox…” button showed on the right.

• Firefox will close and be reset by itself, after which a window will list the details imported. Then you may click “Finish”, and Firefox will open.

Remove Winload Toolbar from Internet Explorer

• Open Internet Explorer → click on the gear icon at the upper right corner → select “Internet options”;

• Click the “Advanced” tab in the box appeared → click on the “Reset” button.

• Select the “Delete personal settings” in the Reset Internet Explorer Setting box → click “Reset”.

• Wait until the resetting is finished → click “Close” in the confirmation dialogue box → click “OK”;
• Re-open Internet Explorer.

Remove Winload Toolbar from Google Chrome

• Open Google Chrome → click on  (menu) at the upper right corner → select “Tools” → click “Extensions”;

• The “Extension” tab will be presented like a web page, click on  icon to remove Winload Toolbar;
• To set the default search engine of Google Chrome from ask.com to Google, click on (menu) at the upper right corner → select “Settings” → click “Manage search engines” in Search section → select Google, and click the “Make Default” button appeared → find ask.com in the list, and click on “X” button at the right side;
• To change the homepage of Google Chrome from search.conduit.com to its own default, click on  (menu) → select “Settings” → click “Open the New Tab page” under the “On Startup” section;

If you processed the above solution correctly, Winload Toolbar should have been removed from your computer, and your browsers (Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome) will be free from the disturbance of Toolbar. In case you came across problems during the removal, or you simply want an easier solutions, you may download Max Uninstaller here which is able to help remove Winload Toolbar with the most efficient way.