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How to clean up the mess left by browser toolbars |
February 11, 2014
You would think that in 2014, we'd have put all the web shenanigans of the 1990s and early aughts behind us, but you'd be wrong—at least for Windows users. Download a desktop app like AVG, Skype, or Vuze and these programs will try to sneak toolbars onto your system or change your default home page and browser. Yuck.
If your browser is loaded down with toolbars or you want to get back to searching with DuckDuckGo rather than Bing, here's how to do battle against these foes on Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 11 with an AVG toolbar installed. (Click to enlarge all pictures in this article.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2096382/how-to-clean-up-the-mess-left-by-browser-toolbars.html#tk.rss_howto
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