EmailFanatic Toolbar Removal Guide

EmailFanatic Toolbar is a browser toolbar that is supposed to provide you with an instant access to your email account, no matter which domain you use for your inbox. Despite the fact that EmailFanatic Toolbar does provide you with such a service, computer security experts say it is for the best to remove EmailFanatic Toolbar from your computer if you did not intend to have it in the first place. This browser extension can be classified as an adware program, and adware applications are far from being reliable pieces of software. Anything that could cause specific computer security issues must be deleted from your system ASAP.

One of the reasons we cannot say EmailFanatic Toolbar is a dangerous computer infection is that this toolbar has an official website that actually works. You can easily download EmailFanatic Toolbar from emailfanatic.com, and the homepage even provides you with the basic information on this program. However, seeing how users often complain about this toolbar, saying that they do not know how it managed to enter their systems, it is obvious that direct download is not the main distribution method. In fact, it is far more likely that EmailFanatic Toolbar comes bundled with unreliable software.

Whenever you download programs from third-party websites and various file-sharing pages, you need to keep in mind, that the third-party installers are seldom reliable 100%. Such installers often carry more than just one freeware application in their setup. As a result, along with EmailFanatic Toolbar, you might install a number of other unwanted applications that must be removed as well. What’s more, since users are not aware when EmailFanatic Toolbar enters their computers, they get the impression that this program is a browser hijacker. This kind of misunderstanding is easy to understand because if you install this application without checking all the setup steps, your default homepage and search engine will be changed as well.

EmailFanatic Toolbar is a browser application from the MindSpark family, so it is coupled with the Ask Search engine. Just like BestBackground Toolbar or ActionClassicGames Toolbar, installing the full version of EmailFanatic Toolbar results in browser settings modification.

If you take a fleeting look at it, Ask.com may seem to be a reliable search engine that also provides you with shortcuts to the most popular social networking websites. But we would like to remind you that all your browsing sessions will be redirected through the application’s server, and so all your browsing history will be tracked. Any browser extension and third-party search engine can track your browsing activity, because they need to collect information on your web browsing habits.

This information is necessary to generate custom commercial advertisements. These advertisements are something you have to avoid at all costs. EmailFanatic Toolbar does not review the content that gets embedded in its advertisements, and that is how this browser extension could be exploited by cyber criminals.

Any security-minded user should prevent that from happening by deleting EmailFanatic Toolbar right now. It is not complicated to uninstall the application via Control Panel, but you will still need to restore your browser settings manually. We provide instructions on how to do that below this description, but you should also consider investing in a legitimate antispyware application. A computer security tool of your choice will help you protect your PC from similar issues in the future.

How to Remove EmailFanatic Toolbar

Windows 8 & Windows 8.1

1. Move the mouse cursor to the bottom right of your screen.
2. When the Charm bar appears, click Settings and open Control Panel.
3. Go to Uninstall a program and remove EmailFanatic Toolbar.

Windows Vista & Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu and go to Control Panel.
2. Select Uninstall a program and remove EmailFanatic Toolbar.

Windows XP

1. Click the Start menu button and select Control Panel.
2. Navigate to Add or remove programs and uninstall EmailFanatic Toolbar.

Change Your Browser Settings

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and go to Internet options.
2. Change your homepage under the General tab and press OK.
3. Press Alt+T again and select Manage add-ons.
4. Click Search providers on the left.
5. Select a new default search engine, remove Ask Search and press Close.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the search engine icon on the left of the search box (top right corner).
2. Press Change Search Settings and remove Ask Search from the list.
3. Set a new default search engine and press OK.
4. Press Alt+T and go to Options.
5. Change your homepage address under the General tab and click OK.
6. Press Ctrl+Shift+A and the Add-ons manager tab will open.
7. Disable and remove EmailFanatic from Extensions.
8. Restart your browser.

Google Chrome

1. Click Alt+F and select More tools.
2. Open Extensions and remove EmailFanatic.
3. Click Settings on the left.
4. Select Open a specific page or set of pages under On Startup.
5. Click Set pages and change your startup page address. Click OK.
6. Select Manage search engines under Search.
7. Set a new default search engine, delete Ask Search and press Done.