TestForSpeed Toolbar Removal Guide

TestForSpeed Toolbar will appear at the top of your browser if you click on the Install button placed on the official website free.testforspeed.com. Yes, it is very easy to install this toolbar; however, we are sure that only a small number of users find its official website and thus install the software consciously. We have managed to find out that TestForSpeed Toolbar often enters systems of users living in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Russia, and other countries. We have to admit that this piece of software is very prevalent, so every user who surfs the web on a daily basis might encounter this Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. product. Unfortunately, it is not the only product of this company.

If you visit the official website of TestForSpeed Toolbar, you will notice soon that it is advertised as useful software for checking the speed of the Internet connection. TestForSpeed Toolbar also promises to provide users with Internet Speed tips as well as enable them to watch movies and play games. Therefore, it is not surprising at all that so many people download and install this program. We are sure that TestForSpeed Toolbar is installed on your system too if you see a toolbar added at the top of your browser and can easily come across such files as assist.exe, frmedint.exe, frskplay.exe, frSrcAs.dll, common.t8s, s_pid.dat, frdlghk.dll, and AppIntegrator64.exe. Specialists at 411-spyware.com have also observed that this toolbar will create the following registry keys: HKLM_SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{bba6af07-0e2d-46e5-a25f-87179a57aa50}, HKLM_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{bba6af07-0e2d-46e5-a25f-87179a57aa50}, HKL_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\testforspeed.dl.tb.ask.com, and others. Last but not least, users will notice that their default search engines are changed to ask.com.

The search engine which will be set by TestForSpeed Toolbar is not harmful itself. In fact, ask.com is considered a reliable search provider. Unfortunately, we do not recommend trusting it blindly if you have noticed its presence only after you have installed TestForSpeed Toolbar on your system. It is because it might act slightly differently in this case, i.e. it might provide users with unreliable third-party links and ads. In other words, it might present users with sponsored content. After clicking on any of those unreliable search results, you might be taken to some kind of website that promotes malicious software. As you can see, you might even infect your system with malware if you keep TestForSpeed Toolbar and use the search engine it sets. Make sure you do not click on ads promoting different kinds of products and services too. They will appear on the start page of the search engine TestForSpeed Toolbar will set. Last but not least, some specialists say that TestForSpeed Toolbar might start collecting details about users and their browsing habits. If you do not want to reveal anything to anyone, get rid of the unwanted browser plugin right now.

TestForSpeed Toolbar often comes bundled with malicious software, so you might not even notice how this program enters systems. Unfortunately, we are almost sure that people often initiate the installation of TestForSpeed Toolbar themselves and do not even know that. This usually happens when people try to download some kind of free program from an unreliable third-party web page. As we have mentioned, there are hundreds of other Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. products that are ready to enter your system. Therefore, it would be really clever to install an antimalware tool on the system. Researchers at 411-spyware.com say that it would be clever not to visit unreliable web pages ever again too.

The browser plugin that belongs to Mindspark cannot be erased very easily. It has been observed that you will remove it from Internet Explorer only if you erase it via Control Panel. Browser plugins added to other browsers can be erased by deleting their extensions. In addition, you will have to take care of ask.com which will stay set. Unfortunately, this will not be enough to FULLY delete TestForSpeed Toolbar. As we have managed to find out, TestForSpeed Toolbar might leave some leftovers, for example:

• {0E3C47DF-1C03-4E11-9032-3FA686832A31}, {64887E44-8249-4A56-BBD0-192E61EAB74F}, and {79D46772-5DF2-40F1-A3B4-133ABFB0E6E7} values in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\testforspeed.dl.tb.ask.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{09d6c9b0-22cc-4d4a-a8ea-04a2c8e1652d}

These registry keys are not the only ones that will be left. It has been observed that this browser plugin will also leave some files and directories. It is a very hard job to find all these leftovers and erase them. Therefore, we highly recommend scanning the system with an automatic malware remover SpyHunter. It will fix everything for you within seconds, which means that TestForSpeed Toolbar will not revive.

Delete TestForSpeed Toolbar

Windows XP

1. Click the Start button.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Select the program and click Remove.

Windows 7/Vista

1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a program.
3. Right-click on the undesirable software.
4. Click Uninstall.

Windows 8/8.1/10

1. Launch RUN and enter Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a program.
3. Select the unwanted program.
4. Click Uninstall.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+H.
2. Open Troubleshooting information.
3. Locate and click Refresh Firefox.
4. Click on the Refresh Firefox button again.

Google Chrome

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+F.
2. Select Settings and scroll down.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. Click Reset settings and click the Reset button.

Internet Explorer

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+T.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Open the Advanced tab and click Reset.
4. Check the box alongside Delete personal settings.
5. Click Reset.