Download Energy Toolbar

Alias: Download Energy Toolbar, Download Energy Toolbar FireFox, Download Energy Toolbar Google Chrome, Download Energy Conduit

Description: Download Energy Toolbar by Conduit is an Internet Explorer / FireFox / Google Chrome toolbar that gets installed when you install some popular applications such as P2P file sharing programs. Unfortunately when you uninstall the application, the Download Energy toolbar does not get removed. To remove the Download Energy Toolbar and restore your homepage and search settings, download and run SpyNoMore Antimalware.

Threat type:

Homepage Hijacker - A Homepage Hijacker is a software application that takes control over your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some other site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you to change browser's settings. In such hijacks, your browser may operate normally, but be much slower.

Search Hijacker - A Search Hijacker redirects your Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engine search results to unfamiliar websites. Search Hijacker infections are usually the result of a malware infection. Takes control of your browser's default search engine. The search results may not necessarily be the best fit as those usually come from paid advertisements, as issued to you by the Hijacker authors. Search hijackers prevent you from changing your browser's default search engine, and they tend to slow down PC performance.

Toolbar - A Toolbar is a group of buttons that performs different tasks. Unwanted toolbars are usually installed by adware programs that try to send users to their paying advertisers.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Download Energy Toolbar: Yes

Threat risk: High Risk

Very dangerous malware. Can log user's keyboard activity and take snapshots of the user's screen. Uses stealth installation and removal is very difficult. Category includes spyware programs, adware programs and trojans.

Symptoms:

Download Energy Toolbar is installed on your Internet Explorer / FireFox / Google Chrome browser. Using the built-in uninstaller does not remove Download Energy Toolbar.

Searches are redirected to search.conduit.com.

Download Energy Toolbar Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Download Energy Toolbar, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

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