Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
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Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Biggamecountdown toolbar is a browser extension, created by Mindspark that may be downloaded from their website biggamecountdown.com or might in some cases come bundled with other programs. Some users classify the browser into the PUP category (Potentially Unwanted Program).
The toolbar is most likely installed on a user PC via other free programs downloaded from the Web. It may come as an extra to those programs, and most users tend to skip it while not paying attention during the install. Another way you may download it is by being redirected to the website by clicking on a related ad.
Once the toolbar is installed as an add-on to a web browser, it immediately changes the home page and new tab page to pages connected with search.myway.com – a custom search engine with unknown origins. Google powers this engine. However, it displays different results than the most widely used search engine. This homepage installed several types of cookies that collect different information on the computer, some of which were to expire in 2016.
Also, we have noticed that, before install, the app requests some strange permissions from the user.
As visible, the extension wants access to all the browsing data and history as well as the ability to manage all of the user`s downloads, apps, extensions and themes. Also, we have noticed that despite the many users it had, there were no reviews or ratings which are a good sign that most of the users may have installed it unintentionally.
Another interesting detail about the toolbar is that it works in connection with a lot of third parties, as mentioned on their website. What the toolbar does is redirect to CBS Sports™, NBC Sports™ and ESPN® websites that sometimes may stream basketball games. According to some users and security experts, this is not much of a service for a program that wants so many permissions on your computer.
How to Remove Bigamecountdown Toolbar?
Biggamecountdown toolbar might prove to be tricky to remove since it may leave some files behind after uninstall. This is why, just in case, it is highly recommended after following the step-by-step tutorial below, to scan your computer with antimalware scanner and install special software that will provide you with an active protection and remove threats automatically.
1. Remove/Uninstall Biggamecountdown Toolbar in Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program.No matter if you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:
Hold the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear (fig.1).
In the field type in “appwiz.cpl” and press ENTER (fig.2).
This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC. Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall Biggamecountdown Toolbar.
2. Restore the settings in your browser
2. Remove Biggamecountdown Toolbar from your browser
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Safari
Start Mozilla Firefox Open the menu window
Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu
Select Biggamecountdown Toolbar and click “Remove”
After Biggamecountdown Toolbar is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Google Chrome and Open the drop menu
Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“
From the opened “Extensions” menu locate Biggamecountdown Toolbar and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.
After Biggamecountdown Toolbar is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Internet Explorer:
Click “‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’
In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’
Select Biggamecountdown Toolbar to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.
After Biggamecountdown Toolbar has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Safari
Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.
From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’ In the new window select ‘Extensions’ Click once on Biggamecountdown Toolbar Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall Biggamecountdown Toolbar. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the Biggamecountdown Toolbar will be removed.
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Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
Remove a toolbar from Google Chrome
Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer
Remove a toolbar from Safari
