The website Search.iminent.com is a search engine that the Iminent browser extension uses. Start.iminent.com is often mistaken for a browser hijacker because the searches of many users have been redirected to this webpage. The Iminent Toolbar is the one that may change the settings of your current browser and set Search.iminent.com as your homepage and default search engine. So in order to stop the redirects, you need to uninstall the toolbar first. The website Start.iminent.com may also display sponsored links and various advertisements in the search results it presents. Security experts strongly advise users to remove the toolbar because of the potential malware risks involved with the browsing of unverified or unsafe links.
What is Iminent and How Does It Affect Your PC?
The Iminent Toolbar is a browser extension that generates emoticons when you use Facebook and other web-based email products. The add-on is compatible with the most common browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. It can be downloaded from the official page of the product, but it can also end up on your computer when you download freeware and shareware online. Adware often gets installed on the user’s PC bundled with other programs and applications. In order to avoid such potentially unwanted apps, always pay attention to the steps of the Installation Wizard and make sure to uncheck any program you don’t want on your computer.
Once installed, the Iminent Toolbar changes the settings of your current browser, altering your default search engine and homepage to start.imient.com. Since it is an add-supported application, you will be presented with various pop-up, in-text and banner advertisements along with the search results.
What Type of Information Does Iminent Collect?
The Iminent Toolbar and the search feature use cookies and other tracking technology to collect information about your browsing habits and search queries, in order to improve their services and provide the user with accurate search results, advertisements or other information that matches the user’s interests. According to the Privacy Policy on the website, the Iminent Toolbar and search engine may also collect the following data:
- Personally identifying information (email address, username, etc.)
- Personally non-identifying (IP address, operating system type, etc.)
This information may be collected for advertising purposes and may be sold to third-parties.
Should You Remove Iminent Toolbar and Search Feature?
Although the application is legitimate, our security experts recommend the removal of the Iminent Toolbar and search feature as soon as possible. Clicking on each of the numerous advertisements displayed with the search results hides a potential risk. Our PC security team advises you to stick with a trustworthy provider for your searching activities.
In order to safely remove the Iminent Toolbar, we recommend the use of legitimate anti-malware program.
Spy Hunter FREE scanner will only detect the threat. If you want the threat to be automatically removed, you need to purchase the full version of the malware tool.
1. Remove Iminent from your browser
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
Remove a toolbar from Google Chrome
Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer
Remove a toolbar from Safari
Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu
Select Iminent and click “Remove“
After Iminent is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Select Iminent 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 Iminent has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.
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 Iminent
Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall Iminent. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the Iminent will be removed.
2. Remove Iminent automatically with Spy Hunter Malware – Removal Tool.
To clean your computer with the award-winning software Spy Hunter –
It is highly recommended to run a FREE scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by SpyHunter.
- Guide 1: How to Remove Iminent from Windows.
- Guide 2: Get rid of Iminent from Mac OS X.
- Guide 3: Remove Iminent from Google Chrome.
- Guide 4: Erase Iminent from Mozilla Firefox.
- Guide 5: Uninstall Iminent from Microsoft Edge.
- Guide 6: Remove Iminent from Safari.
- Guide 7: Eliminate Iminent from Internet Explorer.
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How to Remove Iminent from Windows.
Step 1: Boot Your PC In Safe Mode to isolate and remove Iminent
Step 2: Uninstall Iminent and related software from Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 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 are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors 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:
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.Step 3: Clean any registries, created by Iminent on your computer.
The usually targeted registries of Windows machines are the following:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
You can access them by opening the Windows registry editor and deleting any values, created by Iminent there. This can happen by following the steps underneath:
Tip: To find a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and click "Modify" to see which file it is set to run. If this is the virus file location, remove the value.Before starting "Step 4", please boot back into Normal mode, in case you are currently in Safe Mode.
This will enable you to install and use SpyHunter 5 successfully.
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Get rid of Iminent from Mac OS X.
Step 1: Uninstall Iminent and remove related files and objects
1. Hit the ⇧+⌘+U keys to open Utilities. Another way is to click on “Go” and then click “Utilities”, like the image below shows:
- Go to Finder.
- In the search bar type the name of the app that you want to remove.
- Above the search bar change the two drop down menus to “System Files” and “Are Included” so that you can see all of the files associated with the application you want to remove. Bear in mind that some of the files may not be related to the app so be very careful which files you delete.
- If all of the files are related, hold the ⌘+A buttons to select them and then drive them to “Trash”.
In case you cannot remove Iminent via Step 1 above:
In case you cannot find the virus files and objects in your Applications or other places we have shown above, you can manually look for them in the Libraries of your Mac. But before doing this, please read the disclaimer below:
You can repeat the same procedure with the following other Library directories:
→ ~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
Tip: ~ is there on purpose, because it leads to more LaunchAgents.
Step 2: Scan for and remove malware from your Mac
When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts, programs and malware, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. Combo Cleaner offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac’s security and protect it in the future.
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Remove Iminent from Google Chrome.
Step 1: Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu
Step 2: Move the cursor over "Tools" and then from the extended menu choose "Extensions"
Step 3: From the opened "Extensions" menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its "Remove" button.
Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.
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Erase Iminent from Mozilla Firefox.
Step 1: Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window
Step 2: Select the "Add-ons" icon from the menu.
Step 3: Select the unwanted extension and click "Remove"
Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.
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Uninstall Iminent from Microsoft Edge.
Step 1: Start Edge browser.
Step 2: Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.
Step 3: From the drop menu select "Extensions".
Step 4: Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.
Step 5: Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.
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Remove Iminent from Safari.
Step 1: Start the Safari app.
Step 2: After hovering your mouse cursor to the top of the screen, click on the Safari text to open its drop down menu.
Step 3: From the menu, click on "Preferences".
Step 4: After that, select the 'Extensions' Tab.
Step 5: Click once on the extension you want to remove.
Step 6: Click 'Uninstall'.
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall the extension. Select 'Uninstall' again, and the Iminent will be removed.
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Eliminate Iminent from Internet Explorer.
Step 1: Start Internet Explorer.
Step 2: Click on the gear icon labeled 'Tools' to open the drop menu and select 'Manage Add-ons'
Step 3: In the 'Manage Add-ons' window.
Step 4: Select the extension you want to remove and then click 'Disable'. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click 'Disable'.
Step 5: After the unwanted extension has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red 'X' button located at the top right corner and start it again.
