Instructions to remove Social Search toolbar in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers

The Social Search toolbar is a browser hijacker, which contains other free software installations. When the Social Search toolbar is installed on your computer, the program will change the search settings, change the homepage to a search engine Conduit (search.conduit.com), redirect and display ads. origin.

Social Search can be installed on popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox, etc. To remove the Social Search toolbar, please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

Remove the Social Search Toolbar on the browser:

Step 1: Remove applications installed by Social Search on Control Panel

1. Go to Start => Control Panel .

(If using Windows XP, go to Start => Settings => Control Panel ).

2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs if you use Windows XP or double-click Programs and Features if you use Windows 7, 8 or Vista.

3. On the list of programs, find and uninstall applications:

1. Social Search Toolbar
2. Uninstall any applications installed from Conduit

Step 2: Remove Social Search Toolbar and install Search Social Search in your browser

- On Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer on your computer and select Internet Options .

To do this, click the jagged icon in the top right corner => Tools => Internet Options .

2. On the Internet Options window, at the General tab, delete the search.conduit.com from the Home page and enter the homepage you want to use, such as www.google.com.

3. At Search , click Settings.

Note: If you want to edit the search settings on Internet Explorer, click the jag icon in the right corner of the screen, select Manage Add-ons .

4. On the Manage add-ons window, at Search Providers section, select Set as default.

5. Next select Social Search Customized Web Search and then click Remove.

6. In the left pane, select Toolbars and Extensions , then click Disable unwanted toolbar and extensions from Conduit Ltd., including:

a. Social Search Toolbar

b. Social Search Toolbar

Close all windows on Internet Explorer and follow the steps below.

- On Chrome browser:

1. Open the Chrome browser on your computer, then click the 3 dash line icon in the top right corner of the screen, select Settings .

2. On the Settings window, under On Startup , click Set Pages.

3. Next, delete search.conduit.com from the startup page by clicking the x icon on the right.

4. Set up the startup page you want, such as www.google.com and then click OK.

5. In the Appearance section, select the Show Home button option and click Change .

6. In the Open this page box , delete the search.conduit.com .

7. Enter the page you want to open in the Open this page or leave it blank and click OK .

8. At Search , you click on Manage search engines.

9. On the Search engines page, select a default search engine, then click make default.

10. Next select the search engine search.conduit.com and remove the tool by clicking on the x sign icon in the right corner. Select OK to close the Search Engines window.

11. Select Extensions in the left pane.

12. In Extensions section, proceed to remove the Social Search extension by clicking on the trash can icon in the right pane.

13. Close all Chrome browser windows and follow the steps below.

- On Mozilla Firefox browser:

1. On the Firefox browser window, click the Firefox Menu in the top left corner, then select Options.

2. In the Options window, on the General tab, delete the page http://search.conduit.com in the Home Page frame and enter the Homepage page you want (such as http://www.google.com).

Click OK after finishing.

3. From the Firefox Menu, click Tools => Manage Add-ons .

4. In the left pane, select Extensions and make sure that the Social Search extension no longer exists.

If the Social Search extension is still available, click the Remove button to remove the extension.

5. Select Plugin in the left pane and click Disable in each Conduit Plugin.

6. Close all windows on the Firefox browser and proceed to the next step below.

Step 3: Remove plugin Conduit Floating Pluging at Windows Startup

1. Download CCleaner and install it.

Download CCleaner and install it here.

2. Open the CCleaner application that you just downloaded and installed, on the main window CCleaner, click Tools in the left pane.

3. At the Tool section, select startup.

4. Select the Windows tab , then select and delete the following items (in case if items exist):

"ConduitFloatingPlugin"

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6. Close the CCleaner application and proceed to the next step.

Step 4: Use AdwCleaner to clean up the Registry

1. Download AdwCleaner to your device and install it.

Download AdwCleaner to your device and install it here.

2. Close all open programs on your computer, then double click to open AdwCleaner that you just downloaded.

3. Next click Delete.

4. On the AdwCleaner - Information window, click OK, then click OK again to restart your computer.

5. After your computer has finished booting, close the "AdwCleaner" information window and proceed to the next step.

Step 5: Clean up dangerous programs on your computer

Download and install the most effective free antivirus and malware program to "clean up" your computer such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your computer and install it here.

Tip: For your computer to be truly safe and free of viruses, you should access Safe Mode, then use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to scan your computer.

To start your computer in Safe Mode, you can refer to the steps here.

Follow the next step below.

Step 6: Wipe unwanted files

Use CCleaner to clean the system on Internet files and Registry files.

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Good luck!