can't remove babylon search from chrome

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 by tiffanymoore | Discussion: OS Customization

Hi there,

Don't know how I get rid of this damn browser hijacker, but pretty sure i don't want it. Now I can't get rid of babylon toolbar and the disgusting babylon search from my chrome. I aleady removed it form the "Add/Remove program" option, but it's still there when i restart my pc. It must have something to do with the registry, but I can not able to clean that.The other day someone in yahoo answers suggest a babylon toolbar removal guide. It requires to download an antivirus not heard before,I just want to make sure everything won't go wrong again. so does Anybody knows a simpler way to remove this everyone hated toolbar?

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myfist0
Reply #1 Wednesday, November 6, 2013 2:45 AM

google is your friend 

 

Okay, How Do I Get Rid Of Babylon Search?
Removing Babylon software—the toolbar, the browser configuration, everything—is a pretty intensive process, so be prepared to spend some time going through each of the steps. Unlike much common software, just removing Babylon Search from the Control Panel's "Uninstall Programs" and restarting is not enough. It's a good first step, though.

1. Uninstall using Control Panel
If there is an icon for Babylon software in the Windows system tray (next to the clock), right-click and select "Exit" to quit the application. Once it has shut down, open up the Uninstall Programs app under Windows Control Panel and uninstall everything that has a name related to the Babylon Toolbar or Babylon Software. After you have uninstalled the software, you…

2. Remove the Toolbar from Each Browser
The previous step just uninstalled the desktop application; the browser toolbar and browser helper objects (NHO) are still intact. At this point, go into each browser's preferences to disable and remove add-ons and extensions.

For Firefox, go to the Add-ons page under the Tools menu (or click on Ctrl+Shift+A) and search for Babylon Toolbar and additional software under the Extensions and Plugin list. Remove (not Disable) all the ones found.

 

 

For Chrome, click on the wrench icon (or 3 horizontal bars on some versions) next to the address bar and look for the equivalent Extensions screen under Tools.

For Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, select "Manage add-ons" under the Tools menu. On the Toolbars and Extensions tab, search for Babylon Toolbar and additional third party add-ons. Click on the trashcan icon to remove the extensions.

3. Remove the Homepage
Babylon Toolbar had overwritten the default Home page with its own URLs. After uninstalling the software and toolbar, you need to reset the browser's Home.

Under Firefox, go back to Tools and select Options. On the General tab, delete search.babylon.com and any other URL listed there. Click "Restore to Default" or freshly type in the new page that should be set as "Home" (I set mine to http://pcmag.com and http://securitywatch.pcmag.com)

The same option is under Tools > Internet Options on Internet Explorer.

Google Chrome keeps the option under "On Startup" under Chrome (the wrench or 3-bar icon) > Settings. Select the "Open a specific page or set of pages" radio button and then click on the Set pages link. Remove all the links here by clicking the X next to the URL. If you want to set a Home page, manually enter the links afresh after removing everything else. If you don't want to set a Home page, after you have removed all the links, select the "Open the New Tab page" radio button.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418379,00.asp


Wizard1956
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 6, 2013 12:12 PM

You might want to bookmark this thread:  https://forums.wincustomize.com/447983/page/1/#3395095

There are some good tools there.

Thanks to Doc for rounding them all up.  


Babylon_Support
Reply #3 Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:21 AM

Hello.

Babylon is actually an integrated software package that offers translation services along with a globally focused search and toolbar.

These extra programs are meant to help complete the Babylon experience and make getting access to all of the information you want even easier.

If you don't want these added features you can easily remove them at any time.

Just follow the directions listed here: http://www.babylon.com/uninstall_search/index If you have any other questions,

feel free to contact me any time at [email protected]


Daiwa
Reply #4 Sunday, November 10, 2013 11:37 AM

Props to Babylon_Support for jumping in here.


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