Simple Steps For Getting Rid Of Ask Toolbar

Normally speaking, Ask toolbar is a benign toolbar that just helps its users access the Ask.com search engine, without having to open a separate tab for the same while surfing other web pages. Nevertheless, the toolbar is highly vulnerable to attacks from malwares causing, it to assume the features of a malware application. If the Ask toolbar that has been installed in your web browser is infected, it will alter your default browser settings like replacing the default web page or search engine with malicious ones. If you doubt that the Ask toolbar that you have is infected due to any strange changes that you notice, it is recommended to remove the toolbar right away. Here are the instructions to help you out with this.

Instructions to remove Ask toolbar

The steps of removing Ask toolbar vary depending on the web browser you are using. For instructional sake, we list down the steps for uninstalling the toolbar from Internet Explorer web browser.

Steps

• Launch your IE web browser.
• Go to the arrow button that you can see on the right side of the Search option. This will display a dropdown menu with multiple options. Select the option titled Manage to display the toolbar options.
• Now, go to the left side of the panel and locate the option titled Search.
• Press the option. This will display a new page titled Search Options.
• Select the box before the link that states Set and keep Google as the default search engine.
• Press the Save button in order to save the changes you have made in the settings and exit the screen.

If you are using Mozilla Firefox as your default web browser, you need to work out a different set of steps to remove Ask toolbar from your web browser. Here they are.

Steps

• Launch Firefox web browser.
• Go straight to the arrow button located at the left side of the address bar and press it. A dropdown menu will be displayed now.
• Press the option titled Manage Search Options from the dropdown menu. A new screen listing all the search engines installed in the web browser will be displayed now.
• Locate Ask.com in the list and highlight it.
• Press the Remove button located at the side of the screen.
• After ensuring that that the search engine is removed, press the OK button to save the changes you have made and exit the window.

You have learnt how to get rid of Ask toolbar from Internet Explorer as well as Mozilla Firefox browsers. To know how to remove the toolbar from other browsers, visit the help forums of the respective browser.