What is My Web Search (Smiley Central)?
By My Web Search
What is it?
My Web Search also known as the My Way Speedbar is the Internet Explorer toolbar part of the Fun Web Products suite of utilities such as Smiley Central, Cursor Mania, My Mail Stationary, My Mail Signature, PopSwatter, Popular Screensavers, Webfetti, and the My Way website portal. The toolbar allows easy access to search engine results and a 404 Error Redirector called My Total Search among other things to your browser. The My Web Search toolbar will slow down your PC and uses cookies to track your web surfing usage and habits. My Web Search is run by the Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.
Why should I uninstall My Web Search (Smiley Central)?
Smiley Central installs the MyWebSearch Toolbar, like many browser plug-ins, has the potential to cause stability issues within the web browsers they load into, effecting overall PC performance. It monitors web search queries and browsing habits in order to display targeted advertisements and modify search settings and results.
Description from My Web Search“Smiley Central has created thousands of smileys you won?t find anywhere else - from Adventure Smiley Faces to Work Smileys ... Love Smileys to Humor Emoticons. Every smiley is compatible with AIM, MSN Messenger, ICQ and Yahoo! Messenger, as well as most popular email programs like Outlook/Outlook Express, IncrediMail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail 9.0 and more. Your Smiley Central download also includes a free search box for your Web browser. My Web Search gives you instant search results from the Internet's best search engines and relevant search results from address bar queries. It?s a popular feature that lets you search from anywhere on the Web - and is absolutely free.”
Publisher about URL: http://emoticons.smileycentral.com/
Other programs by My Web Search
- My Web Search (Cursor Mania)
- My Web Search (Popular Screensavers)
- My Web Search (My Web Face)
- My Web Search
- My Web Search (IWON)
My Web Search policies
The following can be found in My Web Search's privacy policies and terms of service:
“By a My Web Search Toolbar, you may have the ability to access to iWon.com and certain other features. We may collect personal information that can id”
How to Automatically Uninstall My Web Search (Smiley Central) (with Boost)
If you you do not have Boost installed yet, download Boost and enjoy your PC.
Open Boost by either double-clicking the Boost icon in your notification area next to your PC's clock, or single-clicking the Boost icon and clicking the Open Boost button on the top left of the Boost notification window.
If you are not currently on the My PC screen of the main Boost window, click the My PC tab.
Click the Optimize programs button , this will launch the Program Optimization screen.
Locate the program in the list called My Web Search (Smiley Central) by My Web Search. (The program could be listed under any of the section such as Uninstall Recommended, Possible Uninstall, etc. based on how well My Web Search (Smiley Central) performs on your PC.)
My Web Search (Smiley Central) by My Web Search
To the right of the list item, click the Uninstall button and Boost will completely remove My Web Search (Smiley Central) from your PC.
How to Manually Uninstall My Web Search (Smiley Central) (with Windows)
Use Add/Remove Programs control panel in Windows makes to uninstall My Web Search (Smiley Central). Follow the appropriate instructions below to use this control panel.
Windows 7
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
In Large or Small icon view, click Programs and Features. If you're using Category view, under "Programs", click Uninstall a program.
Select My Web Search (Smiley Central) from the list of programs, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, right-click the program and select Uninstall.
Windows Vista
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
In Classic View, double-click Programs and Features. In Control Panel Home view, under "Programs", click Uninstall a program.
Select My Web Search (Smiley Central) from the program list, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, right-click the program and select Uninstall.
Windows XP
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
Click the Add or Remove Programs icon.
Select My Web Search (Smiley Central) from the list of programs and click Remove.