What is Spam Free Search Bar?
By Visicom Media Inc.
What is it?
The Spam Free Search Bar is a Visicom Media toolbar (VMN) extension for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. The Spam Free Search Bar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to VMN.com so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. Spam Free Search Bar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar.
Why should I uninstall Spam Free Search Bar?
Removing unwanted toolbars is usually a good idea. The Visicom Spam Free Search Bar, like many browser plug-ins, has the potential to cause stability issues within the web browsers they load into, effecting overall PC performance. This toolbar is known to monitor your search queries and browsing habits in order to send you targeted ads and modify your search settings and results.
Description from Visicom Media Inc.“The VMN Toolbar (Spam Free Search Bar) provides a whole new way to experience the web. Now with the ability to check YOUR weather, news, email, play FREE online games, perform local search, listen to the radio, check your Facebook account, Tweet, ect., right from the toolbar without interrupting your browsing experience. To make your web surfing even more secure, the VMN Toolbar has a FREE anti-spyware, to ensure that your browsing experience is spyware free.”
Other programs by Visicom Media Inc.
- Blekko search bar
- ScenicReflections Toolbar
- MyStart Toolbar
- eType Toolbar
- Toolbar Cleaner
- ooVoo Toolbar
- GamesBar (W)
- GoatBar
- Anti-phishing Domain Advisor by Visicom Media Inc. (Powered by Panda Security)
About Visicom Media Inc.
Visicom Media Network or VMN.net is a Web portal with a number of free services for users. Its headquarters is in Brossard, Quebec. The domain VMN.net was ranked by Alexa.com in the top 1000 websites by the end of 2007, and broke into the top 100 around September 2008—it was ranked in the top 50 domain-names globally as of June 2009. Most of the traffic is sent to the urlseek.vmn.net subdomain, which seems to be associated with error-redirects of the VMN toolbar (installed in the enduser's web browser as part of various third-party products). Products include AceHTML, AceFTP, AceDesign, VMN.net, DynamicToolbar.com, MyStartToolbar.com and Toolbarcleaner.com.
More about Visicom Media Inc....Visicom Media Inc. web site: www.vmn.com
Files installed by Visicom Media Inc.
- mobilesource.dll (ManyCam Virtual Webcam by Visicom Media)
- manycam.exe (ManyCam Virtual Webcam by Visicom Media)
- panda_url_filteringc.dll (Anti-phishing Domain Advisor by Visicom Media)
- panda_url_filteringb.exe (Anti-phishing Domain Advisor by Visicom Media)
- ftpcntxt.dll (AceFTP v3 by Visicom Media)
- panda_url_filtering.dll (Anti-phishing Domain Advisor (Powered by Panda Security) by Visicom Media)
- panda_url_filtering.exe (Anti-phishing Domain Advisor (Powered by Panda Security) by Visicom Media)
- visic_coupon.dll (Visicom Coupon Plugin by Visicom Media)
- dtuser.exe (DTX broker by Visicom Media)
- toolbarcleaner.exe (Toolbar Cleaner by Visicom Media)
- toolbarcleaner.exe (App Cleaner by Visicom Media)
- ffhelper.exe (ffHelper Application by Visicom Media)
- air3e10.exe (Blekko search bar by Visicom Media)
- dtuser.exe (DtUser by Visicom Media)
- mystarttb.exe (MyStart Toolbar by Visicom Media)
Visicom Media Inc. policies
The following can be found in Visicom Media Inc.'s privacy policies and terms of service:
“VMN.net collects personal information on certain areas of the Site when users register, sign up for newsletters, participate in surveys and download a”
How to Automatically Uninstall Spam Free Search Bar (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 Spam Free Search Bar by Visicom Media Inc.. (The program could be listed under any of the section such as Uninstall Recommended, Possible Uninstall, etc. based on how well Spam Free Search Bar performs on your PC.)
Spam Free Search Bar by Visicom Media Inc.
To the right of the list item, click the Uninstall button and Boost will completely remove Spam Free Search Bar from your PC.
How to Manually Uninstall Spam Free Search Bar (with Windows)
Use Add/Remove Programs control panel in Windows makes to uninstall Spam Free Search Bar. 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 Spam Free Search Bar 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 Spam Free Search Bar 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 Spam Free Search Bar from the list of programs and click Remove.