What is ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension?
By Mindspark Interactive Network
What is it?
ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension is a Mindspark Interactive Network powered toolbar (MyWebSearch) for Google Chrome. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Mindspark (IAC) so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. The toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not paying close attention during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar.
Why should I uninstall ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension?
The ReadingFanatic Toolbar, 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.
Typical installation path: C:\Program Files\ReadingFanatic_6x Chrome Extension\
Description from Mindspark Interactive Network“Toolbar Search Functions: The Toolbar installs into your Internet browser and allows you to search the Internet with MyWebSearch® and may provide other search features as further described herein. Default Search, Address Bar Queries, DNS Errors: If you consent to make MyWebSearch your default search service, your Internet browser default search feature will be set to MyWebSearch and you will access MyWebSearch search services (i) by entering queries in your browser chrome search box; (ii) by entering queries in your browser address bar, and/or (iii) in response to misspelled, incorrectly formatted or unresolved DNS submissions in your browser address bar. Home Page: During the download process, you may be given the option to reset your Internet browser's default homepage to home.mywebsearch.com or some other webpage. If you exercise/consent to this option, the specified webpage will become your default home page and will appear each time you open your Internet browser.”
Publisher about URL: http://search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/default.jhtml
Other programs by Mindspark Interactive Network
- CouponAlert Toolbar
- CouponXplorer Toolbar
- FestiveBar Toolbar
- Retrogamer Toolbar
- VideoScavenger Toolbar
- IWON toolbar
- Marine Aquarium Lite Toolbar
- MyFunCards Extension
- Guffins Toolbar
- My Scrap Nook Toolbar
- MyWebFace Toolbar
- BringMeSports Toolbar
- CelebSauce Toolbar
- ConservativeTalkNow Toolbar
- CrazyForCricket Toolbar
- DailyBibleGuide Toolbar
- DailyDollarGuide Toolbar
- DictionaryBoss Toolbar
- Election Tracker Toolbar
- FantasyFootballBoss Toolbar
- FilmFanatic Toolbar
- Know the Bible Toolbar
- MyDailyRunway Toolbar
- YourLocalLotto Toolbar
- Gaming Assassin toolbar
- RadioRage Toolbar
- TelevisionFanatic toolbar
- TotalRecipeSearch Toolbar
- VideoDownloadConverter Toolbar
- TelevisionFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension
- ReferenceBoss Toolbar
- WeatherBlink Toolbar
- TelevisionFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension
- Retrogamer toolbar Chrome Extension
- Mindspark Toolbar
- DotSpot Toolbar
- WeatherBlink Toolbar Chrome Extension
- My Web Search Toolbar
- GamingWonderland Toolbar
About Mindspark Interactive Network
Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc is an operating business unit of IAC/InterActiveCorp focusing on interactive products and web portals. Mindspark operates IAC's interactive products and web portals such as Life123, Myway.com and Excite. The interactive products includes virtual world Zwinky and Zwinky Cuties, casual game sites such as iWon, Retrogamer.com and GamingWonderland.com, social and entertainment websites such as Webfetti.com, MyWebFace.com, Girlsense.com, PopularScreensavers.com and MyFuncards.com, online interactive games such as Dungeon Rampage, fitness product DailyBurn, toolbar products such as Smiley Central, Cursor Mania, Guffins, Coupon Alert, and Television Fanatic. Many of the Mindspark products require to install a toolbar. According to the IAC's business strategy, IAC is increasing its “toolbar” business, which places various clickable tools on the browsers of Internet users, and enables IAC to collect a fee each time the toolbar is used. The myWebSearch Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that provides search function to the browser menu. The toolbar was required in many of Mindspark products, allowing user to query myWebSearch search engine. myWebSearch Toolbar was previously known as MyWay Searchbar. HP and Dell pre-install this software on some of their commercially sold PCs.
More about Mindspark Interactive Network...Mindspark Interactive Network web site: www.mindspark.com
Files installed by Mindspark Interactive Network
- pricefinderhelper.exe (Price Finder by Pronto LLC)
- crxregpatcher.exe (CrxRegPatcher by Mindspark Interactive Network)
Mindspark Interactive Network policies
The following can be found in Mindspark Interactive Network's privacy policies and terms of service:
“By using a Mindspark Interactive Network Toolbar, you may have the ability to access to iWon.com and certain other features. We may collect personal i”
How to Automatically Uninstall ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension (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 ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension by Mindspark Interactive Network. (The program could be listed under any of the section such as Uninstall Recommended, Possible Uninstall, etc. based on how well ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension performs on your PC.)
ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension by Mindspark Interactive Network
To the right of the list item, click the Uninstall button and Boost will completely remove ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension from your PC.
How to Manually Uninstall ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension (with Windows)
Use Add/Remove Programs control panel in Windows makes to uninstall ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension. 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 ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension 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 ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension 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 ReadingFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension from the list of programs and click Remove.