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Followed all steps outlined above and still can't remove it.

by CarmenSD - 6/22/12 7:34 AM

In Reply to: Re: Nothing works by JiriF_AVG

Hello
I have followed all of the very clear and concise guidance that has been provided to others with this issue and I still have that pesky mystart.incredibar issue. Any other suggestions you might provide?

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RE: Followed all steps outlined above and still can't remove

by JiriF_AVG - 6/26/12 7:08 AM

In Reply to: Followed all steps outlined above and still can't remove it. by CarmenSD

Hello CarmenSD,

If none of the procedures helped, please describe the issue in AVG Forums. Moderators will ask you for diagnostic data from your computer in order to analyze the situation thoroughly (this forum does not support file attachments). Please make sure to mention exact version of the operating system installed and which browsers are affected.

Thank you.

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this works man

by geramongstem - 1/3/13 9:37 AM

In Reply to: Followed all steps outlined above and still can't remove it. by CarmenSD

i had this stuck on my pc and i tried everythin nothin worked then i found this now its gone

Google Chrome:
1. Click 'Customize and control Google Chrome' icon -> go 'Tools' -> 'Extensions' -> Select 'IncrediBar" and remove.
2. Click 'Customize and control Google Chrome'. Select 'Settings' -> 'Manage search engine' and choose 'Google', 'Bing' or other to make it your default search engine. Don't forget to remove MyStart Search.
3. Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar -> go 'Settings' and select 'Show Home' button under the 'Appearance' tab. Change the startpage.

IE:
1. Open IE -> go 'Tools' -> 'Manage Add-ons' -> 'Search Providers" -> choose 'Bing' or other search engine to make it your default web search provider. Also remove MyStart Search, Incredibar Search and anything what is related to Incredibar.
2. Go 'Tools' -> 'Internet Options' -> 'General tab' -> enter your own start page, like google.com instead of http://mystart.incredibar.com. Click OK to save the changes.

Mozilla Firefox:
1. Open Mozilla Firefox -> go 'Tools' -> 'Add-ons' -> 'Extensions' and remove IncrediBar* toolbar. Close the window.
2. Launch Mozilla Firefox -> click on the magnifying glass -> 'Manage Search Engines...' -> click on 'MyStart by Incredibar' -> 'Remove' -> OK to save changes.
3. Go 'Tools' -> 'Options' -> change the homepage under the 'General' tab. Then, in the URL address bar, type about:config and click 'Enter' -> select 'I'll be careful, I promise!' -> type mystart in the 'Search' section. Now you should see the preferences that were changed by IncrediBar toolbar. Right click on every preference and select 'Reset'.

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ref carmansd

by chrisfunfun - 1/28/13 3:51 PM

In Reply to: Followed all steps outlined above and still can't remove it. by CarmenSD

hi i was in a very similar postition, ive tried to follow all the above and its bieng very helpful and taught me a lot however when opening face book for some reason it all started again?? pop ups and pages opening in new tabs etc?? anyways im running firefox, and some of stuff wrtten above is not the same, i could also not find incredibar in my programs or mystart etc etc.

howvwer reading this post and trying to sort it i have managed to find out if you do the above as cadilac says bout on the address bar incredibar still exsists????

so anyway i disabled all add ons and extentions and low and behold this works fine, yet its not listed as a extenstion or add on?? i aslos dont know if its the right way to go but its now working fine so until some one comes up with a proper fix for me that i can understand, im happy hope this helps anyone who has had to suffer the fecking idiot who put incredibar togeather in the first place, and also if it aint a virus what is it then?? it should be classed as a virus and avg YOU really should make a proggram for normal people like us that will get rid of it with the touch of a button, not have to read forums like this, but hey thanks to everyone above for all your help, chris Thailand.

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Tried All Steps and Still Infected

by StealthyOwl - 7/12/12 10:32 AM

In Reply to: Re: It is a hijacker and I do not know how to remove it by Ondrej_AVG

Please help. I am on my dad's $1000 dell and i clicked a link in a BF forum post and it downloaded this. I can't get it off. I am on chrome and tried the firefox stuff also. I system restored, deleted the files in the control panel, however, it says that the web assistant files do not exist anymore. I deleted them before the restore. After the restore, my google homepage worked for 5 seconds, then went to incredibar. PLEASE HELP! Very urgent need response soon.

Windows 7 64 bit
8 GB RAM
intel core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.4 Ghz
Service Pack 1

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RE: Tried All Steps and Still Infected

by JiriF_AVG - 7/17/12 1:38 AM

In Reply to: Tried All Steps and Still Infected by StealthyOwl

Hello StealthyOwl,

To remove the web assistant from Chrome, please proceed as indicated here

Should the issue persist, please provide us with more diagnostic data from you computer in AVG forums as described here.

Thank you.

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Solution!

by ssoock - 8/9/12 1:27 PM

In Reply to: RE: Tried All Steps and Still Infected by JiriF_AVG

This worked on my system! I'm using google chrome on windows 7 and had this bug me for the longest time.

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seem to have removed mystart.incredibar from Google Chrome

by EdwinReffell - 9/23/12 1:54 PM

In Reply to: RE: Tried All Steps and Still Infected by JiriF_AVG

Thank you for your suggestion. I had tried everything with no success. By using wrench and going to Tools and disabling New tab mystart.incredibar no longer appears on Google Chrome for me.

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Here're some things to try

by wpgwpg - 1/3/13 9:45 AM

In Reply to: Tried All Steps and Still Infected by StealthyOwl

Get your antivirus program up to date and boot into Safe Mode. Note that some viruses can hide themselves from your antivirus program in normal mode, so you really need to scan in Safe Mode. To get into Safe Mode when you first power up, hit F8 about once a second until you get the menu and select Safe Mode. Then run a full system scan.
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Microsoft has suggestions and offerings at
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/how-do-I-remove-a-computer-virus
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MS forum moderator Keith has some suggestions along this line at
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/windows-explorer-has-stopped-working/6ab02526-5071-4dcc-895f-d90202bad8b3

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here is answer

by cadillacx72 - 9/4/12 3:58 PM

In Reply to: incredibar by eziukas123

Right click on adress bar....go to edit search engines....go to settings On Startup.....third options (Open a specific page or set of pages. Set pages.)..click set pages and delete from there... then just mark to Open the New Tab page ..... thats all.....

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Incredibar

by Roxxter55 - 9/9/12 6:36 PM

In Reply to: here is answer by cadillacx72

I don't have quite the expertise as many of you fine gentleman that have posted here, and I thank you for the great advice.

As I was was looking through the files and folders on my C drive I and found a site.js file that was loaded with incredibar links. I deleted the file, and did an about:config again in Firefox and to my delight incredibar was gone!

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How to remove mystart by incredibar

by 23jorjito - 7/24/12 12:59 PM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

Mystart by incredibar is not a virus or malware is an extension for web browser.
How to remove it from:
Google Chrome:
-Options > Settings > Extensions > Remove the Mystart by incredibar.

Firefox:
Tools > Options > manage add-ons > remove the Mystart by incredibar.

Cheers,

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how to remove mystart by incredibar

by Boothbay - 8/8/12 3:41 PM

In Reply to: How to remove mystart by incredibar by 23jorjito

23jorito I did all as u suggested and do not see a Mystart by incredibar...only one add on that says Default 14.0 which i believe is Firefox. I did remove it once from add on and Add/remove and i still have it

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Nightmare

by Morgie007 - 8/7/12 6:42 AM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

To remove it takes lots of trial and error. IM running win 7 and chrome. Avast and spybot have each removed the files transferred them to vaults but still persists. I first removed Mystart from the add/remove progs in control panel. Ran spybot but four entries couldnt be removed. Then went through prog files x86 removed all 'incredibar' files and found a sneaky one called Perion? (unfortunately cant read my own writing soz). Then trotted on down to internet setting in the control panel. Set home page to blank, then clicked on Search defaults settings just under aforementioned home page box. Removes on option that read incredibar but cannot remove a second option listed 'MySearchStart' -_- I then went into chrome and clicked the wrench in the top right corner then clicked settings then scroll down to the bottom click the blue 'advanced' settings link and make sure Phishing malware blocker is enabled. So far it hasnt come back but this is the third time i have removed the wee blighter. Hope this helps someone, also death do divvy 'anarchist' coders thinking there straight up g's, *whispers* the hackers hate our freedom!

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REMOVE INCREDIBAR completely

by laloo420 - 8/25/12 5:25 PM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

Incredibar.com is a persistent "virus"/website redirector , normally found with Firefox addons like babylon.

To completely remove it.
Search for *.js files on your computer Check the user.js and any other files in the user computer.
If in doubt check : http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries.
Use the text editor to delete entries for incredibar in all the *.js files

Use the regedit32 to find all keys ,values, data entries with incredibar in them and delete those

after logging in in safe mode delete the incredibar.com program files after doing a file and directory search.

After this restart your computer and do a registry editor check with something like eusing registry repair and repair all entries that are not needed now.

This should remove the incredibar

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removal in Video

by Uggyq - 8/27/12 2:47 AM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

We published this Video removal guide for incredibar. You can see Video on Free step by step removal process from Internet explorer, Firefox and chrome.
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-incredibar.html

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Is that accompanied music necessary

by Boothbay - 8/27/12 5:43 AM

In Reply to: removal in Video by Uggyq

Its nice, but too distracting under the circumstances. How can I concentrate on what the video is showing when that is playing. If possible that the music can not be silenced, can you text the removal information for Firefox? Thanks

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Was it this easy?

by Boothbay - 8/27/12 7:14 AM

In Reply to: removal in Video by Uggyq

Aside from my previous comment about the distracting music with the aforementioned video showing how to remove incredible toolbar, I went directly to my Add/remove ( Control Panel ) and removed it from there. It warned me that once it is removed, my browser would close and asked me if that is alright. I said yes. I got the completed message in a few seconds, and pressed the Close button...BUT, my browser never closed. as it said it would. I new section appeared with the title "MonTiera" Faq...now what would that be all about? Anyone know? You may get rid of one toolbar and another comes along? Was getting rid of incredible toolbar as simple as i just did? I've been reading here from most users on how difficult it is to get rid of it.

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Finially got rid of it.

by borisf98 - 9/3/12 10:02 PM

In Reply to: Was it this easy? by Boothbay

Problem with Incrdibar crap and it installs itself in browser on script level. So after uninstalling Incredibar related software, toolbar and adding, you have to look into .js files in your browser directory. I found about 10 of them, most vicious code in user.js which has to be cleaned first because it resets Incredibar as default sratup page/new tab.

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Finally Got rid of it

by Boothbay - 9/4/12 6:23 AM

In Reply to: Finially got rid of it. by borisf98

Well, i did a search and the only user that came up was in my C drive. Sure enough, I opened it up and had about 6 lines mentioning incredible bar. I deleted all of them, except the folder itself, which is empty as of now...we will see if it worked. Thanx

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Finally got rid of it

by Boothbay - 9/20/12 6:11 AM

In Reply to: Finally Got rid of it by Boothbay

So I thought...how does that phrase go from that old movie ? "Its BACKKKKKK"

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Dear Kathy

by cadillacx72 - 9/4/12 3:56 PM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

What they wrote everything is B....s..t... Right click on adress bar....go to edit search engines....go to settings On Startup.....third options (Open a specific page or set of pages. Set pages.)..click set pages and delete from there... then just mark to Open the New Tab page ..... thats all.....

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Try this

by Win2000c - 9/17/12 7:09 PM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

I highly recommend NOD32 they recently did a update which protects against MyStart Incredibar Search, I also recommend Webroot Spysweeper, Sadly this both cost money so if your not in the option to spend funds on buying anyone of these then you can check out http://www.bybe.net/blog/removing-mystart-incredibar-search-from-firefox.html for manual chrome and firefox removals - I'm not sure if they have a page for IE but the registery entries removal process should knock it out for all browsers technically.

I'm gonna buy spysweeper to avoid getting it back, getting infected is such a hassle.

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My experience

by wunruh32 - 9/19/12 8:09 PM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

I had this problem running Chrome in Windows 7. I had to delete it from Remove Programs then take it out of my search engines like already mentioned then delete it from Extensions

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If you are using GOOGLE CHROME browser

by binsouza - 9/20/12 6:04 AM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

I also had this problem. On the browser (Chrome) on the upper right hand corner click on the icon which says = Customize and control google chrome. Click on SETTINGS, SEARCH, manage search engines, OPEN. Highlight the MyStart incredibar, and to delete, click on the X . Also delete with the help of an UNINSTALLER like REVO.

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Figured it out

by Ruckamuck - 9/23/12 7:25 AM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

For Chrome:

Click on control button in browser (indicated by the wrench in the top right corner)
Hover your cursor over Tools and select Extensions
Remove the Google Tab extension (ICON is an orange magnifying glass)

Viola!

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This is what I did...or something like it

by RedDawnDevane - 9/30/12 4:10 PM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

I don't know if it was associated, but I also ended up with another program called 1ClickDownloader. I removed that. If there was a program in my control panel uninstall programs list, I removed it.

Removed some file called Perion, which I read somewhere online (maybe even this thread) that said it was associated. I had also removed any residual folders called Incredibar or MyStart.

I changed my default search engine in Google Chrome. Managed Add-ons.

Deleted Chrome, because when I ran Task Manager, MyStart showed up and when I opened the file location, it was my Google application.

Used IE. Managed add-ons there where Bing and MyStart showed up in the Search Providers. Removed MyStart.

I opened msconfig from start menu, as delineated in a MS KB for cleaning up the registry. Basically, I did a selective start, but it didn't seem to make a difference, possibly having removed all files associated with it.

I'm still a little afraid that it's still there, but I reinstalled Chrome and it seems fine.

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How can i remove mystart by incredibar?

by gayathri_123 - 10/11/12 11:08 AM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

I had the same problem and tried evrything to resolve. Atlast this link was very helpful...

http://www.incredibar.com/uninstall

My problem is sorted out now..

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REMOVE INCREDIBAR

by isipingo - 11/18/12 5:48 PM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

I'm not a computer expert but I got incredibar & other nasty malware on my computer & took it to a PC repair guy. He actually failed to fix it but he gave me a very simple tip which enabled me to fix it myself. (This is after I spent many hours trying other people's online tips which failed to work.) Basically, you switch on your computer & before you get the log on prompt you hit F8 which gives you the option to repair your computer. Then you simply choose option to restore your computer to an earlier point, select a date BEFORE the malware installed & let it run. (This may take quite a long time & should NOT be interrupted.) When it finishes running it will have restored your computer to a point before the malware installed. It's that easy, & in my case it worked.

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Removing Incredibar from Chrome

by jannmirch - 11/28/12 12:04 PM

In Reply to: How can i remove mystart by incredibar? by 10zachs1

We looked in the Control Panel > Install Program but Incredibar was not there in any form. In doing a search for Incredibar's file I couldn't delete them manually either.

I was able to remove it from Chrome's Settings > Search > Manage Search Engines but it still showed up as the default tab.

I ALSO had to remove it as the default tab by removing all Cookies and changing the Settings > On Startup and changing "Open a specific page or set of pages. Set pages".

After these steps I did another search for Incredibar files just to make sure it was gone and that was it.

Hope this helps.

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