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18 September 2006

Dammit I just installed the "Yahoo Toolbar" in IE, somehow. Gross. How do I turn it off for good?

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 20:47 | 8 comments

Two Words. . .Fire Fox

Otherwise, go to the add/delete programs (oh you have a mac I remember) but there has to be an add/delete place and you can delete the toolbar program there.

posted by danf 18 September | 20:49

IE Menu Tools|Internet Options|Programs|Manage Add Ons

will let you disable but not actually delete the crap.

posted by orthogonality 18 September | 20:52

Can't go Firefox, danf; have to use IE for work (on my PC).

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 September | 21:00

HURRAY orthogonality that fixed it.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 September | 21:02

Two words for you: Portable Firefox. Designed for a flash drive or similar, but you can also just dump it on the hard drive and create a shortcut. I can't rave about it enough.

posted by dg 18 September | 21:15

You could try using IE tab, it opens IE inside a firefox tab for IE only sites. I use it for IE-only online games.

posted by court siem 18 September | 22:37

If you really want to uninstall it for good, you should be able to do it via Add/Remove Programs. If not, reactivate it, hit the "Edit" (pencil) menu, then hit "Remove Yahoo Toolbar".

posted by stilicho 18 September | 22:58

Yahoo! is distributing their toolbar by packaging it with little shareware programs here and there. Chances are you installed something of some kind and didn't notice you were agreeing to the Y! bar at the same time. I think this is a scummy and pathetic way to distribute such a toolbar.

posted by scarabic 19 September | 01:33

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