Huntbar Description:

HuntBar is a toolbar providing searching features, which is added to every new Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer window.

It also changes your home page and search bar settings to point to HuntBar's servers, and automatically opens this search bar when it detects you using any other search engine.

Variants:

• HuntBar.BTIn
• HuntBar.Side
• HuntBar.WebSearch
• HuntBar/BTLink is an updated version of MSLink.
• HuntBar/MSIn and HuntBar/BTIn are installer controls for both the MSLink and BTLink variants.
• HuntBar/MSLink is a development of HuntBar/Side dropping the toolbar from HuntBar/TS and adding the ability to redirect you instantly when browing targeting web pages. This is typically used to hijack affiliate fees from merchant sites.
• HuntBar/QDow is a small downloader ActiveX control used to load HuntBar/BTIn.
• HuntBar/Side is an addition to HuntBar/TS which also pops open a search sidebar pointed at its own results when it detects you using search engines.
• HuntBar/SToolbar also tries to hijack your homepage to WebSearch.com, and copies searches you make in known search engines to the search field in the toolbar as you type.
• HuntBar/TS is the original version, also providing an IE toolbar with search features.

Huntbar Automatic Removal:

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Huntbar Manual Removal:

Basic Uninstallation

If you decide that our software is not right for you, you can easily remove it through the Add/Remove Programs menu in your Microsoft Windows control panel. To uninstall your Search Toolbar, please do the following:

• Click on the Start button and select Settings and then Control Panel.
• If you are running Microsoft XP, you can go directly to the Control Panel from the Microsoft Windows Start button.
• When the Control panel window opens, double-click on the Add/Remove Programs Icon.
• When the Add/Remove Programs Properties window opens, locate the program that you would like to uninstall.
• Our software may be listed as 'Internet 404', 'MSIETS' and/or 'Tools for Internet Explorer'.
• Click once on the program to be uninstalled and then click on the Add/Remove button and follow the instructions.

IMPORTANT: If the above does not completely uninstall our software, you can ensure that you have a clean hard drive by using our special Advanced Uninstall Cleaner.

Advanced Uninstallation

• Click on the link to download the zipped remove.bat cab file.
• Extract the file to 'C:\', then double-click on the file to open and automatically run it.
• Once the program has closed the DOS prompt window, you have successfully removed the programs!

Follow these steps to remove Huntbar from your machine.

1. Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
   wintools.exe
    
2. Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
   programfilesdir+\common files\btlink\btlink.dll
   programfilesdir+\common files\msiets\msielink.dll
   programfilesdir+\common files\msiets\msiets.dll
   programfilesdir+\search toolbar\stoolbar.dll
   systemroot+\downloaded program files\btiein.dll
   systemroot+\downloaded program files\qdow.dll
   systemroot+\system32\btiein.dll
   systemroot+\system32\btlink.dll
   systemroot+\system32\msiein.dll
   systemroot+\system32\msielink.dll
   systemroot+\system32\msiets.dll
   systemroot+\system32\stoolbar.dll
   systemroot+\system32\wtoolsb.dll
   toolbar.dll
    
3. Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{26e8361f-bce7-4f75-a347-98c88b418328}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{d6dff6d8-b94b-4720-b730-1c38c7065c3b}
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\btiein
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\btlink
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\msiein
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\msiets
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\search toolbar
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\msiets
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\msietslink
    
4. Remove these files and folders with Windows Explorer:
   profilepath+\local settings\temp\msiein
   programfilesdir+\common files\msiets
   programfilesdir+\search toolbar
   systemroot+\system\msiein.dll
   systemroot+\system32\msiein.dll
   systemroot+\system32\stoolbar.dll
   systemroot+\system32\wtoolsb.dll
   toolbar.dll
   wintools.exe
   wvu.wzg

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