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  • Severity: High
  • Stealing programs
  • Windows, Mac
  • Verified · Oct 2015

How to remove HappinessInfusion Toolbar

A step-by-step removal guide for affected devices. Follow the verified procedure below — most readers complete it in under 10 minutes.

Ugnius Kiguolis · The mastermind

What is HappinessInfusion Toolbar?

If your web browser has been injected with HappinessInfusion Toolbar out of nowhere, then obviously you are one of those Internet users who tend to install freewares/sharewares by clicking the ‘Next’ button all the time. We say so because we known well how this and similar toolbars by Mindspark Inc. are spread and how people may end up with them. If you want to find out more about HappinessInfusion Toolbar installation and distribution, read the next section (‘How can HappinessInfusion Toolbar hijack my web browser?’).

Unfortunately, if you would visit the official website of this toolbar, you will see a notification saying: “After a number of good years, this product has gone into retirement. We apologize for any inconvenience this may create.” However, it has been active some time before and people were presented with HappinessInfusion Toolbar as a program that offers its users a healthy dose of humor, strategies for the life-long happiness, fun games, cards and similar stuff. Unfortunately, but such description seems to be bogus because once the user agrees to install it, it starts targeting web browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer). In other words, it main becomes to set MyWebSearch as a default start page and search provider. Unfortunately, but this search site can be set to track its victims by recording their browsing activity. Also, HappinessInfusion Toolbar redirects can make people visit unwanted domains by returning altered search results. Therefore, we highly recommend you to remove HappinessInfusion Toolbar virus as soon as it enters the system, especially if it does that without asking for an appropriate permission. The easiest way to do that is to check a computer with FortectIntego or another reputable anti-spyware.

HappinessInfusion Toolbar virus

How can HappinessInfusion Toolbar hijack my web browser?

As we have mentioned, HappinessInfusion Toolbar used to have the official website. However, it’s not longer active, what means that you will not be able to install this toolbar by yourself. However, it is still spread by ‘bundling’, so it still can infiltrate computers alongside other programs. These days we have noticed an increased amount of complaints about tis program and issues that it causes. Therefore, if you want to avoid browser’s modifications, redirects, slowdowns, data leakage, and other issues, you have to keep a close eye on the installation process of each freeware and uncheck all unfamiliar toolbars, add-ons, and plug-ins that are expressed as ‘recommended’ tools within Advanced or Custom settings. If you skip it unchecked, your web browser’s settings will immediately be corrupted and you may start experiencing inconveniences that we’ve just spoken about.

HappinessInfusion Toolbar FAQ:

Question: OK, I’ve reset my web browser’s settings and it seems that MyWebSearch has successfully been changed back to Google. However, the next time I open my web browser, MyWebSearch shows up to be a default start page and search provider again. Besides, HappinessInfusion Toolbar is also there. Please help to get rid of them!

Answer: Resetting of browser’s settings will not help to solve the problem because browser hijackers install on startup and launch each time the system and web browser is rebooted. In order to remove HappinessInfusion Toolbar, you are strongly advised to run a full system scan with a decent anti-malware. In case usage of the additional software is not your preferences, you can follow manual removal guide that is given below. After that, open each of your web browsers and manually chance a default start page and search provider.

Uninstall from Windows

Uninstall from Windows 10/8:

  1. Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
  2. Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 10/8

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:

  1. Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
  2. In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 7/XP

Remove the unwanted program:

  1. In the Programs and Features window, look for any recently installed suspicious entries, select them, and click Uninstall.
  2. If User Account Control appears, click Yes to confirm, then complete the removal.Uninstall the unwanted program from Windows

Delete from macOS

Remove the unwanted application:

  1. From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
  2. In the Applications folder, look for any suspicious entries, then drag them to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash).Uninstall from Mac

Delete leftover files and folders:

  1. Select Go > Go to Folder.
  2. Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
  3. Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.Delete leftover files from Mac
  4. Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.

Remove from Microsoft Edge

Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:

  1. Select Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and pick Extensions.
  2. From the list, pick the extension and click on the Gear icon.
  3. Click Remove.Remove extensions from Edge

Clear cookies and other browser data:

  1. Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
  2. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  3. Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files. (apart from passwords, although you might want to include Media licenses as well, if applicable) and click on Clear.Clear Edge browsing data

Restore new tab and homepage settings:

  1. Click the menu icon and choose Settings.
  2. Then find On startup section.
  3. Click Remove next to any suspicious startup page.

Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:

  1. Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
  2. Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
  3. Select Details tab.
  4. Now scroll down and locate every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right-click on each of them and select End Task to stop MS Edge from running.Reset MS Edge

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge

Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):

  1. Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
  2. Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chromium Edge

Clear cache and site data:

  1. Click on Menu and go to Settings.
  2. Select Privacy, search and services.
  3. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  4. Under Time range, pick All time.
  5. Select Clear now.Clear browser data from Chroum Edge

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. On the left side, pick Reset settings.
  3. Select Restore settings to their default values.
  4. Confirm with Reset.
  5. This will disable extensions and reset startup pages but will not delete bookmarks, saved passwords, or browsing history.Reset Chromium Edge

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)

Remove dangerous extensions:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the Menu (three horizontal lines at the top-right of the window).
  2. Select Add-ons.
  3. In here, select the unwanted extension and click Remove.Remove extensions from Firefox

Reset the homepage:

  1. Click three horizontal lines at the top right corner to open the menu.
  2. Choose Settings.
  3. Under Home, set your preferred homepage and new tab settings.

Clear cookies and site data:

  1. Click Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Go to Privacy & Security section.
  3. Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
  4. Click on Clear Data...
  5. Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.Clear cookies and site data from Firefox

Reset Mozilla Firefox

If clearing the browser as explained above did not help, reset Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
  2. Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.Reset Firefox 1
  3. Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
  4. Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.Reset Firefox 2

Remove from Google Chrome

Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome, click on the Menu (three vertical dots at the top-right corner) and select More tools > Extensions.
  2. In the newly opened window, you will see all the installed extensions. Uninstall all suspicious extensions related to the unwanted program by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chrome

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:

  1. Click on Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
  3. Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
  4. Click Clear data.Clear cache and web data from Chrome

Change your homepage:

  1. Click menu and choose Settings.
  2. Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
  3. Click on Open a specific or set of pages and click on three dots to find the Remove option.

Reset Google Chrome:

If the previous methods did not help you, reset Google Chrome to eliminate all the unwanted components:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
  3. Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
  4. Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
  5. Confirm with Reset settings.Reset Chrome 2

Delete from Safari

Remove dangerous extensions:

  1. Open Safari, click Safari in the menu at the top-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
  2. Go to the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious entries, and click Uninstall to remove them.Remove extensions from Safari

Clear history and website data:

  1. Click Safari in the menu and pick Clear History.
  2. Set Clear to all history and confirm with Clear History.Clear history from Safari

Reset Safari:

  1. Click Safari in the menu and select Preferences > Advanced.
  2. Enable Show Develop menu in menu bar.
  3. From the menu bar, click Develop and select Empty Caches.Reset Safari

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