Remove Mystart.Incredibar.Com

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MyStart Incredibar is a very annoying browser hijack that can completely disrupt the way that you browse the internet. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as clicking Uninstall and being done with it. To remove the MyStart Incredibar completely from your machine, follow the steps below.

Steps

Uninstalling the Toolbar Program

  1. Open the Control Panel. Click Start and select Control Panel from the menu. Under Programs, select “Uninstall a program”. In Windows XP, select Add/Remove Programs. Make sure that no browser windows are open.
    • In Windows 8, press the Windows key + X and select Programs and Features.
  2. Look for Incredibar and Web Assistant. Incredibar will actually be installed as two separate programs, which is one of the main causes of frustration when removing it, be sure to remove both programs.
    • Incredibar may be called Incredibar Games, Incredibar Music, or Incredibar Essentials.
  3. Uninstall the programs. Select the programs from the list and select Uninstall/Remove. This will uninstall the toolbar program, but you will still need to remove it for the browser that you use.

Removing the MyStart Settings from Internet Explorer

  1. Remove the MyStart search engine. Click the Gear icon in the top-right. Select Manage Add-ons from the menu. In the window that appears, select Search Providers from the left frame. Remove MyStart Search and Incredibar from the list. Be sure to remove both entries.
  2. Change your home page back. Click the Gear icon again and select Internet Options. In the General tab, delete the MyStart address from the Home Page section and enter a new one that you prefer. Press Apply to save your changes.
  3. Delete your browser data. In the General tab of Internet Options, click the Delete… button under Browsing History to delete your cookies. This will remove cookies from your computer that refer to MyStart.

Removing the MyStart Settings from Firefox

  1. Remove the toolbar. Click the Firefox menu and select Add-ons. Select Extensions in the Add-ons window. Click the Remove button next to the entry to remove the MyStart toolbar.
  2. Remove the MyStart search engine. Click the Search engine icon next to the Search field in the Firefox window. Select Manage Search Engines from the menu. Click on MyStart Search and click the Remove button.
  3. Change your home page back. Click the Firefox menu and select Options. Select the General tab. Change the address in the Home Page field to whatever you wish.
  4. Reset your preferences. Enter the address “about:config” into the address bar and press Enter. Confirm that you want to continue and then enter “mystart” into the Search field that appears. This will display a list of preferences that were changed by MyStart. Right-click on each one and select Reset.
  5. Delete your browser data. Click the Firefox menu, hover over History, and select Clear Recent History. In the window that appears, set the time range to Everything, and then make sure that Cookies, Cache, and Browsing History are checked. Click the Clear Now button.

Removing the MyStart Settings from Chrome

  1. Delete the Incredibar extension. Click the Customize button in the top-right corner of the window. It looks like 3 horizontal bars. Select Tools, then Extensions. Find the Incredibar entry and click the Trashcan icon next to it to remove it.
  2. Remove the MyStart search engine. Click the Customize button again and select Settings. Under the Search section, click “Manage search engines”. Select any other search engine and click the “Make default” button. Once MyStart is no longer the default engine, you can select it and click the “X” button to remove it.
  3. Delete your browser data. Click the Customize button and select History. At the top of the list, click the “Clear browsing data” button. Make sure that “Delete cookies”, “Empty the cache”, and “Clear browsing history” are checked, and set the range to “the beginning of time”. Click the Clear button at the bottom to delete it all.

Removing MyStart Entries from the Registry

  1. Open the registry editor. Click Start click Run. Enter “regedit” into the field and press Run. This will open the Registry Editor. Be careful to not remove anything that you aren’t sure about, otherwise your system may not work.
    • In Windows 8, Press the Windows key + X and select Run. Enter “regedit”.
  2. Find the MyStart entries. MyStart and Incredibar entries will be located in several spots in the registry. Look for the following entries in HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Conduit\RevertSettings http://mystart.Incredibar.com?a=1ex6GUYANIc&i=38
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IM\38 "PPD"
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ImInstaller\Incredibar
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Incredibar
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Incredibar-Games_EN
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main StartPage "http://mystart.Incredibar.com?a=1ex6GUYANIc&i=38"
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Conduit\Toolbars "Incredibar-Games EN Toolbar"
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Incredibar-Games_EN\toolbar
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar "Incredibar-Games EN Toolbar"
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Incredibar-Games EN Toolbar
  3. Remove the entries. To remove the entries once you find them, right-click on them and select Delete. You may be asked to confirm that this is what you want to do. Repeat the process for each entry.[1]

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://forums.anvisoft.com/viewtopic-45-2500-0.html
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