Nav-Links Ads – Uninstall Instructions

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Are you seeing ads that look something like this:

NavLink Ads while browsing wikipedia

Then you’ve got the “Nav-Links” (nav-links.com & intext.nav-links.com) software installed on your machine. Nav-Links are integrated into many web browser extensions.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to remove the Nav-Links.

  1. Find a web page where the Nav-Links are shown.
  2. Disable all web browser extensions and verify that the Nav-Links no longer appear.
  3. Enable the extensions one by one and restart the browser, until you find which extension that contains the Nav-Links. In my case the extension was called weDownload Manager.
  4. Go to the Add/Remove programs dialog, and uninstall the software.
  5. Verify that the Nav-Links are gone.

Please let me and the other readers know which extension opened the Nav-Links on your machine.

Powered by SmartBar Coupons Ads – Removal Instructions

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I’m currently running some final tests on FreeFixer v1.07, which hopefully will be released later on today.

I ran into a Powered by SmartBar coupon ad while browsing sites such as WalMart and BestBuy:

powered by Smartbar coupon ad on Walmart

If you see these Smartbar ads on your machine, you can remove them by uninstalling a browser add-on called Snap.Do, either from Firefox’s Add-On dialog, or by selecting the Snap.Do extension for removal in FreeFixer:

Removing the SnapDo extension from Firefox

During my testing SnapDo/Smartbar did not install into Internet Explorer. Do you get the “Powered by SmartBar” ads in Internet Explorer?

Please let me know if this post helped you remove the Smartbar, or if you need more information.

Swift Browse Removal Instructions

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One last post today. I just tested “Swift Browse”, which is a variant of the WebCake adware. Unfortunately I could not trigger the Swift Browse ads to show themselves, which they usually do when visiting sites such as amazon.com. They will most likely look like the WebCake ads. If you see these ads on your machine, please send me a screenshot and I’ll add it to this blog post.

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Anyway, if you have Swift Browse installed, you’ll see updateSwiftBrowse.exe in the Windows Task Manager, and swiftbrowsebho.dll installed as a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer.

I’ve posted a video at YouTube where I delete Swift Browse with FreeFixer:

Ominent Toolbar – search.ominent.com – Removal Instructions

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Ran into a new Toolbar called Ominent today. It was installed into Firefox, bundled with a free download. Address bar searches were replaced by http://search.ominent.com.

ominent-toolbar-firefox

If you came here looking for uninstall instructions, you are in luck: It’s easy. You can uninstall it from the Add/Remove programs dialog and in Firefox’s Add-ons dialog. Check out the screenshots below.

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By the way, it surprised me that Ominent Toolbar didn’t appear in Chrome or Internet Explorer. Did you also only get it in Firefox?

How to delete the Doko Toolbar and doko-search.com

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Here’s a demonstration video on how to remove the Doko Toolbar with FreeFixer. Doko Toolbar appears to be a new variant of the Babylon Toolbar. Doko Toolbar was bundled with a free download manager.

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In the video I check the following files for removal: dokotoolbar.dll, dokotoolbarTlbr.dll, dokotoolbarApp.dll and dokotoolbarEng.dll. I also select BitGuard.exe and BitGuard.dll for removal.

Internet Explorer’s Start Page settings is also selected to be repaired, since it was set to doko-search.com.

Here’s the video. Please let me know if have some questions about FreeFixer or the Doko Toolbar.

Ads by PassWidget – Removal Instructions

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Yesterday I ran into an adware that modifies web pages, by inserting ads labeled “Ads by PassWidget”:

Advertisements labeled "Ads by PassWidget"
Advertisements labeled “Ads by PassWidget”

PassWidget appears to be a rebranding of the LyricsBuddy adware. I’ve previously posted a video on how to remove the LyricsBuddy with the help of FreeFixer which you may find useful when deleting PassWidget. It’s the same removal procedure, scan, check the PassWidget files, click Fix and your done. Good luck!

Did that solve the problem?

Update October 27, 2013: I just noticed that the Passwidget Ads can appears as links with a mouse-over effect. These are also labeled “Ads by Passwidget”:

Ads by Passwidget as a mouse-over effect of a link.