Babylon Search On Internet Explorer

I am a new client of Bitdefender and have an ongoing issue with the Babylon search feature that has latched itself onto Internet Explorer. I am on Windows XP with IE 8.0.6.

I have followed threads on other sites and have got rid of the tool bar, and have just used Spybot, which picked up Babylon, and said it had removed the threat.

Guess what? Yes it is still there!

Has anyone actually found a way of getting it off their system totally? Not just hiding it?

Colin

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rootkit

Hello Colin

Welcome to the forums!

Babylon Toolbar is not considered a threat and if you install the programs more carefully you can avoid it.

Take care.

nilocp

Thank you Christian. Not considered a threat? By who??

It may not be a threat but it is a pain in the ######!

And your comment about installing more carefully, is now irrelevant. It is there and I, and many other people, would like to get rid of it.

So back to my question. How do you get rid of it , please!

Colin

Hello Colin

Welcome to the forums!

Babylon Toolbar is not considered a threat and if you install the programs more carefully you can avoid it.

Take care.

rootkit

Hi Colin

Welcome back!

Is not considered a threat because it doesn't drop malware in the PC and it is always embedded in valid software.

Have you tried this method to remove it?

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/08/17/how-to-un...bar-completely/

Take care.

Tavo

Hi Colin

Welcome back!

Is not considered a threat because it doesn't drop malware in the PC and it is always embedded in valid software.

Have you tried this method to remove it?

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/08/17/how-to-un...bar-completely/

Take care.

Christian:

Glad to see you managed a proper reply (suggesting an actual solution). I have spent hours (well, wasted) of my time getting to this point on BitDefender 2013; a software which was so highly rated I decided to spend the money & not purchase Norton 360. Regret that now. Norton gives the user immediate search responses to any query. Bit Defender is something of a joke of a lame horse when putting in a query for help in the user interface of the actual small-window software.

Oh - BTW, WTF is it w/ the tiny little user I/F of BitDefender? Why can't I get full screen except in the log functions?

Well, never mind - I'm off to spend the next 8-10 hours backing up my hard drive, following the archaic instructions (worthy of MS-DOS troubleshooting days) to remove a piece of "Haunt-Ware" (Babylon) which fakes, tricks & snakes its way onto your hard-drive unless you are hyper-vigilant. That needs to be made illegal.

rootkit

Hello

Please follow the steps below in order to remove Babylon Search Toolbar:

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STEP 1 : Uninstall Babylon and Babylon toolbar for IE from your computer

1. Open Add or remove programs to uninstall Babylon from your system

- For Windows 7 and Vista users : Start button > Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall a program.

- For Windows XP users : Start Menu > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.

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2. In the Add or remove programs list search for Babylon then double click on it to uninstall it.

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The Babylon uninstaller will start and you’ll see a prompt, like the one below from which you will need to select ‘Uninstall’.

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3. After the Babylon uninstall process has been complete , in the Add or remove programs list search for Babylon toolbar on IE and then double click on it to uninstall it.

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STEP 2 : Remove the Babylon residual damage from your browser

From Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer ‘Internet Options

- For Internet Explorer 9 : Click on the gear icon at the top (far right) and click again on Internet Options.

2. For Internet Explorer 8 : Click on Tools, select Internet Options.

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3. Now in the Internet Options dialog box, click on the Advanced tab, click Reset

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4. In the Reset Internet Explorer settings section. Click Reset again in the information dialog box.

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5. When Internet Explorer finishes resetting, click Close in the confirmation dialogue box and then click OK.

6. Close and open Internet Explorer again.

From Mozilla Firefox

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu(on Windows XP, click the Help menu at the top of the Firefox window) and select Troubleshooting Information.

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2. Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.

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3. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.

4. Firefox will close and be reset. When it’s done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

From Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome and click on the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.Click Tools and then select Extensions.

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2. In the Extensions tab, Remove everything related to Babylon Ltd. from the list (eg : Babylon Translator ) then restart your browser.

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3. Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.Select Options, then click the Basics tab and click on Manage search engines in the ”Search” section. Select Search the web (Babylon) from the list and click the X that appears at the end of the row then select Google from the list and make it your default search engine.

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4. Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.Select Options, then click the Basics tab. In the Home Page section enter your favorite website instead of search.babylon.com

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Should you require further assistance do not hesitate to contact us.

Have a good day!