Question Posted Tuesday November 23 2010, 10:06 pm
I have NO idea how to delete the Cursur Mania that I downloaded. It definitely wasn't what I thought I had on my old computer and now it's messing everything up, even on my facebook.
How the heck do I delete this thing?!
You might be surprised what else found a way onto your system.
Here are those instructions I mentioned:
"How do I uninstall the My Web Search toolbar?
To uninstall the My Web Search toolbar:
(Please note that once you have removed the toolbar, you will no longer have access to Smiley Central, Zwinky, My Fun Cards Popular Screensavers, Cursor Mania or Webfetti)
Windows XP
1) From your computer's 'Start' button, select 'Settings', then 'Control Panel'
2) Double-click on 'Add/Remove Programs'
3) Select "My Web Search" (Product name)** or the "Product Name" you downloaded (ex Webfetti)
4) Click 'Remove'.
5) You must reboot your computer to completely remove the toolbar.
**This will be the name of the site that you downloaded the toolbar from."
Windows Vista
1) From your computer's 'Start' button, select 'Control Panel'
2) Double-click on 'Programs and Features'
3) Select "My Web Search" (Product name)** or the "Product Name" you downloaded (ex Webfetti)
4) Click 'Remove'.
5) You must reboot your computer to completely remove the toolbar.
**This will be the name of the site that you downloaded the toolbar from."
Windows 7
1) From your computer's 'Start' button, select 'Control Panel'
2) Click the "Uninstall a Program" option found under the "Programs" category
3) Select "My Web Search" (Product name)** or the "Product Name" you downloaded (ex Webfetti)
4) Click "Remove"
5) You must reboot your computer to completely remove the toolbar.
**This will be the name of the site that you downloaded the toolbar from
Macintosh (Firefox Only)
1) Open your Firefox browser
2) From your browser's menu bar select 'Tools' and then 'Add-Ons' from the drop down menu
3) Find and click on the MyWebSearch Toolbar listing and click the Uninstall button.
4) Confirm the uninstallation by clicking Uninstall in the confirmation dialog box
5) Click on the 'Restart Firefox' button at the top of the Add-Ons dialog box. " [ DangerNerd's advice column | Ask DangerNerd A Question ]
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