Messenger Plus Toolbar Removal Guide

Messenger Plus Toolbar is a browser extension that should help you improve your overall instant messaging experience online. However, this extension is often listed as a potentially unwanted program and it is rather easy to see why. It is one of the Community toolbars that belong to the Conduit group. They can be exceptionally annoying and even dangerous especially, if they change your browser settings. That is one of the reasons why users are urged to remove Messenger Plus Toolbar from their computers once the toolbar is spotted on their default browser. Safety always comes first.

Just as it has been mentioned in the paragraph above, Messenger Plus Toolbar is part of Conduit group, so it is related to Television Fanatic Toolbar, VisualBee Toolbar, Freecorder Toolbar and an extensive list of other browser extensions. It can be downloaded at messengerpluslive.ourtoolbar.com or from a number of third party websites where it comes bundled with third party applications. No matter which way of distribution Messenger Plus Toolbar would use to reach you, the bottom line is that this extension is NOT a computer infection, because you install it on your browser willingly. It is also possible to overlook the installation when it occurs during some other freeware setup, but as far as malicious infiltration is concerned, it is not present here.

Nevertheless, should you install the full version of Messenger Plus Toolbar, it would fully affect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browser. Apart from the browser itself, your search engine and default home page can also get modified for Conduit Search. Although Conduit Search does function as a search engine, once it is set as your default home page, you are displayed flash advertisements and various commercial pop-ups. These advertisements are parts of pay-per-click system that generates financial revenue to the people behind it; however, the pop-ups may contain third party content that could be harmful to your system.

Hence, keeping in mind that Messenger Plus Toolbar could prove to be the reason behind various security issues, it is for the best to remove the toolbar from your PC as soon as possible. To uninstall the toolbar, follow the instructions below.

Manual Messenger Plus Toolbar Removal

Windows 8

1. Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen.
2. Click Settings on Charms bar and go to Control Panel.
3. Open Uninstall a program and remove Messenger Plus Toolbar.

Windows Vista & Windows 7

1. Open Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Go to Uninstall a program and remove Messenger Plus Toolbar.

Windows XP

1. Open Start menu and go to Control Panel.
2. Select Add or remove programs and remove Messenger Plus Toolbar.

Remove Search Conduit from browsers

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+X and click Internet options.
2. Click Use Default under General tab and click OK.
3. Press Alt+X again and click Manage add-ons.
4. Click Search providers on the left.
5. Set a new default search engine and remove Messenger Plus Customized Web Search.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Firefox button and click Options.
2. Click Restore to Default button under General tab and click OK.
3. Click search engine icon on the left of search box (top right corner).
4. Select Manage search engines from drop-down button.
5. Remove Messenger Plus Customized Web Search and click OK.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and go to Settings.
2. Mark Open a specific page or set of pages under On Startup.
3. Click Set pages, remove search.conduit.com and enter a new home page address Press OK.
4. Select Manage search engines under Search.
5. Set a new default search engine, remove Messenger Plus Customized Web Search and click Done.

Manual removal may not be enough to get rid of Messenger Plus Toolbar completely, so scan the PC with SpyHunter free scanner and then invest in a powerful computer security program to remove potential threats and safeguard your system.