PackageTracer Toolbar Removal Guide

Do not get fooled by the clever marketing strategies that the vendors of PackageTracer Toolbar employ as they are used to lure naïve Internet users into downloading and installing a worthless piece of software. On its official website, this toolbar is promoted as an excellent tool that would allow you track your packages right within your web browser. This surely sounds like a great tool to have as it could come in handy. Unfortunately, this toolbar does not perform in the way it should. In fact, this malicious piece of software will only make changes to your default browser settings; thus making your online experience far worse, to put it mildly. In this article, we will discuss the functionality of this toolbar and the main reasons why it should be removed. Also, you will provide a few tips to boost your virtual security as well as a detailed removal guide.

During the research our team has been able to determine that PackageTracer Toolbar is a product of an infamous group known as Mindspark, which has also developed malicious toolbars such as AutoPcBackup Toolbar, GoUnzip Toolbar, EasyDocMerge Toolbar and many others. It has to be noted that the majority of infectious toolbars developed by this notorious group functions alike. Thus, as soon as PackageTracer Toolbar gains access to your PC it will make a few fundamental changes to your default web browser just like its mentioned counterparts. The malicious toolbar will trigger the change of your default homepage and search engine without any authorization. It goes without saying that these changes will play a major role in making your online experience far worse since you will be forced to use a new suspicious third-party search engine as well as you will be forced to start all of your browsing sessions on a new unwanted third-party websites, which you did not step as a homepage yourself. Fortunately, these changes can be reverted but you will need to remove every single bit of PackageTracer Toolbar from your operating system.

There are few crucial steps that every security-conscious user should take to improve their virtual security. Firstly, make sure to avoid third-party download websites as they are infamous for providing bundled installers, which are the primary source of questionable applications like PackageTracer Toolbar. Additionally make sure to learn about the application your wish to install as much as possible before even downloading it as numerous other suspicious programs are known to be promoted in misleading ways as well. Lastly, but most importantly make sure to install a reliable malware detection and removal tool since such a tool provides overall system security at all times, meaning that getting your PC infected with some unknown malware will be almost impossible.

The removal should be your utmost priority since our research team has found out that in some cases PackageTracer Toolbar could be used by other Internet-based infections as a security breach to enter your PC in an easy manner. To reduce the risk of getting your PC infected with other suspicious programs in such a way make sure to remove the PackageTracer Toolbar as soon as possible. Also, you are advised to scan your PC with a professional antimalware tool to be sure that every single bit of this toolbar was removed.

How to remove PackageTracer Toolbar from your web browser

Google Chrome

1. Open your web browser.
2. Simultaneously tap Alt+F.
3. Select Tools.
4. Click Extensions.
5. Click the recycle bin icon next to the undesirable add-on.
6. Select Remove.

Internet Explorer

1. Launch the browser and simultaneously tap Alt+T.
2. Select Manage Add-ons.
3. Click Toolbars and Extensions.
4. Remove the undesirable plugin and click Close.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Start your web browse.
2. Simultaneously tap Ctrl+Shift+A.
3. From the menu on the left select Extensions.
4. Remove the undesirable plugin.

How to remove PackageTracer Toolbar from your PC

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Click the Windows button and select Control Panel.
2. Click the Uninstall a program option.
3. Select PackageTracer Toolbar and click Uninstall.

Windows XP

1. Tap the Windows key located on your keyboard.
2. Select Control Panel and click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Right-click the unwanted application.
4. Select the Uninstall option.
   

Windows 8

1. Move the mouse pointer to the lower-left corner of the screen.
2. Right-click and then select Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a program.
4. Double-click the unwanted program.
5. Confirm that you want to remove this toolbar.