Television Fanatic toolbar Removal Guide

There are tons of browser plugins that come from the Conduit family of browser extensions. The newest member noticed by computer users and computer security experts alike is Television Fanatic toolbar. This toolbar may be mimicking the name and functions of popular television plugins that are supposed to help you stream the TV shows on your PC. Nevertheless, it is very unlikely that Television Fanatic toolbar is capable of doing that, as it merely has a search box and several shortcuts on its entire bar. Due to the fact that Conduit plugins are considered potentially unwanted, you should remove Television Fanatic toolbar from your PC right now.

If have had the pleasure of installing a Conduit toolbar before you will probably notice that Television Fanatic toolbar looks similar to Travelocity Toolbar, Freecorder Toolbar and other plugins from the same family. That is so, because all of the created on the same platform, and so they come with the same implications as well.

Although it may seem otherwise, Television Fanatic toolbar is not a browser infection. You can download it at televisionfanatic.ourtoolbar.com, or at any other third party website that distributes freeware. Be careful about bundled shareware downloads, as the toolbar may be included in the installation package of some other application. Just like the computer optimization tool TuneUp Utilities 2013 is included in Television Fanatic toolbar’s setup. During the setup you can choose not to install the optimization tool, but if you miss the step that asks you about your home page search engine, you may end up, installing Conduit Search as your default home page and search engine.

This modification exposes you to a variety of pop-up advertisements that are generated according to your location and your browsing preferences. It shows that Television Fanatic toolbar collects impersonal information via cookies, but the problem is that the plugin is exceptionally vulnerable to third party exploitation, and in such a case the information collected gets leaked as well.

In order to prevent such consequences and possible malware infection, you are highly recommended to remove Television Fanatic toolbar from your system and then scan it with SpyHunter free scanner, to detect similar unwanted programs (if any) and remove them at once. Do not hesitate to acquire a powerful computer security tool if necessary.

Manual Television Fanatic toolbar Removal

Windows 8

1. Move mouse cursor to the bottom right of the screen.
2. Click Settings on Charms bar and click Control Panel.
3. Open Uninstall a program and remove Television Fanatic toolbar.

Windows Vista & Windows 7

1. Open Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Go to Uninstall a program and remove Television Fanatic toolbar.

Windows XP

1. Press Start menu button and go to Control Panel.
2. Select Add or remove programs and uninstall Television Fanatic toolbar.

Remove Conduit Search from your browser

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Firefox button and go to Options.
2. Click Restore to Default 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 the drop-down menu.
5. Remove Television Fanatic Customized Web Search from the list and click OK.

Internet Explorer

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

Google Chrome

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

You can always leave a question in a comment box below if you have any inquiries about Television Fanatic toolbar or how to remove it.