Babylon

suejb2

Lordy Lordy I seem to have 2 Babylon tabs on my computer how on earth do you get rid? Please I am not computer literate (prob how they got on ) so simple for dummies would help vastly.

closed

http://www.babylon.com/uninstall_search/index

toolbars usually get on by not paying attention to the automatically selected tick boxes when installing new software.

you may also want to give the machine a scan with this http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

waddler_8

adwcleaner: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

AdwCleaner is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your computer.

JRT: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/

Junkware Removal Tool is a security utility that searches for and removes common adware, toolbars, and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) from your computer.

Laz123

closed wrote: »

http://www.babylon.com/uninstall_search/index

toolbars usually get on by not paying attention to the automatically selected tick boxes when installing new software.

you may also want to give the machine a scan with this http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

Not so, I'm afraid. This vermin virus attaches itself even when all the 'decline' boxes are ticked. I got it when I installed DivX and it took days to get rid of.

Where exactly are the tabs, Chrome or IE?

waddler_8

It isn't a virus - It's just a toolbar that changes browser settings. It's not the easiest to remove for non-savvy users, hence some users find it difficult to remove completely from all browsers - annoying, but not particularly malicious.

Sites that hysterically proclaim this to be a "nasty virus" usually have there own affiliated crapware or service to push. Their intention is to scare the uninformed into downloading their crapware etc.

Laz123

waddler_8 wrote: »

It isn't a virus - It's just a toolbar that changes browser settings. It's not the easiest to remove for non-savvy users, hence some users find it difficult to remove completely from all browsers - annoying, but not particularly malicious.

Sites that hysterically proclaim this to be a "nasty virus" usually have there own affiliated crapware or service to push. Their intention is to scare the uninformed into downloading their crapware etc.

Again, I have to disagree. I am fairly pc savie but getting rid of this thing took me nearly 3 days. I scoured the net looking for answers but literally 100's of others experienced the same problems and there seemed to be no proper solution. After going through thorough deletions and it not even showing up in Revo, CCleaner, add/remove or a windows search nor registry search, it always came back. This was on xp, sp3, IE8 and Chrome and Firefox. So this IMHO a virus as it replicates itself.

I emailed their support team and although they were good enough to reply none of their solutions helped. This is the content:

Dear Mam,

thank you for taking the time to write us.

Please accept my apology for any inconvenience.

please go to Control Panel, click Programs (software).

Uninstall "Browser Manager" + "Bprotector" + "Object Installer" + "Babylon Toolbar on IE"

Then depending on which browser you use , follow the relevant steps:

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Firefox

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> Open a new Firefox window (website)

> Go to Tools> Options> and go to change your order, the Home. ( f.e https://www.google.de) and click OK.

> Remove the search engine of Babylon by clicking the small arrow next to the icon of Babylon

> Manage Search Engines

> select Babylon and Remove

> Close Firefox and open again

> write in the address Bar "about:config " and click Enter

> Write in the search engine "Babylon."

> Click on any 'Babylon' preferences with the right mouse button and select "Reset"

In the following video you can see how to change TAB URL :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yPX-ZJ5fQc&feature=related

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Chrome

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Open Google Chrome and click on the "wrench" icon:

Click> Settings , choose the option "Open a particular page or set of pages."

Click "Set Pages" on page Babylon and delete from the list.

To change the search engine in Google Chrome, please follow the instructions below:

Open Google Chrome on the "wrench" icon on the right side of the address bar, click:

Settings> Under "Search", click "Manage Search Engines ...".

If you see "Babylon Search" as a standard (default), select please another search engine as the default from (Google, Bing, etc.). Only then will you Babylon You can remove by clicking the little 'X'.

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Internet Explorer (IE)

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Open your Internet Explorer browser, click on "Tools", then "Internet Options" and in the section "Tabs" click on "Settings". It will open a new window, on the option "When a new tab is opened, open:" in the drop-down menu please choose "Your first homepage". Then click OK, Apply and OK.

If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to write to me again.

Best regards,

Babylon Support Team | Babylon Ltd.


The only thing in the end was to reinstall say Firefox, and I was forced to not tick (or was it untick) the option of keeping all settings etc. So I had to export all my favorites in HTML files to desktop. When I reinstalled it I imported them.