Item: How to TOTALLY remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR virus? Here is your "ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR Removal Guide"Malwarefixit
Rating: 5
Author: Alex

Dmitry Sokolov recommends UnHackMe!

UnHackMe is a powerful tool against malware.

UnHackMe quickly removes rootkits/malware/adware/browser hijack issues!

Alex NightWatcher: Solved! (5 / 5)

What is ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR?

ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR is classified as Win32:PUP-gen (potentially unwanted program). What is PUP? PUP is crapware. ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR have several types of unwanted behaviour:

Displaying popup ads.
Hijacking your browser.
Infecting your desktop shortcuts, etc.
Inserting ads to the web pages.

ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR in the Control Panel.
Sometimes ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR uninstaller does not work.

How ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR got on my computer?

Usually you got ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR manufacturer pays software developers for distributing ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR within their applications, ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

How to remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

http://ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR

You can see ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

check installed programs to uninstall

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.
Remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR from scheduled task list.

Delete any task related to ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR.

STEP 7: Remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR from Google Chrome.

STEP 8: Remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR from Mozilla Firefox.

Change Firefox Home Page

STEP 10: And at the end, clear your basket, temporal files, browser's cache.

But if you miss any of these steps and only one part of virus remains – it will come back again immediately or after reboot.
So i know the better way to do the same thing without afraid of miss something.

How to easily and completely remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR redirect?

Just try to use UnHackMe from Greatis Software.

UnHackMe will complete all steps for only 5 minutes!

Here’s how to remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR virus:

STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 3: Remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove ADWARE.PHAZEBAR.TOOLBAR redirect or other unwanted software.

Written by NightWatcher

Malware Hunter.
Google+

UnHackMe removes malware invisible for your antivirus!

UnHackMe is compatible with most antivirus software.
UnHackMe is 100% CLEAN, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including adware, spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. VirusTotal (0/56).
System Requirements: Windows 2000-Windows 8.1/10. UnHackMe uses minimum of computer resources.