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Luca Colantuoni ,

At the end of 2014, Microsoft he had updated the evaluation criteria for the software that change the operation of the browser. So, as of June 13, Windows Defender for Windows 8.1, Security Essentials for Windows 7 / Vista and Safety Scanner detect and remove older versions of Ask Toolbar .

Users know this infamous definitely add-on for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari which should provide “additional features”, but for some it is a real adware . Fortunately, the latest version can be removed with relative ease, while the previous ones are considered by Microsoft unwanted software , as they modify the default search engine, without the consent of users. The complete removal of the Ask Toolbar, mainly distributed through Java, is also hampered in various ways.

Ask Toolbar in Java

The old versions of the toolbar installed dozens of files on your computer and compromise the browsing experience. During setup of Java a window that warns of the add-on and avoids its installation, but users more distracted they click the Next button without reading. Opening the browser realize that Ask became the default search engine Ask.com and is set as the home page .

To remove these annoying add-on simply use Windows Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials. Unwanted software will be labeled Win32 / AskToolbarNotifier .