Spybot - The All In One Solution for Most Malwares and Sick Web Bowsers Toolbars like Sweetpacks, Funmoods and Babylon

As the amount of malwares is increasing day by day, I get to hear about a number of new toolbars which don't get uninstalled from Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE), and other browsers, almost everyday. I have myself experienced the troubles these toolbars cause, and also, the risk they pose to our system's privacy and security. So now I am going to write about this wonderful software(a number of 1's and 0's, as per the programmer who programmed it), which can be used anywhere, anytime, and that too, FREE of cost! :)

Risks Posed by Web Toolbar based programs/Malwares

Well, I will call them all malware for sure, because all such softwares that give you fancy emoticons, smileys, and offer to provide you 'this' and 'that' are just a kind of bait, set to trap your system's security and privacy! Toolbars like SweetIM, Sweetpacks for Facebook, Funmoods, and many many other toolbars get installed in your web browsers and have access to your chats, and all related stuff!

While you're feeling happy for the awesome emoticon you just saw because of Sweetpacks, or Funmooods on Facebook, it is highly possible that the same toolbar can note down your chats and attack your privacy.

Kids are the easiest targets for this, and they download and install such toolbars without suspecting anything. Well, I'm not saying that Funmoods or related toolbars do this, but I simply DON'T TRUST them! A fancy smiley is not worth the security and privacy of my system.

Using Spybot- Search and Destroy

Here comes this awesome software which is freeware, and still does wonders which many paid softwares won't be able to do!! All you have to do is run a scan or "Check for Errors", and remove all the entries or whatever it instructs you to do. Simple, right?

You can download it from here.
And yes, after repairing errors, make sure you click "Immunize" button to inject anti-malware 'injections' in files and cookies.
In the image above, you can see the screenshot I have just taken and how easily you can get rid of toolbars like Sweetpacks, SweetIM, Funmoods, Babylon toolbar, Chameleon Toolbar, and any other related sick stuff.

And yes, Happy Halloween!! :D

Remove Sweetpacks Toolbar/SweetIM/1clickdownloader

Why remove Sweetpacks and what it does?

While I was in my Add/Remove Programs window to remove a program(who's Trial period had expired ;) ), I noticed some strange programs called SweetIM, Sweetpacks toolbar and their (too much sweet) updater!

That made me suspicious about these programs. Probably it is a spyware, or some adware kinda toolbar program that is too sick!

I simply uninstalled them from there. As I always use Google Chrome as my default browser, I opened Firefox and Internet Explorer to check if that sweet thing was causing any diabetes to these. As expected, even after uninstalling them from programs list, the programs were still running in both of these browsers. The Sweetpacks toolbar doesn't know how to get uninstalled simply i guess. Well, Sweetpacks toolbar is sick, so we have to manually remove it from wherever it gets located.

Also, the Sweetpacks or Sweetpack Browser Updater belongs to the same family, so I recommend removing it too to save your PC.

Steps to Remove Sweetpacks

If you're affected by this sick thing called SweetIM, or Sweetpacks toolbar or so called Sweetpack toolbar, just make sure you remove it from Firefox's Add-ons too!

Here's how to remove it:

1. In Firefox, press Ctrl+Shift+A and Add-On tab will open.
2. On left side of the page, select "Extensions" and it will list all extensions installed in Firefox.
3. Select Remove in front of "Sweetpacks toolbar for Firefox bla bla "
4. Uninstall all related garbage!

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For Google Chrome, remove it from Extensions and from Search Engines. For that:
1. Go to wrench menu (Top-right settings)
2. Click Extensions and remove sweetpacks.

I recommend using Spybot- Search and Destroy to remove any left-over things of Sweetpacks, and also any other malware in your system. It is free, and a great tool for your system to remain secure.

And I think the program got itself installed when I may have been installing some other program in which it was bundled. Most probably, it might have also been promoted using facebook. That's why we should never click any suspicious link on internet.

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It might be interfering with your facebook interface and facebook chat, so just get rid of it by removing it from your browser. In case you still can not remove it, just let me know, I will be happy to help.

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