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Huntbar is a search engine directory page that sets itself as your home page. It also adds a search toolbar to IE, and sometimes will make your address bar disappear.
According to Huntbar's privacy policy it collects information this way:
HUNTBAR'S TOOLBAR SERVICE COLLECTS AND STORES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW, THE DATA YOU ENTER IN ONLINE FORMS AND SEARCH FIELDS, AND THE PRODUCTS YOU PURCHASE ONLINE WHILE USING THE TOOLBAR SERVICE. ALTHOUGH HUNTBAR DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO ANALYZE WEB USAGE DATA TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF ANY HUNTBAR USER, SOME INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE TOOLBAR SERVICE IS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE. HUNTBAR AGGREGATES AND ANALYZES THE INFORMATION IT COLLECTS TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICE AND TO PREPARE REPORTS ABOUT AGGREGATE WEB USAGE AND SHOPPING HABITS.
How toRemove Huntbar or Search Toolbar
Basic Uninstallation
| • | This software can be removed through the Add/Remove Programs. |
| • | The software may be listed as 'Internet 404', 'MSIETS' and/or 'Tools for Internet Explorer'. |
| • | In some cases the registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\BTIEIN has been difficult, if not impossible to remove. In these instances change the user account to Administrator access and try to delete it or run SpyBot after changing to Administrator priviledges. |
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Page url:
http://www.tje.net/PCSupport/index.html?huntbar.htm
Page content was last updated: 10/6/2008
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