How to completely remove Babylon Toolbar and "Search the web (Babylon)"

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Remove Babylon Toolbar and "Search the web (Babylon)" (Uninstall Guide)

This is a guide on how to remove the Babylon Toolbar and the residual damage from this unwanted program.



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STEP 1 : Uninstall Babylon and Babylon toolbar for IE from your computer

1. Open Add or remove programs to uninstall Babylon from your system
   For Windows 7 and Vista users : Start button → Control Panel → Programs →Uninstall a program.
   For Windows XP users : Start Menu → Control Panel → Add/Remove Programs.
   
2. In the Add or remove programs list search for Babylon then double click on it to uninstall it.
   
   The Babylon uninstaller will start and you'll see a prompt, like the one below from which you will need to select 'Uninstall'.
   
3. After the Babylon uninstall process has completed , in the Add or remove programs list search for Babylon toolbar on IE and then double click on it to uninstall it.
   

STEP 2 : Remove the Babylon residual damage from your browser

• From Internet Explorer
  
  
  1. Open Internet Explorer add-on manager
     For Internet Explorer 9 : Click on the gear icon at the top (far right) and click again on Manage add-ons.
  2. For Internet Explorer 8 : Click on Tools, select Manage Add-ons.
  3. Select Toolbars and Extensions and disable everything related to Babylon Ltd. from the list (eg : Babylon toolbar, Babylon toolbar helper, Babylon IE plugin, babylonToolbar.com)
     
  4. Next,select Search Providers and click on Bing and chose 'Set as default 'to make this search engine your default search provider.
     
     Then select Search the web (Babylon) and click the Remove button to uninstall it.
     
  5. Click on the gear icon at the top (far right) (Tools for Windows XP users) and click again on Internet Options.In the General tab in the Home Page section enter your favorite website instead of search.babylon.com and then click Apply and OK to save the changes.
     

From Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox and click on Firefox from the upper left corner , then select Add-ons
   
2. From the Add-on manager, select Extensions and remove everything related to Babylon Ltd. from the list (eg : Babylon , Babylon Speller and Proofreading, Babylon Translate Activation) then restart your browser.
   
3. On the main window of Firefox , click the small magnifier icon at the right top corner as shown in the image below and select Manage Search Engines.
   
   In the new window, select Search the web (Babylon) and click on Remove and then chose your favorite search engine.Press OK to apply the changes.
   
4. Open Firefox and click on Firefox from the upper left corner , then select Options.In the General tab in the Home Page section enter your favorite website instead of search.babylon.com and then click OK to save the changes.
   

From Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome and click on the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.Click Tools and then select Extensions.
   
2. In the Extensions tab, Remove everything related to Babylon Ltd. from the list (eg : Babylon Translator ) then restart your browser.
   
3. Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.Select Options, then click the Basics tab and click on Manage search engines in the "Search" section. Select Search the web (Babylon) from the list and click the X that appears at the end of the row then select Google from the list and make it your default search engine.
   
4. Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.Select Options, then click the Basics tab. In the Home Page section enter your favorite website instead of search.babylon.com
   

STEP 3: Download and scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

1. Please download the latest official version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Free.
   
   
2. Install Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware by double clicking on mbam-setup.
   
3. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button. If Malwarebytes' prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.
   
4. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start and you'll be prompted to start a trial period , please select 'Decline' as we just want to use the on-demand scanner.
   
5. On the Scanner tab,please select Perform full scan and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for any possible infections.
   
6. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Babylon Toolbar malicious files as shown below.
   
7. When the scan is finished a message box will appear, click OK to continue.
   
8. You will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware has detected.Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.
   Make sure that everything is Checked (ticked) and click on Remove Selected button.
   
9. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will now start removing the malicious files.
   If during the removal process Malwarebytes will display a message stating that it needs to reboot, please allow this request.
   
   

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