ChatZum is basically a browser hijacker. If you are an excessive free downloader, then you are at the verge of getting infected with the ChatZum. It will add the toolbar and change your browser homepage and default search engine to search.chatzum.com. ChatZum Search will display advertisements and sponsored links in your search results, and may collect search terms from your search queries.
ChatZum toolbar comes as an additional download or optional install with some other free software. If you had agreed to install it with the primary software that you intended to install, it will appear in your browser and even if you uninstall the primary software, the toolbar will remain there.
So how exactly are you supposed to remove this toolbar. The following article will help answer this question.
Uninstall ChatZum toolbar from your computer
- Click the start button.
- Click control panel and go to uninstall a program.
- Search and uninstall the ChatZum toolbar from your computer.
It is to be kept in mind that it is not compulsory that it will appear by the name of a ChatZum toolbar in the list of programs that you can uninstall. Therefore, go for uninstalling any software that is developed by ChatZum.
How to remove ChatZum toolbar from internet explorer
- Launch internet explorer.
- Click on the gear sign at the top far right.
- Click on manage add-ons.
- Go into toolbars and extensions tab.
- Select ChatZum toolbar and XBTBPos00 extensions and then click on disable.
- Once done, you can set your homepage and default search engine back to whatever you need.
How to remove ChatZum toolbar from Mozilla firefox
- Click on the orange firefox button on the top left of the firefox window.
- Click on Add-ons.
- Go into the extensions toolbar.
- Remove delta toolbar, claro toolbar, mixiDJ and Yontoo extensions.
- Once done, you can set your homepage and default search engine back to whatever you need.
How to remove ChatZum toolbar from Google chrome
- Click on the menu button in the google chrome.
- Click on tools.
- Click on extensions.
- Remove ChatZum.com extension by clicking the recycle bin icon that appears in front of the extension name.
- Once done, you can set your homepage and default search engine back to whatever you need.
How to remove ChatZum toolbar registry via PC performer
- Click Here to download PC Performer.
- Close all opened browsers, then launch PC performer.
- Once Pc performer is running, click on scan registry.
- Once done, click on delete or clear registry.
- Your registry will be cleaned. Now reboot your computer.
- Once rebooted, your computer and browser will be completely free of ChatZum toolbar and its useless files.
If your problem with the ChatZum toolbar persists, run a complete computer scan including the malware scan.