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Should I remove My Wave Toolbar for IE?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
85% remove it15% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
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Versions

VersionDistribution
6.20.0.10 100.00%

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My Wave Toolbar for IE

What is My Wave Toolbar for IE?

My Wave Toolbar (from Trovi) is an ad-supported toolbar for Internet Explorer that will upon installation modify IE's home page, search provider and new tab pages by setting setting it to Trovi.com. Changes to the browser include (according to the EULA) the following:

- Change of the default home page and/or new tabs of your Internet Browser, and protect your search settings.
- Change of the default search engine in your Internet Browser, including your Browser's built-in search box.
- Allow first-party and third-party Cookies to be installed in your Browser.
- Allowing Trovi access to information contained on your social network account and/or site.
- Addition of alternative error page functionality, such as “Page Not Found”.
- Additional search-related services.

About  (from Client Connect LTD)

Trovi offers the Toolbar that may be customized by third parties and then distributed to you via Publishers. Certain Toolbars may include web search box(es) and other features. By Using the Toolbar, you may enable Trovi to access, use, and collect a variety of information, both personal and non-personal, regarding your...  Read more
Overview
  • Loads into the web browser
  • This toolbar is distributed via Conduit (potentially unwanted)
  • Installed as part of a co-bundle
  • Hijacks the web browser's home page
  • Hijacks the browser's default search provider
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
My Wave Toolbar for IE has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: My Wave
URL: MyWave.OurToolbar.com
Help link: MyWave.OurToolbar.com/help
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\tbccint\ie\ct3316873
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\Tbccint\IE\CT3316873\UninstallerUI.exe" -ctid=CT3316873 -toolbarName=My Wave -toolbarEnv=conduit -type=IE -origin=AddRemove -userMode=
Estimated size: 1.66 MB
This is a Community Toolbar by Conduit, what does that mean?
Conduit is a toolbar monetization platform for software publishers. It provides a utility for developers to create branded generic web browser toolbars. Publishers can bundle these toolbars with their software programs or provide access to download them separately through MyWave.OurToolbar.com. Once installed, the toolbar modifies the browser's home page and search settings in order to redirect searches through the Conduit portal (which utilizes Bing or Yahoo! Search engines). Read more...

Program filesFiles installed by My Wave Toolbar for IE

  • UninstallerUI.exe - 1.6.1.11

How do I remove My Wave Toolbar for IE?

You can uninstall My Wave Toolbar for IE from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program My Wave Toolbar for IE, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove My Wave Toolbar for IE.
  4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by My Wave Toolbar for IE you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 85%
Keep it 15%
 
MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7 (SP1)
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
100.00%
United States

Distribution by countryGeography

100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 100.00%

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