What is Sweetpacks Toolbar?

Sweetpacks Toolbar is a program that is installed on the computer as a browser extension – it can be classified as toolbar and hijacker. This program hijacks the most popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Sweetpacks Toolbar displays advertising banners and other advertising pop-ups. Sweetpacks Toolbar changes your browser settings and can change your homepage. This program aims to ensure that you have spent the money, so don’t believe the content that is displayed on the screen. Also, this program installs its toolbar and other unnecessary things. Sweetpacks Toolbar removal is not easy because this program can be restored after some time.

How is Sweetpacks Toolbar installed on your PC?

Sweetpacks Toolbar comes with other free applications from sites that may distribute freeware. Also, this program can get on the computer when the user responds to the pop-ups that are false. For example, when there is a pop-up “upgrade your browser” or “your computer is at risk” and so on. Don’t forget to read the user agreements during installation and don’t agree with the installation of unknown applications. If you follow these rules, you can avoid such problems. Also you can search and install programs which will help you to secure your PC.

How to remove Sweetpacks Toolbar from your PC?

If you want to divest your computer of it, you will need to follow these steps. Please follow them carefully, as if you miss something, the Sweetpacks Toolbar and search will not be completely removed. The program does not contain any uninstall program so the only way is to delete it manually.

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You can try both of these products to remove Sweetpacks Toolbar

Or uninstall Sweetpacks Toolbar manually:

Uninstalling from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Sweetpacks Toolbar.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Sweetpacks Toolbar and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Sweetpacks Toolbar, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

After that remove Sweetpacks Toolbar from your browser.

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Type chrome://extensions/.
3. Find Sweetpacks Toolbar.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove it.
5. Also look for other suspicious extensions.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Type about:addons.
3. Go to Extensions.
4. Choose Sweetpacks Toolbar.
5. Click Disable or Remove button.
6. If remove button is not available – use one of the antispyware products above.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Sweetpacks Toolbar.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – use one of the antispyware products above.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove following registry entries:

HKLMSOFTWARESweetPacks

Then remove following files:

sweetpacks.exe
uninstall.exe
VideoConverter.exe
Uninstall.lnk
Video Converter.lnk
CleanSchedule.exe
eng_rcp.ini
isxdl.dll
RegCleanPro.dll
SweetPCFix.exe
xmllite.dll

And these folders:

%PROGRAMS%SweetPacks
%PROGRAMFILES%SweetPacks
%PROGRAMFILES%sweetpacks bundle uninstaller

Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:

1. Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
2. Choose Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. Go to Reset browser settings section.
5. Click Reset browser settings.
6. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.

Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Go to Help.
3. Go to Troubleshooting information.
4. Click Reset Firefox… button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.

Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
3. Click Internet options.
4. Go to Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
7. Click Reset button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.

Written by Rami Douafi