What is FlightSearch Toolbar?

FlightSearch Toolbar is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is usually accompanied with other free software and developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. The developers of this PUP are notoriously known for their malicious programs, for example MapsGalaxy Toolbar that we have already discussed in the previous article. FlightSearch Toolbar will set toolbar, search engine and homepage of your web browser to its own – Ask.com. You need to remove FlightSearch Toolbar because this adware will make your browsing experience very annoying as FlightSearch Toolbar displays a lot of sponsored advertisement and even disrupts your online searches. This program can be labeled both as an adware and PUP. Excessive advertising, regular redirects to potentially harmful web sites – all these problems are caused by FlightSearch Toolbar adware, that’s why you need to get rid of it as soon as possible. This guide will help you to remove FlightSearch Toolbar and reset browser settings in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.

How FlightSearch Toolbar gets on your PC?

FlightSearch Toolbar is usually accompanied with other free software that you download from the internet. It’s pretty much frequent that the user himself allowed this malware on their computer. But some applications do not appropriately disclose that some other software will also be installed. That’s the most common case of getting FlightSearch Toolbar on your computer. Next time try to be more cautious while installing any application and always choose the option of advanced or custom install.

How to remove FlightSearch Toolbar from your computer?

To uninstall FlightSearch Toolbar remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

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You can try both of these products to remove FlightSearch Toolbar

Or uninstall FlightSearch Toolbar manually.

Step 1: Remove FlightSearch Toolbar from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find FlightSearch 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 FlightSearch 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 FlightSearch Toolbar, select it and click Uninstall.

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

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate FlightSearch Toolbar and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove FlightSearch Toolbar from your browser.

Step 2: Remove FlightSearch Toolbar from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find FlightSearch Toolbar.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose FlightSearch Toolbar.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable FlightSearch Toolbar.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: 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.

Step 2: Remove following files and folders of FlightSearch Toolbar:

Remove following registry entries:

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Remove following folders

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