What is HeadlineAlley Toolbar?
HeadlineAlley Toolbar – fake toolbar that comes on the computer as a browser extension and hijacks popular browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Per developers, HeadlineAlley Toolbar enhances browsing experience and provides access to news blogs and sites, weather forecasts and more. In reality, HeadlineAlley is very annoying and brings a lot of troubles. This hijacker changes browser settings, homepage and search engine. HeadlineAlley collects your personal data that can be transmitted to third party sites. After penetrating the computer, HeadlineAlley Toolbar begins to display a huge amount of advertising, banners and coupons, pop-ups and so on. These promotional products may refer to popular online stores, such as Amazon, eBay, AliExpress and others. Also, HeadlineAlley Toolbar can redirect the user to other sites and replace the search results. HeadlineAlley Toolbar significantly reduces the performance of your browser. HeadlineAlley Toolbar is a potentially unwanted program, so if you find it on your PC, then you should uninstall it immediately.
How HeadlineAlley Toolbar gets on your PC?
Malicious software that is often among the potentially unwanted programs penetrates a computer with other free programs such as archivers, players, editors and so on. This happens without the user’s knowledge. The main reason for this – the user carelessness. Few people read the user agreement and other information during the installation. Sometimes ad sites create their download managers and hide therein potentially malicious software. If you want to prevent the infiltration of unwanted software, then you need to follow a few rules. Always read the user agreement. Select advanced type of installation and make sure that you aren’t offered to install something to supplement. Do not agree to install unfamiliar software. You can also use special programs that will help you to protect your PC. If your PC is already infected, then use our instructions to get rid of HeadlineAlley Toolbar.
How to remove HeadlineAlley Toolbar from your computer?
To uninstall HeadlineAlley Toolbar remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have HeadlineAlley Toolbar in their database. You can try to use them for removing HeadlineAlley Toolbar.
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as HeadlineAlley Toolbar.
You can try both of these products to remove HeadlineAlley Toolbar
Or uninstall HeadlineAlley Toolbar manually.
Step 1: Remove HeadlineAlley Toolbar from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find HeadlineAlley Toolbar.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find HeadlineAlley Toolbar and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find HeadlineAlley Toolbar, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
Windows 10:
- Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
- Click on App & features on the left menu.
- On the right side, locate HeadlineAlley Toolbar and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
- 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 HeadlineAlley Toolbar from your browser.
Step 2: Remove HeadlineAlley Toolbar from browsers
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find HeadlineAlley Toolbar.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose HeadlineAlley Toolbar.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable HeadlineAlley Toolbar.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- 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:- Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
- Choose Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings.
- Go to Reset browser settings section.
- Click Reset browser settings.
- In the dialog that appears, click Reset.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.
Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- Go to Help.
- Go to Troubleshooting information.
- Click Reset Firefox… button.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.
Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
- Click Internet options.
- Got to Advanced tab.
- Click Reset button.
- Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
- Click Reset button.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.
Step 4: Remove following files and folders of HeadlineAlley Toolbar:
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Written by Rami Douafi