What is iLivid Toolbar?

iLivid is a malicious toolbar that can be installed in Internet Explorer, Firefox or Bing. This infection usually is installed by a Trojan that users can find on some malicious web pages. No matter what antivirus program is installed on your computer, it will not detect the Trojan because this infection is able to deactivate any of the antivirus programs. Even if you run a full scan, you will not find anything. If you want to uninstall iLivid Toolbar and to get rid of the Trojan that installed the toolbar.

ilivid toolbar

How is iLivid Toolbar installed on your PC?

iLivid Toolbar is a usual toolbar with different options and it is like malicious at first sight. But if this toolbar is installed on your computer by itself (with the help of a Trojan), then you can be sure that it is malicious. Some users report about different pop-ups that are shown with the appearance of this toolbar. So, they decided to remove iLivid Toolbar, but they cannot find it in the list of installed programs in Add/Remove utility. So, if you are in the same situation, then you should perform the following actions.

How to remove iLivid 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 iLivid 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.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have iLivid Toolbar in their database. They also can help you reset browser settings. You can try to use them for removing iLivid Toolbar.

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You can try both of these products to remove iLivid Toolbar

Or uninstall iLivid Toolbar manually:

Uninstalling from Control Panel

Windows XP:

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

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

After that remove iLivid Toolbar from your browser.

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Type chrome://extensions/.
  3. Find iLivid 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 iLivid 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 iLivid 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:


Key: SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerBrowser Helper Objects
Value: DataMngr
Data: {9D717F81-9148-4f12-8568-69135F087DB0}

Then remove following files:


BrowserConnection.dll
IEBHO.dll
DnsBHO.dll
DataMngrHlpFF3.dll
DataMngrHlpFF4.dll
DataMngrHlpFF5.dll
DataMngrHlpFF6.dll
DataMngrHlpFF7.dll
DataMngrHlpFF10.dll
DataMngrHlpFF11.dll
DataMngrHlpFF8.dll
DataMngrHlpFF12.dll
DataMngrHlpFF13.dll
DataMngrHlpFF9.dll
installhelper.dll
DataMngrHlpFF14.dll
uninstall.exe
DataMngrHlpFF15.dll
datamngr.dll
dtUser.exe
searchquband.dll
searchqudtx.dll
DataMngrHlpFF16.dll

And these folders


C:Program Fileswindows ilivid toolbar

Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

google chrome logo 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.

mozilla firefox logo 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.

internet explorer logo 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.

Information provided by: Alexey Abalmasov

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