BringMeSports Toolbar - How to remove

BringMeSports is a program that was developed by Mindspark. The application was designed to provide quick access to the latest sports news, real-time scores, live coverage of the hottest sporting match-ups, etc. It claims to enhance your experience watching live videos of your favorite matches and provide you with all the latest updates about sports events. You can download BringMeSports Toolbar from its official website and it is compatible with Chrome and Firefox browsers.

BringMeSports should be uninstalled:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
Installation of BringMeSports	Deceptive advertising, bundling with free programs.
Effects	Changes your homepage to hp.myway.com/bringmesports or home.tb.ask.com, changes your search site to search.tb.ask.com or search.myway.com, reads your browsing history for advertisement purposes.
How to remove BringMeSports	Use antivirus tools like SpyHunter (Windows) or Combo Cleaner (Mac OS), manually uninstall unwanted extensions from your computer (instructions in the last section).

How is BringMeSports installed

Over the years that it’s existed, BringMeSports was installed on tens of thousands of computers.

Recently some users have reported that BringMeSports was added to their browsers after downloading some free software, for example, music or video player, PDF creator, etc., without asking for any separate confirmation. Other people installed it on their own after being seduced by deceptive advertising. Either way, BringMeSports doesn’t always get installed honestly.

BringMeSports promised to give users quick access to live streams of football, hockey, basketball, and other sports. That doesn’t work because BringMeSports does nothing of the sort. Sports fanatics won’t get much out of this extension, as all it does is provide links to other sports websites.

Problems with BringMeSports

If you have noticed BringMeSports Toolbar on your browser and you haven’t downloaded it by yourself, you should consider removing it as it will hinder your usual browsing. BringMeSports hijacks your browser homepage and makes web search results show more ads. On top of being useless, it wastes your time.

At first, BringMeSports will change your browser homepage to home.tb.ask.com or to hp.myway.com/bringmesports and your default search engine to search.tb.ask.com or search.myway.com without your permission. It will also alter your search results by including lots of sponsored links every time you make an inquiry on the Internet. This activity is meant to increase the traffic of some commercial pages and inflate their page ranking in search results, making some ad money from you.

BringMeSports is very similar to BigGameCountdown, a newer sports-focused toolbar by the same developer. Other examples of similar toolbars include TrackaPackage and MapMyWayFree.

Avoid unwanted toolbars

To avoid BringMeSports Toolbar, you should be careful of bundlers. Every time you install a new program to your computer, you should closely check every installation step. If you see any attempts to make changes in your browser settings, do not allow them. Usually, unwanted changes and additional applications are marked to be installed by default together with the main software to which they are bundled. You must uncheck them to stop them from being installed.

Also, be skeptical of sites that promise to let you watch sports streams for free. Sometimes toolbar ads overpromise and trick people to install extensions they may not want – like BringMeSports’ page promised sports streams only to point you to third-party sites. Pages that promise to let you watch streams in Ultra HD for free and with no limitations often lead to scams. So, make sure that a service or site is safe before diving in.

If BringMeSports Toolbar has already been installed to your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome without your permission, you should remove it to ensure that your computer is safe. You can do it on your own, or you can use an antivirus program: we recommend SpyHunter for PC or Combo Cleaner for Mac, but any professional program will do.

Update of 1st of March, 2017. Even though we first detected this questionable browser extension back in 2014, MindSpark is not giving up on it. Recently, we noticed a wave of promotional content from MindSpark. It promotes a bunch of its applications and this relatively old browser hijacker BringMeSports is included. If you are introduced with advertisements for BringMeSports browser extension, do not believe the statements that MindSpark makes about it. Even though this company has a pretty decent reputation, its browser add-ons are doubted by many security analysts.  Since BringMeSports is classified as a browser hijacker, you should remove every trace of it from your device.

On behalf of developers of BringMeSports Toolbar we were asked to remove this article due to false information on it. However, we feel like this post is correct and helpful to our readers. BringMeSports Toolbar and other software developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. can be detected and recognised as viruses or potentially unwanted software by various anti-malware tools. Toolbars developed by Mindspark share same EULA (End User License Agreement) that is mislieding. It claims that this software is not an adware or malware, while there are statements that toolbars might display advertisements from 3rd parties or monetise toolbars in other ways. By definition such software is considered as an adware. All articles posted on www.2-viruses.com regarding products of Mindspark are correct.

Please notice that we are affiliated with several trustworthy anti-malware tools and information about our affiliates can be found in disclosure (see the link at the bottom of this page). Some of those tools are paid while other ones can be used for free. We provide free manual removal guides as well.

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Manual removal instructions

TopRemoving BringMeSports Toolbar from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to BringMeSports Toolbar. Click on the trash bin icon next to BringMeSports Toolbar or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to BringMeSports Toolbar, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to BringMeSports Toolbar and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to BringMeSports Toolbar, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving BringMeSports Toolbar from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything BringMeSports Toolbar related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to BringMeSports Toolbar, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.