Play-bar.net - How to remove

Play-bar.net might look like useful tool at first sight, but it is not true. It is listed as a browser hijacker, so if your computer is infected with Play-bar.net, home page and default search engine on your web browsers will be changed to www.play-bar.net. If you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browsers, your computer is definitely infected and you should take care of that.

There are two most common methods to eliminate malware like Play-bar.net – you can do it either manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which removal method to choose.

If you have no previous experience in removing viruses like Play-bar.net we recommend to do it automatically – it’s much easier and less time consuming. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. It should immediately detect and eliminate the virus. It will also protect your system from similar infections in the future so it’s worth to keep it installed. However, it’s not enough to scan your computer with anti-malware application to completely eliminate Play-bar.net because it won’t remove the virus from your web browsers. That means you have to do it manually – go to your web browser and change both home page and default search engine to completely uninstall Play-bar.net.

In case you prefer to perform this removal manually – scroll down below this article and take a look at our step-by-step Play-bar.net manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process of virus removal.  Try to complete all steps correctly and you will be able to eliminate Play-bar.net manually by your own.

If you have some questions regarding this topic or removal process feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all. To learn more about specific features about Play-bar.net please continue reading this article.

About Play-bar.net browser hijacker

It looks like legitimate search engine. Even though Play-bar.net uses original search engine of Google search, you should not trust it. This website was made to infect users’ computers and make money this way.

If you use Play-bar.net as your default search engine, you will see a lot of sponsored search results. They are not accurate and not relevant to your search queries, therefore you will waste your time this way. Moreover, if you click on one of those sponsored links, you will be redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.

Another unwanted attribute of Play-bar.net is advertisements. If your computer is infected with this malware, you will see various advertisements while browsing the Internet. Those ads can be displayed in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. New tab or even window with advertisement on it can be opened on your web browser at any time as well.

Distribution Methods of Play-bar.net virus

Every Internet user is like a walking bag of money in the eyes of crooks. Ventures as Play-bar.net virus are constructed so people would misjudge the situation because they are inadequately informed about the proper ways to avoid malware-laden content. As we have already mentioned, some third-parties master advertising strategies only for one purpose: to distribute content that is capable of pushing your system down the drain. After reacting to a unexpected pop-up, users can be drawn in to a hurricane called “malware”. It will start to spin infected devices out of control, until finally, users will address the necessary issue properly. How else can people get jeopardized by parasites and viruses? Our bet goes on the fact that many people download free applications without concerns about repercussions that might occur in the future. Browser hijackers, adware or other types of pests are built not for hard labour, but for deception. Before downloading free programs, always make sure that the program you want is not spotted to perform unsatisfactorily. Many free applications offer users to install additional programs: pick advanced/custom modes for installers and be certain that no shady-looking software is coming to your device with the selected application.

 

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How to remove Play-bar.net using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Play-bar.net install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Play-bar.net . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Play-bar.net easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Play-bar.net from macOS

Delete Play-bar.net from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Play-bar.net app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Play-bar.net from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Play-bar.net, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser 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.

How To remove Play-bar.net from Firefox:Top

• 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 Play-bar.net 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.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Play-bar.net, 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.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Play-bar.net from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

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

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• 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.

How to remove Play-bar.net from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Play-bar.net and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Play-bar.net, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

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

Manual removal