Showing posts with label free way to eradicate ILivid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free way to eradicate ILivid. Show all posts

Monday, September 24, 2012

Kept Being Redirected by ILivid? Help to Stop the Annoyance and Tips for Prevention

Why Deleting ILivid from Add-Remove Doesn’t Resolve the Issue?

Most of the toolbars can be removed in Add-Remove Program like any other legit programs. However, it cannot be applied to Ilivid toolbar as it has changed the search provider settings. Plus, with some software bundled, the uninstaller does not work properly at all. Therefore, manual approach is needed to change your search provider to the one you had before getting infected by this annoying application. After that you need to replace search providers to ensure a complete removal.

Characteristics of ILivid

ILivid is, in effect, a browser toolbar that can be installed to most of the browsers. It gets inside through various sharing websites or it can come bundled with other software. Once it lands on your machine, you’ll certainly get redirected to iLivid.com or other unsuspected web sites every time you input the url and press Enter key. Just like any other browser hijackers, it modifies your browser settings, expands your bookmark list with various unknown websites and set your default homepage as iLivid.com without your consent.