What is the SimplePictureEdit Toolbar – New Tab

SimplePictureEdit Toolbar – New Tab is created by Mindspark Interactive also known as IAC applications. These Toolbars and New Tabs are promoted as useful, as their Toolbars deliver all kinds of useful information, such as the traffic, current weather, pdf converter tools etc.

SimplePictureEdit toolbar changes your default browser and replaces your default homepage to a specified homepage, in this case, search.myway.com, hp.myway.com or myway.com. SimplePictureEdit integrates with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox as a Browser Extension and a Browser Helper Object for Internet Explorer.

SimplePictureEdit Toolbar is known as a Potentially Unwanted Program.

According to Mindspark, their Toolbars and New Tabs do NOT collect any personal information, do NOT monitor the sites you visit, do NOT monitor your behavior on the Internet, do NOT log or track keystrokes, do NOT “hijack” your home page. This is not entirely true.

Toolbars do change your homepage, and they do report that also in their installation process. However, this text is so small and barely visible to the user. MindSpark also states their Toolbars and New Tabs do NOT serve or facilitate advertisements.

How to prevent SimplePictureEdit Toolbar – New Tab?

First of all, do not install the Browser extensions through their Mindspark websites. Besides that, it might happen this SimplePictureEdit Toolbar is somehow offered as a third-party useful browser enhancement. It goes without saying you shouldn’t accept this offer.

How to Remove SimplePictureEdit Toolbar – New Tab?

SimplePictureEdit Toolbar – New Tab Removal – Quick Menu

1. Remove Popups and Redirects with Malwarebytes

2. Restore and Clean your Browser with Zemana

3. Detect and Remove Adware with AdwCleaner

4. Remove adware, trojans, spyware, and malware with Ultra Adware Killer

5. Optional - Reset the browser settings

If you experience the Redirect advertisements on Mac OS
follow this generic guide to Remove Redirects from Apple Mac OS

Remove SimplePictureEdit Toolbar with MalwareBytes AdwCleaner

• Right-click the AdwCleaner executable you just downloaded and select "Run as Administrator" this is important.
• Select the Scan Now button.

• Wait for the adware & malware scan to finish.
• Click the Clean & Repair button to remove the adware and malware from your PC.

• Wait for AdwCleaner to remove the adware and malware from your PC.
• Click the Clean & Restart Now button to finish the malware removal process.

• After the reboot, AdwCleaner shows a summary of the detected and removed malware files.

Remove Toolbar left overs with MalwareBytes 3 – Anti-Malware

Get rid of Malware with Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes is free to use, detect and remove malware from your PC. Detect the latest adware, potentially unwanted programs and other malware  with Malwarebytes. Protect your PC with Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes works perfectly in addition to a virusscanner.

Run the Malwarebytes program installation file. Click here for Malwarebytes installation instructions.
Click Scan Now to start examining for malware.

Malwarebytes will start searching for malware, please wait for Malwarebytes to finish the malware scan.
Malwarebytes usually takes between 2 to 5 minutes to complete.

Once the malware scan is performed, Malwarebytes will present the results of the malware scan.
Remove the malware found by Malwarebytes using the Quarantine Selected button.

Wait for Malwarebytes to move all malware to quarantine.

Malwarebytes needs to make a system reboot to finish the malware removal process.
Save and close any working documents or open web pages and click Yes to reboot your PC.

After the system reboot, your PC is clean from malware. Stay protected with Malwarebytes against future threats. Malwarebytes stops adware, potentially unwanted programs, malicious web pages, suspicious downloads, viruses, spyware and ransomware from infecting your machine.

Remove any Browser Redirects, Browser Hijackers with Zemana Anti-Malware

Zemana Anti-Malware is an second opinion anti-malware scanner which uses Cloud technology for malware detection. Zemana is the fastest, smallest and most proactively malware scanner available. Zemana is its best in addition to a primary virus scanner or malware scanner such as Malwarebytes.

Open the Zemana anti-malware setup file.
Install Zemana anti-malware using the default settings, after successful installation Zemana anti-malware will update itself to the latest version.

Select the Scan button to perform a malware scan, wait for the scan to finish, this usually takes a few minutes.

Click the Next button to remove the malware found by Zemana on your computer.

Wait a couple of seconds for Zemana to remove the malware from your PC.

Your PC is successfully cleaned by Zemana. Zemana is an excellent protection for people searching for a lightweight malware detection and removal tool. Zemana is its best in addition to a more comprehensive antivirus or anti-malware security application such as Malwarebytes.

Reset Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox

Using these instructions you can reset Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox to their default configuration.

 Reset Internet Explorer to default settings

Follow instructions

• Note: If you are running Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, start Internet Explorer from the desktop. Changing your settings will affect both Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer that you start from the desktop.
  1. Start Internet Explorer
  2. On the Tools menu, tap or click Internet options. If you don't see the Tools menu, press Alt.
  3. In the Internet Options window, tap or click the Advanced tab
  4. Tap or click Reset. If you're using Windows Internet Explorer 6, click Restore Default
  5. In the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box, tap or click Reset
     Note: Select the Delete personal settings check box if you also want to remove browsing history, search providers, Accelerators, home pages, Tracking Protection, and ActiveX Filtering data (recommended!).
  6. When Internet Explorer finishes applying the default settings, tap or click Close, and then tap or click OK.
  7. Exit Internet Explorer and again, start Internet Explorer to see the results.

 Reset Google Chrome to default settings

1. In the top-right corner of the browser window, click the Chrome menu
2. Select Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Show advanced settings.
4. Under the section "Reset settings,” click Reset settings.
5. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.
   Note: When the "Help make Google Chrome better by reporting the current settings" checkbox is selected you are anonymously sending Google your Chrome settings. Reporting these settings allows Google to analyze trends and work to prevent future unwanted settings changes.

Settings that change

• Default search engine and saved search engines will be reset and to their original defaults.
• Homepage button will be hidden and the URL that you previously set will be removed.
• Default startup tabs will be cleared. The browser will show a new tab when you start up or continue where you left off if you're on a Chromebook.
• New Tab page will be empty unless you have a version of Chrome with an extension that controls it. In that case, your page may be preserved.
• Pinned tabs will be unpinned.
• Content settings will be cleared and reset to their installation defaults.
• Cookies and site data will be cleared.
• Extensions and themes will be disabled.

 Reset Mozilla Firefox to default settings

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