Search.conduit.com (Uninstall Guide)
Search.conduit.com is a web search engine owned by Conduit Ltd. Some users consider it a very annoying bug. Why is that? Our readers passed a few discussions to us recently about it. There's been a lot of noise on tech support forums and blogs about conduit search and problems that occur on Windows computers when uninstalling search.conduit.com. Apparently, it does things like redirect user search queries and change their Internet home page. This search engine comes with web browser toolbars created using Conduit software. Some people don't even know where it has come from because they though they were installing only a toolbar.
You can uninstall conduit toolbar very easily, which is done the same way you uninstall any program, via add/remove programs in the control panel. However, conduit search engine can't be uninstalled easily in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. You need to change settings and remove search providers manually. This brings use to what we consider the more interesting question. Why so many companies fail to create proper uninstallers? Such practice makes them look untrustworthy. It isn't malware, although it is frustrating. I found myself explaining the basics over and over again, so I decided to write a simple, step-by-step guide on how to remove search.conduit.com in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Please follow the removal instructions below. Good luck and be safe online!
Remove search.conduit.com in Internet Explorer:
1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons.
2. Select Search Providers. First of all, choose Bing search engine and make it your default search provider (set as default). Then select Web Search and click Remove button to uninstall it (lower right corner of the window).
3. Go to Tools → Internet Options. Select General tab and click Use default button or enter your own website, e.g. google.com instead of search.conduit.com. Click OK to save the changes.
Remove search.conduit.com in Mozilla Firefox:
1. Open up Mozilla Firefox. Type about:config in the Location Bar (address bar) and press Enter to display the list of preferences.
2. Now in the filter field, type in conduit and press Enter.
3. Double-click the browser.startup.homepage preference. Delete search.conduit.com and type in google.com or whatever you want. Click OK.
4. Go to Tools → Options. Under the General tab reset the startup homepage. That's it.
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You can uninstall conduit toolbar very easily, which is done the same way you uninstall any program, via add/remove programs in the control panel. However, conduit search engine can't be uninstalled easily in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. You need to change settings and remove search providers manually. This brings use to what we consider the more interesting question. Why so many companies fail to create proper uninstallers? Such practice makes them look untrustworthy. It isn't malware, although it is frustrating. I found myself explaining the basics over and over again, so I decided to write a simple, step-by-step guide on how to remove search.conduit.com in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Please follow the removal instructions below. Good luck and be safe online!
Remove search.conduit.com in Internet Explorer:
1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons.
2. Select Search Providers. First of all, choose Bing search engine and make it your default search provider (set as default). Then select Web Search and click Remove button to uninstall it (lower right corner of the window).
3. Go to Tools → Internet Options. Select General tab and click Use default button or enter your own website, e.g. google.com instead of search.conduit.com. Click OK to save the changes.
Remove search.conduit.com in Mozilla Firefox:
1. Open up Mozilla Firefox. Type about:config in the Location Bar (address bar) and press Enter to display the list of preferences.
2. Now in the filter field, type in conduit and press Enter.
3. Double-click the browser.startup.homepage preference. Delete search.conduit.com and type in google.com or whatever you want. Click OK.
4. Go to Tools → Options. Under the General tab reset the startup homepage. That's it.
Tell your friends:
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