ZoneAlarm Toolbar

ZoneAlarm is a legitimate application which is accessible at zonealarm.com and other sources. The application is said to be powered with different features allowing the user to protect his or her privacy; however, a lot of complains have been recorded as ZoneAlarm promotes a toolbar, which hijacks popular browsers. The browser add-on is compatible with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. It is essential that you pay attention to the installer of ZoneAlarm and the information provided by it. The installer provides two options below the license agreement which should not be select in order to prevent the changes of the browsers.

Below you will find how the option read:

Set ZoneAlarm Search as my default search provider for: Internet Explorer
Set Zone Alarm Search as my home page and new tab for: Internet Explorer

As a result, the home page of the browsers is change to search.zonealarm.com, which is developed by Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. The search engine generates display ads, which change on a regular basis, and displays sponsored links, which are presented to drive more traffic to particular websites.

ZoneAlarm installs a bunch of components on Internet Explorer, including AltFFControl Class, ZoneAlarm Security Engine, ZoneAlarm Security Toolbar, and AZone Alarms Helper Object. It is advisable to remove the toolbar and restore the settings in order to browse the Internet safely.

Due to the changes that are made to the browsers, ZoneAlarm software is categorizer as a potentially unwanted program (PUP).

In case you are one of those unsatisfied computer users who do not like ZoneAlarm Search and the toolbar, you have two options for the removal. Below you will find our step-by-step removal instructions, so if you want to get rid of ZoneAlarm toolbar manually, follow the instructions provided. Once you complete the removal, scan the PC with SpyHunter or its free scanner.

Another option is automatic removal. It means that Zone Alarm Search can be removed from the PC for you if you implement SpyHunter. It will save your time as whenever a computer threat is detected, it will remove the infection for you. It will also save your money as you will not have to consult a specialist once you get suspicious about the performance of the PC – just launch a system and wait until the search results are provided.

How to remove ZoneAlarm Toolbar

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Click Start and click Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a program and remove the unwanted program.

Windows XP

1. Click Start and click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove programs.
3. Select the unwanted program and click the Remove button.

Windows 8

1. Press the Windows key and type control panel.
2. Click the Control Panel icon.
3. Click Uninstall a program and remove the unwanted program.

Remove ZoneAlarm Search from your browsers

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and click Internet Option.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Click Reset.
4. Select the check box.
5. Click Reset.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+H.
2. Click Troubleshooting Information.
3. Click Reset Firefox - > Reset Firefox - > Finish.

Scan the computer with our recommended scanner to ascertain what unwanted processes are running in the system.