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Hey,

I accidentaly and unfortunately installed that unwanted toolbar on my Safari and I can't uninstall it now.

Can anyone help?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Nov 28, 2010 4:03 PM

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Nov 28, 2010 4:07 PM in response to tarczyn

HI and welcome....

Which toolbar is this?

Try ...

Open a Finder window. Select MacintoshHD in the Sidebar on the left. Then open the Library folder, the Application Support folder, the InputManagers folder, and the Scripting Additions folder.

The files in the Application Support folder: S IMBL/Plugins/CT2285220.bundle
Move those to the Trash

Move all the toolbar related files to the Trash, then relaunch Safari.







Carolyn 🙂

Nov 29, 2010 1:27 AM in response to tarczyn

That toolbar/ct plugin seems to cause problems for all who install it!

Close Safari, then locate and delete the following files and it should be gone:

/Library/Application Support/Conduit
/Library/InputManagers/CTLoader
/Library/Receipts/ctloader.pkg
/Library/Receipts/<Toolbar name>.pkg
/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/CT2285220.bundle
/Users/<User name>/Library/Application Support/Conduit

where / is the root library on your Hard Disk.

If you are running Snow Leopard you should also look here:

Library/launchAgents/com.conduit.loader.agent.plist
Library/Application support/conduit plugins

Note: Safari does not support any third-party toolbars except those supplied as an extension to Safari via the Extension Gallery.

Jan 17, 2011 2:26 PM in response to tarczyn

I just found the culprit on my child's machine. Instead of looking in the top-level /Library, look in the Library folder under the specific user for these:

Application Support/TelevisionFanatic
Caches/com.mindspark.TelevisionFanatic.Agent.plist
LaunchAgents/com.mindspark.TelevisionFanatic.Agent.plist
Preferences/com.mindspark.MyWebSearch.plist
ScriptingAdditions/TelevisionFanatic.osax

(I found another suspicious LaunchAgent while cleaning this up, which may or may not be related.)

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