How to get rid of http://api.mybrowserbar.com/ on firefox

Question

Level 1

0 points

How to get rid of http://api.mybrowserbar.com/ on firefox

I've been noticing some issues for a while now on internet speed and overall computer speed. I just thought that my macbook pro was getting old (4.5 yrs) and I wasn't overly concerned...frustrated, but not overly concerned. But then in the past few days this http://api.mybrowserbar.com started coming up and giving me all kinds of issues. When I googled it I saw that it was malware, but all the directions to get rid of it are for pc. I also saw some things on the forum here, but they weren't specific to firefox and I am not technical (at all) so I wasn't sure about the differences.

Any suggestions? And please, keep it simple!!

Thanks!

Posted on Jun 21, 2014 10:27 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Linc Davis

Level 10

209,541 points

Jun 21, 2014 10:28 AM in response to agooch0325

If Safari is not affected, it's most likely a Firefox extension. Remove any such extensions that you don't know you need. If in doubt, remove all of them.

Reply

Answer 2

agooch0325 Author

Level 1

0 points

Jun 21, 2014 10:52 AM in response to Linc Davis

How do I know if safari is also affected?

Reply

Answer 3

Linc Davis

Level 10

209,541 points

Jun 21, 2014 11:03 AM in response to agooch0325

By doing in Safari whatever you're doing in Firefox that triggers the problem.

Reply

Answer 4

Jul 5, 2014 9:20 AM in response to agooch0325

Update July 2014: In Chrome settings, Extensions, mybrowserbar wasn't listed, but an unknown thing was, whose description matches the behavior others have described:

Domain Error Assistant 1.4

This extension saves you time by providing relevant search results instead of an error page

I disabled it and instantly the problem was gone. So, it appears that the scumware had just retitled itself.

Reply