Browser Hijacker - MyStart.Incredibar Search

MyStart.Incredibar Search

Mystart Incredibar Search is a browser hijacker which often comes embedded with many download applications and installers such as HyperCam. It is known to install itself into the following browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.

Removing Incredibar can be a daunting task since there are many different variations and most infected systems can expect to find undesirable windows registry changes, browsers configuration changes and files with random strings that are installed into the users local settings folders and depending on the version of your Microsoft Windows you use the location will vary from one version to the next. In some variations of Incredibar it appeals to be a removable add-on within Google Chrome and Firefox, simply removing Incredibar via the inbuilt browser add-on removal process is not enough since the infected system has combined registry and file installs of which reinstalls itself upon a system reboot.

A few virus and spyware removal applications such as Webroot Spysweeper and Eset NOD32 are known to remove Mystart Incredibar Search, but by using these applications to do so will not revert back to your default search engine. Manual removal seems the most effective method as it will revert back all changes while giving you a good understanding how to remove should you get something similar again.