How to manually remove Playbar.biz (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge)

What is Playbar.biz

Technically, Playbar.biz is a browser hijacker, it is not a virus. Once started, the hijacker modifies browser’s settings. Once this hijacker gets installed on your computer, it changes the settings of all your browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge. It will set Playbar.biz as your homepage, new tab page and search engine by default. Thus, if you start any of the browsers, it will always be open this annoying site. Moreover, when you create a new tab, the Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge can be also redirected to Playbar.biz.

The Playbar.biz infection can change the settings of the Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge, but often that a parasites like this can also infect all types of web-browsers by changing their desktop shortcuts. Thus forcing the user each time open the browser to see Playbar.biz annoying page.

The Playbar.biz browser hijacker may also change the default search engine that will virtually block the possibility of finding information on the Internet. The reason for this is that the Playbar.biz search results may open a huge number of ads, links to malicious and misleading pages. Only the remaining part is the result of your search request, loaded from the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo or Bing.

The Playbar.biz hijacker infection is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. As a rootkit hides in the system, changes internet browser settings, and blocks them from changing. Also this internet browser browser hijacker infection can install additional web-browser addons, extensions and modules that will open advertisements and popups. And finally, the Playbar.biz infection can collect a wide variety of personal information such as what web-sites you are opening, what you are looking for the Internet and so on. This information, in the future, may be transferred to third parties. Therefore it is very important to as quickly as possible to clean your PC, get rid of Playbar.biz homepage, as well as other malicious and ad-supported software, which could penetrate the PC along with it.

How to Playbar.biz infection get installed onto personal computer

The Playbar.biz browser hijacker infection spreads with a simple but quite effective way. It is integrated into the installation package of various free programs. Thus on the process of installation, it will infect your web-browser and change it’s settings on the Playbar.biz. To avoid browser hijacker, you just need to follow a few simple rules: carefully read the Terms of Use and the license, select only a Manual, Custom or Advanced installation mode, which enables you to make sure that the program you want to install, do not infect your computer with hijacker infection like Playbar.biz.

How to manually remove Playbar.biz

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually remove Playbar.biz homepage from Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

1. Remove Playbar.biz associated software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Playbar.biz startpage
3. Remove Playbar.biz startpage from Google Chrome
4. Uninstall Playbar.biz search from Firefox
5. Delete Playbar.biz homepage from IE

Remove Playbar.biz associated software by using Windows Control Panel

Press Windows key , then click Search . Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then click “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will open the Windows Control Panel as shown below.

Click “Uninstall a program” It will open a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown programs.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Playbar.biz

During the installation, this infection may also change the internet browser’s shortcuts, adding “http://playbar.biz/” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you start the browser, it will display this annoying site.

To clear the internet browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text “http://playbar.biz/” that has been added here. You need to remove it. When the text is removed, press the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your web-browsers, as they may be infected too.

Remove Playbar.biz startpage from Google Chrome

Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click to Settings option. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown below and click on the Reset settings button. Confirm your action, click on the Reset button.

Uninstall Playbar.biz search from Firefox

Open the Firefox menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click on the Help button (). In the Help menu click on the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button. Confirm your action. Click on the “Refresh Firefox”.

Delete Playbar.biz homepage from IE

Run Internet Explorer, press ). Click “Internet Options” as shown below. In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next press Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will open the Reset Internet Explorer settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button. You will now need to restart your system for the changes to take effect. It will remove Playbar.biz browser hijacker, disable malicious and ad-supported browser’s extensions and restore the Microsoft Internet Explorer’s homepage to default state.

Remove Playbar.biz with MalwareBytes Anti-malware.

Remove Playbar.biz browser hijacker manually is difficult and often infection is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the MalwareBytes Anti-malware Free that are completely clean your PC system. Moreover, the free software will help you to remove adware and toolbars that your personal computer may be infected too.

Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM) from the link below.

Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your personal computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup like below.

When the installation begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you install MalwareBytes Anti-malware on your PC system.

Once installation is complete, you will see window similar to the one below.

Now click on the “Scan Now” button to start scanning your computer for the infection that cause a redirect to Playbar.biz. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.

When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Remove Selected” button. The MalwareBytes Anti-malware will start to remove Playbar.biz hijacker related files, folders, registry keys. Once disinfection is completed, you may be prompted to Restart.

Block Playbar.biz and other similar malicious sites

To increase your security and protect your system against new unwanted advertisements and malicious web pages, you need to use an application that blocks access to dangerous advertising and web sites. Moreover, the software can block the show of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web-sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard program using the following link.

After the download is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown below.

Follow the prompts. After installation is complete, you will see a window as shown in the figure below.

You can click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your personal computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, web-pages such Playbar.biz, as well as other malicious or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.

If the problem with Playbar.biz is still remained

If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot remove this hijacker, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for browser hijackers, adware, PUPs, toolbars. Also you can ask for help our Myantispyware team below.

1. Download AdwCleaner from the link below.
   

   AdwCleaner download
   225264 downloads
   Version: 8.4.1
   Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: October 5, 2024
   
2. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once this tool is started, press “Scan” button to perform a system scan for Playbar.biz.
3. Once AdwCleaner has finished, it will open a scan report. Review the report and then click “Cleaning” button. It will display a prompt. Click “OK”.

How to ask for help the Myantispyware team

If you are seeking a help for Playbar.biz removal then follow these steps.

1. Download HijackThis from the link below and save it to your Desktop.
   

   HijackThis download
   4692 downloads
   Version: 2.0.5
   Author: OpenSource
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 7, 2015
   
2. Double-click on the HijackThis icon, and click the button labeled “Do a system scan only”.
3. Once the scan is complete, the scan button will read “Save log”, click it. Save this log to your desktop

Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.

4. Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately.
5. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with Playbar.biz removal.