Have you ever tried to uninstall WhiteSmoke toolbar because you install it by mistake?
Are you disappointed to remove WhiteSmoke toolbar through "Add or Remove Programs" in Windows Control Panel, but you failed?
Have you ever been confused that you have
deleted WhiteSmoke normally, but it is still there?
To avoid this trouble, you could learn
and follow WhiteSmoke toolbar uninstall instructions in this article.
How to fully uninstall WhiteSmoke toolbar from your PC?
Method 1: Remove WhiteSmoke with Windows Control Panel
Method 2: Remove WhiteSmoke with program removal tool called Perfect Uninstaller
Tips 1: How to delete WhiteSmoke through Windows Uninstall applet
Most of you would like to get rid of
program through Windows Control Panel. However, you might miss some steps so
that you are not able to delete WhiteSmoke. Here are the removal guides:
You should reboot your PC and press F8 key on your keyboard. This will open
up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Vista, or the Windows
Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard,
highlight the option labeled Safe Mode
with Networking. Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your
keyboard.
Click “Start Menu” > Select Control
Panel option > “Uninstall a Program” (Programs and Features) > Find WhiteSmoke
on the currently installed programs list and its related entries > Click “Uninstall
or Change” to delete the application.
And then, you should go back and click
“Start menu” button and select “Run.” > Type “regedit” into the box and
click “OK” to open Registry Editor > search and locate all registry entries related
to WhiteSmoke.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion
How to Manually Get Rid of WhiteSmoke
Step 1: stop all the related processes in
Task Manager
Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time.
Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.
Disable all the malicious processes
Step 2: show hidden files and folders and
delete all the following files.
Guide: click the Start button
and choose Control Panel, clicking
Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating
system files (Recommended).
Delete all the following files related to WhiteSmoke
%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\
Step 3: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid
registries entries as below
Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is
clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )
Delete all the related registries as below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe
After that, you should manually remove WhiteSmoke Toolbar from browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and IE.
2. Click on the Chrome menu and select Settings.
3. Click on Extensions in the left side menu.
4. Remove/Disable the WhiteSmoke Toolbar.
5. In the Search section, click Manage search engines and remove WhiteSmoke from the default search engines list.
6. Click OK to save the changes.
7. In the Chrome menu, select Settings.
8. In the On Startup section, Click on Set Pages and delete the WhiteSmoke URL (you can set a different home page by entering a URL of your choice).
9. Click Ok to save the changes.
10. In the Appearance section, click on Change and delete the WhiteSmoke URL (you can set a different home page).
11. Click Ok to save the changes.
2. Under Add-on Types, select Toolbars and Extensions.
3. In the right pane, select WhiteSmoke Toolbar and click on the Disable button.
4. Under Add-on Types, select Search Providers.
5. Select WhiteSmoke and click the Remove button.
6. In the General tab, delete the WhiteSmoke URL from the Home page text box.
7. Click OK to save the changes
2. From the Firefox orange button (or from the standard Tools menu), click on Add-ons.
3. Make sure Extensions is selected in the Add-ons manager left side menu bar
4. Disable or remove the WhiteSmoke Toolbar add-on
5. In the General tab, delete the WhiteSmoke URL from the home page text box.
6. Click OK to save the changes.
If you open a new tab in Firefox and WhiteSmoke as home page, do the following:
Type: about:config in the address bar and press enter
Confirm the message.
Type: browser.newtab.url in the Search text field
Right-click on the result and select WhiteSmoke (or Reset in older versions)
After that, you should manually remove WhiteSmoke Toolbar from browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and IE.
For Chrome:
1. Open Chrome.2. Click on the Chrome menu and select Settings.
3. Click on Extensions in the left side menu.
4. Remove/Disable the WhiteSmoke Toolbar.
5. In the Search section, click Manage search engines and remove WhiteSmoke from the default search engines list.
6. Click OK to save the changes.
7. In the Chrome menu, select Settings.
8. In the On Startup section, Click on Set Pages and delete the WhiteSmoke URL (you can set a different home page by entering a URL of your choice).
9. Click Ok to save the changes.
10. In the Appearance section, click on Change and delete the WhiteSmoke URL (you can set a different home page).
11. Click Ok to save the changes.
For Internet Explorer
1. Click on “Tools” and select Manage add-ons.2. Under Add-on Types, select Toolbars and Extensions.
3. In the right pane, select WhiteSmoke Toolbar and click on the Disable button.
4. Under Add-on Types, select Search Providers.
5. Select WhiteSmoke and click the Remove button.
6. In the General tab, delete the WhiteSmoke URL from the Home page text box.
7. Click OK to save the changes
For Firefox
1. Open Mozilla Firefox.2. From the Firefox orange button (or from the standard Tools menu), click on Add-ons.
3. Make sure Extensions is selected in the Add-ons manager left side menu bar
4. Disable or remove the WhiteSmoke Toolbar add-on
5. In the General tab, delete the WhiteSmoke URL from the home page text box.
6. Click OK to save the changes.
If you open a new tab in Firefox and WhiteSmoke as home page, do the following:
Type: about:config in the address bar and press enter
Confirm the message.
Type: browser.newtab.url in the Search text field
Right-click on the result and select WhiteSmoke (or Reset in older versions)
After you finish steps, you should restart
your pc to confirm the WhiteSmoke removal. If you are not good at handling this
method, you could try Tips 2 as
following.
Tips 2: How to force uninstall WhiteSmoke with Perfect Uninstaller?
If you can not follow the removal guides
above, it is advised you to get rid of WhiteSmoke with Perfect Uninstaller as following.
2.
Close all running processes
including programs and browsers in the Task Manager before you run Perfect
Uninstaller
3.
Find and locate the program on
the currently installed programs list
4.
Click “Uninstall” button on the
right side to remove WhiteSmoke.
Alternatively, you could right-click the
folder of the unwanted program (normally, in C:\Program Files) or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows 7 system
64 bits and then select “Force Uninstall with PU” to apply the “Force
Uninstall” utility.
5.
Follow the prompt “Next” steps
to delete WhiteSmoke.
After you finish the onscreen removal
steps, WhiteSmoke has been deleted from your PC.
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