Yahoo! Toolbar

Yahoo! Toolbar is a browser plugin. It is available for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome browsers.

Yahoo! Toolbar
Developer(s)Yahoo!
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
TypeToolbar
LicenseProprietary freeware
Websiteaddons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/yahoo-toolbar-and-new-tab/

Yahoo! Toolbar has been around for more than 10 years and has evolved since its inception.

Originally aimed at being a bookmark and pop-up blocker, it evolved to provide app-like experience within the Toolbar. It has apps for leading sites like Facebook, Yahoo! Mail, Weather and News. It also allows users to bookmark sites and manage them. It continues to support features like button shortcuts to top internet sites like Amazon, Twitter, etc. It also allows access to several functions, including Yahoo! Search

Yahoo! Chrome Toolbar is the most recent addition to the Yahoo! Toolbar family.

Opera and Safari are not supported.

It has built-in algorithms to prevent pop-ups and spyware.[1]

Several additional features are available on the Internet Explorer version,[2] as well as incorporating Firefox-style tabbed browsing to IE version 6.0 (versions 7.0 and later allow tabbed browsing).

The Yahoo! Toolbar has a well known and dark history of being bundled with other software. The toolbar often installs itself without the user's knowledge or consent. Yahoo! is known for paying developers to place the toolbar into programs in such a way that inexperienced users may unwillingly install it. Installation of the toolbar can result in changes to the browser homepage, default search engine, and web-tracking preferences.[3][4][5]

System requirements

To install, computers must meet the following requirements:

Windows
  • Windows 98 or higher
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
  • Firefox 1.5 or higher

Mac and Linux
  • Firefox 1.5 or higher

Similar toolbars

References
  1. Hock, Randolph (2007). The extreme searcher's Internet handbook: a guide for the serious searcher. Information Today. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-910965-76-7.
  2. "Help for your Yahoo Account". Help for your Yahoo Account. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. Padgett, Ray (2013-04-05). "How to Get Rid of the Yahoo Toolbar Virus". It Still Works. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. "How to get rid of Search.yahoo.com Redirect - virus removal guide (updated)". Pcrisk.com. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  5. "Google investigates Pay-Per-Install and Unwanted software installs". News.thewindowsclub.com. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
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