Fizzle Wizzle Entertainment Searchbar

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Risks ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 from the web site: 'Fizzlebar is an Internet Explorer* add-on that gives you added features to your web browser. After installation, the Search Bar appears as a toolbar band on your local copy of Internet Explorer.

The Search Bar software is offered FREE by Fizzlewizzle.com as well as affiliated sites that may promote our products from time to time. You, or another user on your computer has requested installation of the toolbar at a previous time. The toolbar does not install secretly or automatically.

In addition, we would like to emphasize that or software was NOT installed without permission. We do not use exploits, tricks or other tactics to distribute our software. Our software is promoted by hundreds of websites on the web, and installation can only be initiated by users agreeing to our terms and conditions, unless your security settings on your browser are configured to install without a prompt, which is not under our control. Also, other users of your same computer may have installed the software without your knowledge. If you still feel that the install was an error, you may want to double check your security settings on IE or closer monitor use of your computer.

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Category:

Toolbar: A group of buttons which perform common tasks. A toolbar for Internet Explorer is nomally located below the menu bar at the top of the form. Toolbars may be created by Browser Helper Objects.

Similar Pests:

 Toolbar

Origins

Mailing Address:

 Foxxweb Interactive, Inc. 3939 Lavista Road Suite E-323 Tucker, Georgia 30084 United States

Phone:

 888-206-9791

EMail:

 Miller, Benjamin webmaster@foxxweb.com

URL:

 http://www.fizzlewizzle.com/toolbar/

Date of Origin:

 June, 2004

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • Fizzle Wizzle Entertainment Searchbar: 31.7%
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    Clot Factor:
  • Fizzle Wizzle Entertainment Searchbar: 5

    • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Growth:
  • Fizzle Wizzle Entertainment Searchbar: Insufficient data to report growth
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    Operation

    Advertising:

    		 Yes. 'The cost of design & distribution of the software is offset by our advertisers. You may see special offers from our sponsors periodically while the toolbar is in use. You are free to unistall the toolbar at any time. Special offers are usually served as a new browser window that loads behind or in front of your active web browser window. This loading may or may not cause a minor disruption in your web browsing while the advertisement loads, depending upon network conditions, computer speed, and other factors. You are not required to respond to the offer to use our product.' -- http://www.fizzlewizzle.com/toolbar/faq.html

    Storage Required:
  • Fizzle Wizzle Entertainment Searchbar: at least 37 KB
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    Risks

    Privacy Policy:

    		 None found on http://www.fizzlewizzle.com/toolbar

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Fizzle Wizzle Entertainment Searchbar from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Clean Registry:

    Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

    More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 April 03, 2005