He is fighting with the popup play-toolbar.org.
"Whenever I start my pc some random page in Russian pops up, the website is called play-toolbar(dot)org.. Would appreciate the help."
Surprise! There is a bug named play-toolbar.org on your PC.
Is your computer getting slower and slower?
Do you notice that tons of unknown process or process related to play-toolbar.org running in the background?
Does your computer is tearing down by various ads from play-toolbar.org?
Are there addtional PUP like browser hijacker, adware, spyware and trojan installed on your PC?
Are there random texts underlined and generating advertising links?
If your answers to the above questions are YES mostly, I feel really sorry for you. I am afraid that your computer is infected with this horrible and nasty play-toolbar.org.
Are you willing to let play-toolbar.org perform its show on your PC?
play-toolbar.org is an adware that is created to plant sponsored ads on your browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Typically, it gets on your computer as a bundled component of your desired freeware from the internet.
Once it is installed, the modification of your browser default setting like search engine is performed without your permission. To gain more traffic for its products and generate revenue for the author, play-toolbar.org is capable of collecting your browsing history and use the information to deliver more and more related ads. Apart from that, your confidential information like credit card details and some personal account log in details can be stolen by hackers.
Facing the mass caused by play-toolbar.org, what should you do now? For the sake of your computer security as well as your personal sensitive information, you are kindly advised to remove it out of your computer without any delay!
There is always a way to Remove play-toolbar.org. Try It!
There is always a way to Remove play-toolbar.org. Try It!
Solution 1: Remove play-toolbar.org Manually
Step 1: End all the processes related to play-toolbar.org from the task manger
press Windows+R together to launch up Run window>input taskmgr>click OK
search for the related processes or suspicious ones> right click and choose End Process
Step 2: Uninstall play-toolbar.org from Control Panel
Click Start> Control Panel> Programs and Features> search for play-toolbar.org or suspect applications> right click and choose Uninstall
Step3: Remove play-toolbar.org from Your Browser
For Internet Explorer
A: Launch up Internet Explorer>Tools> Manager Add-on
B: Tools and Extensions> search for play-toolbar.org> click Disable
C: Clear the browser history and restart IE to take effect
For Google Chrome
A: launch up Google Chrome> click Tools> click Extension> search for play-toolbar.org> click Disable
B: Clear the history and cookies of Google Chrome and then restart the browser to take effect
Solution 2: Remove play-toolbar.org automatically (with SpyHunter)
Step A. Download removal tool SpyHunter
2) Follow the instructions to install SpyHunter
Step B. Run SpyHunter to block play-toolbar.org
Run SpyHunter and click "Malware Scan" button to scan your computer, after detect this unwanted program, clean up relevant files and entries completely.
Step C: restart your computer to take effect