| According to the HotBar website, Hotbar is an add-on that instantaneously converts your email and browser applications into powerfully personalized instruments of enhanced functionality and visual appeal. The Hotbar Browser Toolbar presents buttons on your Internet Explorer browser that change while you surf to relate to the website you visit. These buttons also provide you instant access to Search, Yellow Pages and more! The Browser toolbar also spices up your Internet Explorer with your chosen image (skin) picked from a huge variety of skins numbering into the thousands found in hundreds of galleries at www.hotbar.com. |
The Hotbar Email Toolbar is added to your mail (Outlook , Outlook Express, Hotmail and Yahoo mail) . This bar offers a wide assortment of options for customizing the design of your emails with Backgrounds, eCards, Animation and even a Business Card of your own design.
However, HotBar does track web site visits and also has an autoupdate feature that updates automatically.
For more information you can read the Hotbar Terms of Use.
How to I Remove HotBar?
You can remove HotBar through Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, however it leaves behind some tracks that will have to be removed manually. After removing the program through the Add/Remove section, you'll want to run Regedit and remove the following keys in the registry.
HKey_Current_User\Software\Hotbar
HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Hotbar
HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Toolbar\B195B3B3-8A05-11D3-97A4-0004ACA6948E
HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\User Agent\Post Platform\Hotbar 3.0
You can also delete the 'HotBar 3.0' string from
HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent
Automatic Removal
For Automatic Removal of Hotbar, Click on the following link to download and run the HotBar uninstaller program from their site.
Download Hotbar Uninstall Program
View the HotBar FAQ by clicking here
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