Have you ever found your Web browser loaded with mysterious toolbars out of the blue, and wondered where they came from? I see this all the time. One day someone’s browser is humming along as always, ...

The Bookmarks toolbar at the top of most browsers offers a convenient way to access your favorite websites. These bookmarks are restricted to a single row in all current browsers, which is problematic ...

Spend a few minutes browsing on the Internet, and you will likely be inundated with requests to sign up for services or to install software and toolbars in your browser to “enhance” your surfing.

Q: In the 05/02/15 Mailbag (“What happened to my favorites?“), you didn’t answer the second question, how to restore the toolbar at the top that lets Alice (and all of us) copy and paste things.

The Ask Toolbar is like a barnacle. It doesn’t necessarily hurt anything, but it’s also not the most pleasant thing to look at or deal with either. The toolbar, which is frequently bundled with ...

Internet Explorer helps you customize your view of Web pages as you conduct your online research. If you prefer to hide the toolbar and tabs to maximize the page content, try activating the auto-hide ...

Aside from a brief period in 2000, when Google Toolbar added things that are now standard in browsers, I can't think of anyone who *willingly* uses a browser toolbar. I know many, many people who ...

Microsoft took what appeared to be a shot at Oracle’s wallet this month when it switched on search-and-destroy in its security software for older versions of the Ask browser toolbar, which has long ...

Brand Thunder, which supports custom Firefox Web browsers, has inked a partnership with Microsoft that makes Bing the default search engine on all Brand Thunder products. The agreement, which the ...

Web browser extensions have been popular tools for a while now, adding useful features that the browser creators may have forgotten. The most recent addons, such as Microsoft's Windows Live Toolbar, ...

Google says it discovers more than 50,000 malware-infected sites and more than 90,000 phishing sites each month. The company’s safe browsing protection system aims to help users defend themselves from ...

Think of Dailymotion as a more organized version of YouTube. There are well-defined categories and a more logical layout of videos. Think of Conduit as your one-stop ...