Spyware: How To Disable And Remove Widgi Toolbar Platform
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Widgi Toolbar Platform
We have been receiving a high volume of emails concerning the internet browser extension titled “Widgi Toolbar Platform”, some emails are in relation to Text Enhance adware. Widgi Toolbar Platform is known malware categorized as both adware and spyware which can create Windows registry entries causing Widgi Toolbar to re-install upon simple removal procedures. You will want to remove and disable Widgi Toolbar Platform from your internet browser’s extensions as well as from your operating system’s registry.[/Normal_Box][Normal_Box]
How to disable and remove the Widgi Toolbar Platform extension
Google Chrome
Step 2:
Select Widgi Toolbar Platform from the list of extensions, and click Uninstall or Disable.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
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How to remove Widgi Toolbar Platform Windows registry entries
If you are not comfortable removing registry entries I suggest downloading an anti-malware (spyware) program.
To manually delete the registry entries created by Widgi Toolbar Platform follow the instructions below.
- Step 1: Type regedit in the search query on your start menu, press enter.
A registry screen will pop up with 2 window panes (below).
- Step 2: You will want to check the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT tab on the left. (Pictured below)
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Widgi Toolbar Platform registry entries
If you find these entries (labeled below) under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT simply left click and delete.
Follow the trail (ie: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT>Interface>{2DC9C611-D7C2-42A3-9312-BFF512812022}) the folders will open up below HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the left window pane (pictured above), for the first 2 entries you immediatly access the “Interface” folder. If you do not find these folders, consider yourself safe.[Normal_Box]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{2DC9C611-D7C2-42A3-9312-BFF512812022}
"(Default)" = "IWidgiToolbarHost"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{C3ABD5A3-E699-4B9F-97FF-25B121A41276
"(Default)" = "IWidgiBHO"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C089D5FC-CFE2-4BCD-A522-2981448227CE}[/Normal_Box]
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Thank you! I followed your advice at the bottom of the post to right click the icon and click “Run as administrator,” etc. Did the trick!
Thanks I just removed widgi tool bar extension as well. My experience is a mirror of SStor. except I am running chrome on 7.
Thanks a lot mr. Stor,
the latter way you suggested worked perfectly !!!
Just fixed widgi.toolbar problem in my Vista system and would like to share the experience. First detected by Spybot and identified as AdwareC. It multiplied to 18, then 23, then 24 entities in 2 days. Greatly slowed down my system. Could not be fixed by Spybot because it needs admin mode. Not even detected by XXXX! And IE Add-ons disabling did not work.
1. START, ACCESSORIES, right click COMMAND COM and choose RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR
2. Enter: net user administrator /active:yes
3. Switch to admin account
4. Run Spybot, fix selected problems, reboot
5. Allow Spybot to rerun on reboot, fix selected problems again.
6. Switch to usual user account
7. Disable admin acct as in Steps 1, then enter command:
net user administrator /active:no
Now my system is back to normal.
Afterwards I realize that Spybot can be run in admin mode. Right click on Spybot icon and choose RUN AS ADMIN, and I expect the result to be the same, but much easier. So I would suggest trying this latter route first.
Thank you, but when and how did this get itself installed??
Thank you so much!
Hey thanks a lot guys. I had to remove widgi toolbarplatform to get rid of text-enhance.
Hooray it’s gone! Thank you!