What is My Web Search (Cursor Mania)?
By My Web Search
What is it?
My Web Search also known as the My Way Speedbar is the Internet Explorer toolbar part of the Fun Web Products suite of utilities such as Smiley Central, Cursor Mania, My Mail Stationary, My Mail Signature, PopSwatter, Popular Screensavers, Webfetti, and the My Way website portal. The toolbar allows easy access to search engine results and a 404 Error Redirector called My Total Search among other things to your browser. The My Web Search toolbar will slow down your PC and uses cookies to track your web surfing usage and habits. My Web Search is run by the Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.
Why should I uninstall My Web Search (Cursor Mania)?
Cursor Mania installs the MyWebSearch Toolbar, like many browser plug-ins, has the potential to cause stability issues within the web browsers they load into, effecting overall PC performance. It monitors web search queries and browsing habits in order to display targeted advertisements and modify search settings and results.
Typical installation path: C:\Program Files\Freeze.com\NetAssistant
Description from My Web Search“Tired of your computer cursor? Looking to add some panache to your pointer? Get over 7,500 FREE cursors right now (in one quick download) - all exclusive to Cursor Mania! Cursor Mania has created thousands of cursors you won?t find anywhere else - from Animals to Anime, Fantasy to Flowers. There's even an entire section devoted to Smiley cursors! Once you download Cursor Mania, you can browse through over a dozen categories and countless subcategories to find the right cursor or pointer for you. Just click the cursor icon you like and the change will happen instantly. And you can change back to your default cursor at any time. Your free Cursor Mania download also includes a Web browser search box. It's called My Web Search and it gives you instant search results from the Internet's best search engines, plus relevant search results from address bar queries. It?s a popular feature that lets you search from anywhere on the Web - and it's 100% free. Change your cursor as often as you wish. It's fun, free and our team of designers adds new cursor icons every week. So don't spend another minute staring at that same old boring cursor - change it!”
Publisher about URL: http://cursormania.smileycentral.com
My Web Search (Cursor Mania) technical details
Name: NetAssistant
Publisher: W3i, LLC
Type: Browser Helper Object
Class ID: {E38FA08E-F56A-4169-ABF5-5C71E3C153A1}
File: NetAssistant.dll
Folder: C:\Program Files\Freeze.com\NetAssistant
Other programs by My Web Search
- My Web Search (Smiley Central)
- My Web Search (Popular Screensavers)
- My Web Search (My Web Face)
- My Web Search
- My Web Search (IWON)
My Web Search policies
The following can be found in My Web Search's privacy policies and terms of service:
“By a My Web Search Toolbar, you may have the ability to access to iWon.com and certain other features. We may collect personal information that can id”
How to Automatically Uninstall My Web Search (Cursor Mania) (with Boost)
If you you do not have Boost installed yet, download Boost and enjoy your PC.
Open Boost by either double-clicking the Boost icon ![](/images/boost-icon-bad-16.png)
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in your notification area next to your PC's clock, or single-clicking the Boost icon and clicking the Open Boost button on the top left of the Boost notification window.
If you are not currently on the My PC screen of the main Boost window, click the My PC tab.
Click the Optimize programs button
, this will launch the Program Optimization screen.
Locate the program in the list called My Web Search (Cursor Mania) by My Web Search. (The program could be listed under any of the section such as Uninstall Recommended, Possible Uninstall, etc. based on how well My Web Search (Cursor Mania) performs on your PC.)
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My Web Search (Cursor Mania) by My Web Search
To the right of the list item, click the Uninstall
button and Boost will completely remove My Web Search (Cursor Mania) from your PC.
How to Manually Uninstall My Web Search (Cursor Mania) (with Windows)
Use Add/Remove Programs control panel in Windows makes to uninstall My Web Search (Cursor Mania). Follow the appropriate instructions below to use this control panel.
Windows 7
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
In Large or Small icon view, click Programs and Features. If you're using Category view, under "Programs", click Uninstall a program.
Select My Web Search (Cursor Mania) from the list of programs, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, right-click the program and select Uninstall.
Windows Vista
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
In Classic View, double-click Programs and Features. In Control Panel Home view, under "Programs", click Uninstall a program.
Select My Web Search (Cursor Mania) from the program list, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, right-click the program and select Uninstall.
Windows XP
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
Click the Add or Remove Programs icon.
Select My Web Search (Cursor Mania) from the list of programs and click Remove.