Remove Play-bar.net(PlayBar) Redirect Activated by Stopblock.me/wpad.dat

Infected with Play-bar.net? How frustrated.

If you have Play-bar.net on your computer, you may have the same experience like below:

When I open internet explorer it opens one of these 3 pages even though the default start page is google website:
esurf.biz
play-bar.net
cdn.freefacti.com

I noticed that in LAN setup the option "use automatic setup script" was activated with the link:
hXtp://stopblock.me/wpad.dat?8c25bfbaf19919a7d161d189738546fd39884

I deactivated the checkbox and deleted the link but it keeps appearing.

Play-bar.net(PlayBar) is a kind of redirect infection which is capable to change your browser setting and redirect your webpage to unwanted websites. Play-bar.net is an ad-supported site which you cna see from the screenshot below. It is mainly promote online games. If you add Playbar to your Chrome, Play-bar.net will drop the PlayBar toolbar to your computer. Once gets into the computer,Play-bar.net will compromise your browser and modify browser setting. PlayBar will take over your browser and stop you from accessing your default homepage ans search engine. When you surf the Internet, Play-bar.net is capable to redirect you to its own domain.



Play-bar.net(PlayBar) is designed to change your browser's settings and change your web browser's homepage and default search provider to a different one without your permission. With PlayBar on the browser,your search is getting redirected to different websites. The webpages load slowly. You see multiple toolbars on your web browser which you did not install. You get multiple pop-up alerts for advertisements. Play-bar.net may lead you to hacked site which can keep track of your personal information or drop down malicious programs. Play-bar.net may connect to the Internet to request data and download files. It is suggested to remove Play-bar.net from the computer as soon as possible to avoid further damage. It is better to scan your computer with a powerful anti-spyware program like Spyhunter to check out the problem and remove viruses.

How to remove Play-bar.net

Method 1: Manual removal

Step 1: Stop related running processes in Windows Task Manager first.

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.

Step 2: Remove any infection related program from Control Panel.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and click Uninstall a program.
3. Remove the related programs.

Windows XP

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and then click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Uninstall related programs.


Windows 8

1. Press Win+R.
2. Type in control panel and click OK.
3. Select Uninstall a program.
4. Remove the related programs.

Step 3: Remove Play-bar.net from your browsers.

Reset Internet Explorer

Reset Google Chrome

Reset Mozilla Firefox

Step 4: Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Step 5: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all related registry entries.

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

Method  2:  Remove with SpyHunter

It is safe and easy to remove  Play-bar.net by Spyhunter.

Step 1: Click the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2: Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.

Step 3: Scan the computer and delete all threats.

Note: To keep  Play-bar.net on the computer is not a wise choice. This infection can bring in many other potentially virus and damage. Install Spyhunter can help you remove  Play-bar.net and also protect your computer.

（Gary）