How to remove Babylon search bar (completely)

How to remove the Babylon Toolbar

You have allready tried to uninstall it the normal way and it didn't work. That's why you're reading this. It is a very annoying software that slows down your browser, offers you websites it wants you to visit, replaces your default search engine and stucks inside your browser after uninstall.

1. Uninstall it the normal way (from control panel).
2. Delete C:\Program Files\Babylon
3. Delete all XML files exept the one that corresponds to your favorite search engine (e.g. google) from C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Searchplugins
4. Make hidden and system files visible, open C:\Documents and settings\*your username\Local Settings\Application Data\ and delete any babylon folders there (WinXP)

- C:\Users\*your username\AppData\Local for Win7

5. Open Firefox->Tools->Addons->Extentions and delete any leftovers of Babylon toolbar

6. Type about:config in the adress bar and press Enter. Promise you'll be carefull and type babylon in the search field.

7. Right click on extensions.BabylonToolbar.firstRun and select Toggle.

8. Right click on keyword.URL and select Modify. Then paste " http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= " to replace the Babylon search bar link.
9. Return to default all other modified lines.

10. Set default start page from Tools menu.

11. Close everything and start Mozilla Firefox again. It should be fixed.

For Internet Explorer users: Open IE browser, click on "Tools", "Internet Options" and in the section "Tabs" click "Settings". It will open a new window, on the option "When a new tab is opened, open: "in the drop-down menu please choose "Your first homepage". Then click OK, Apply and OK again.

*Users informed me, that sometimes there is a seperate process running on windows startup which adds again babylon or other search malware every time windows loads. Please remove any useless entries from your startup. Press  Winkey+R, msconfig and press enter. Uncheck any startup items you don't need.