If you've downloaded the new Avira Antivirus program, if you follow the default install, it will include the Ask toolbar as part of the process.. You can remove the Ask toolbar by opening the Control Panel/Programs and Features section, then clicking once on the Avira program listing and choose to "Change" the program.. By following the prompts, you see a listing for "Webguard Protection".. UNCHECK that particular box and the toolbar should be removed..As the toolbar is the primary component of the "Webguard Protection" option, it will also be removed. Still, the Avira program protects you against such things anyway.. Not a big loss.
If it's not Avira related, then the toolbar should be listed in Programs and Features and can be uninstalled from there. It might also be found in Internet Explorer in "Tools- Manage Add-Ons-Toolbars and Extensions where you can uninstall it. If you can't find it there, try using the Revo Uninstaller (free version) from the link below:
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
Hope this helps.
Grif
Using W.7 + SP1; IE9, Firefox, G.Chrome.

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