babylon search

I did this, and got rid of it. It was gone for a few days, and now it's back. Did a search for all files with the name Babylon,and came back with about 18. Some could not be deleted because it couldn't find the source file. As I was deleting the others, after the search was completed, the list suddenly repopulated itself The really odd thing was that the date on some files was last year. Other files had the current date. Since I was sure I hadn't downloaded anything that day, my conclusion is that this is attaching itself thru somewebsite I visited.This is the most bizare thing I've ever encountered. I'm scared to do online banking or paypal from my computer for fear it's stealing my sign in's and passwords. HELP!!!!!!

hoe do I unglue my firefox from Babylon?

First uninstall from your programs.

Then enter "Tools"; Internet Options and reset your home page. Then go to the "Tabs" (toward the bottom); click settings, in the middle you will see a drop down menu. Set for "your first home page". Click "ok"; then click APPLY, do not click okay or the settings will not take. You MUST click Apply then ok. This should fix the problem for Internet Explorer.

I just went to the babylon website and went on live chat and they deleted it for me. They do it for free.
But they do remote access they fixed it in about 5 minutes. It was on my Firefox explorer. I made sure they were not doing anything bad like going through my important information.
They were very helpful and now I feel 10X better.
I would recommend doing it.

For windows users,

1) go to internet options from "tools" in the tool bar.

2) look down to "Tabs" click on "settings"

3) scroll down and check the box that says, "open only the homepage when Inernet Explorer starts."

4) in the drop down box just blow put, "your first homepage".

I have don this on two computers so far. It works.

Just uninstall the babylon toolbar. !

the ONLY way is : open your REGISTRY and press delete wherever you find it!!!!

I did the registry key recommendations with some success. I un-installed the Babylon Toolbar from the add remove programs but Babylon search remained. .
Google.com is my homepage and default brower and IE 8 is my browser. I checked Manage add ons and it was not there. But each time I opened IE8 it opened with Babylon search (Internet option homepage was www.google.com). so I went into IE TABS settings and where it states "When a new tab is opened", I set it with" always open with my homepage". So far the dastardly Babylon search is gone and IE opens to the designated home page.

Go to internet options than advanced then click the rest internet button, the new tab will reappear

This is one frustrating scoundrel! But here is what I did. Be sure you are savvy with your computer. First go to Control Panel > Programs > look for Babylon Bar and uninstall ... better still if you use an uninstaller like Revo they will remove and also clean up any left over registry items. I found it oft time re-appeared ... the thing that cleared it up for me was to go to Internet Options > General > search settings and diable the Babylon and On the general tab > Tabs > When a new tab is opened i set it to open to "Your first home page" which for me is google.com. and I also did registry adjustments but you need to make sure you know how to do.
Here is what the experts give
go to start regedit and Find the key: and expand as given until you get to tabs then do a modify.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\About URLs\Tabs
and modify the entry that points to babylon search, to the one you desire (be it google, bing, or whatever) or by the default ( res://ieframe.dll/tabswelcome.htm ) .Again make sure you know how. Believe it or not i just found it again in the registry tabs part but since setting IE options to open to "your first home page", it is not active.
Revo installer Pro has a 30 day free download with Cnet and it is awesome for getting rid of "hangon" stuff in your cracks and crevices of your 'puter when you uninstall programs.
Best to you.

go to internet options than advanced tab, than reset internet settings. tab button reappears

go to internet options than advanced tab, than reset internet settings. tab button reappears

go to internet options than advanced tab, than reset internet settings. tab button reappears

For a video that will show you how to easily remove the Babylon homepage, please enter www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1y9Lbsv1_0&feature=plcp.for any further assistance, please contact us at help@babylon.com and we'll be glad to help you.

go to the last post by pungwe for the fix

Below is what I cut n paste from my question to Babylon on how to remove their search from opening up in my tabs.

After #3, it gives directions on what to do if you have tried 1-3 and it still opens a tab with Babylon Search. This worked for me FINALLY!! Somebody below suggested messing with registry but the warning of how dangerous that suggestion was, caused me not to try it!! But I'm just happy to be rid of that pesky search page! Hope this helps others that were in the same boat as me.

Have a great day!

In order to uninstall Babylon and all it's features completely, please follow the 3 steps below :

1) Uninstall Babylon Software:
http://support.babylon.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/177/0/uninstall-babylon-software

2) Remove toolbar and Babylon search provider (Internet Explorer \ Firefox \ Google Chrome):
http://support.babylon.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/213/0/remove-toolbar-and-search-the-web-babylon

3) Change your homepage:
http://support.babylon.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/175/0/change-babylon-home-page


In case you open a new tab in Internet Explorer, and Babylon Search still appears, please do the following:
Open your Internet Explorer browser, click on "Tools", then "Internet Options" and in the section "Tabs" click on "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.

In case you open a new tab in Mozilla Firefox and Babylon Search still appears, please do the following:
Write in the address bar "about:config" and enter -> confirm the message -> search for "Babylon" in the Filter bar -> open the entries and empty them out.

For further assistance, you may contact our Live Support Chat here: http://support.babylon.com/

Removal steps:

1. Please go to the Start Menu. Select Control Panel , Add/Remove Programs.
If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, select Control Panel ,Remove a Program.

2. Search for Babylon Tool-bar in the list. Select the program and click Remove button.
If you are using Windows Vista/7, click Remove up near the top of that window.

3. Remove Babylon Tool bar in browser.it depends on what kind of your browser is.

For IE browser,
1), Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools, Manage Add-ons,
2), Select Search Providers, First of all, choose Bing search engine or Google search engine and make it your default web search provider (Set as default).
3), Then select Search Results and click Remove to remove it,
4), Go to Tools , Internet Options. Select General tab and click Use default button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com instead of Babylon. Click OK to save the changes. And that's about it.

For Google Chrome:
1) Click on Customize and control Google Chrome icon and select Settings,
2) Choose Basic Options. Change Google Chrome homepage to Google.com or any other and click the Manage search engines... button,
3) Select Google from the list and make it your default search engine;
4) Select Search Results from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark to delete the Babylon

For Firefox:
1) Open Mozilla Firefox. Click on the magnifying glass search icon and select Manage Search Engines...
2) Choose Search Results from the list and click Remove to remove it. Click OK to save changes.
3) Go to Tools , Options. Under the General tab reset the startup homepage or change it to Google.com, etc.