What is the Yahoo! Toolbar?

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What is the Yahoo! Toolbar?

This article applies to:

Platform(s): Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003
Browser(s): Firefox
Java version(s): 6.0

The Yahoo! Toolbar is a downloadable toolbar, that allows easy search mechanism from within browser without visiting the Yahoo! website.

The Yahoo! Toolbar is integrated with Java download. During the installation of Java, users are also presented with an option of downloading the Yahoo! Toolbar. If you do not wish to install the Yahoo! Toolbar, you can remove the check in the box. If selected, the Yahoo! Toolbar will be installed a few minutes after the Java installation has completed to ensure that Java has installed successfully.

Yahoo! Toolbar Features

Built in web search, that allows you to search the web quickly.
Personalized buttons, that get you to your most used sites in just 1 click.
Bookmarks, that gets you to your favorites sites quickly.
Mail Alerts, lets you know when you get new mail.
Yahoo messenger integration, lets you quickly IM your friends.

Uninstall Yahoo! Toolbar

please visit Yahoo help page for instructions on how to uninstall the Yahoo! Toolbar.

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