Do you know what SafetyNut is?
If you have noticed SafetyNut software on your system, it means that you have Music Toolbar installed on your system. This piece of software might appear on all the systems regardless of the operating system that is running onto your PC. Even though SafetyNut is not very dangerous, you should always be cautious about the software that enters the system without your permission. Thus, if you ever notice anything suspicious related to SafetyNut, you should better delete it entirely from the system. As it usually comes together with Music Toolbar, it might be very true that it will be gone from your system if you delete this browser plugin first.
SafetyNut screenshot
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SafetyNut is developed by SafetyNut Inc. and people can find its folder within Movies Toolbar folder in Program Files directory. Follow this path and you will be able to detect it C:\Program Files\Movies Toolbar\SafetyNut\. This software does not have any visible window; however, you can recognize it by its size that varies from 3,579,400 bytes to 3,538,952 bytes. Even though this program is not dangerous itself, you should know that cyber criminals might use the name to distribute malicious software. Thus, you should better make sure whether SafetyNut, which is residing on your system, is reliable before allowing it to stay.
If SafetyNut has entered your system together with Movies Toolbar, you should know that it is better to delete this browser plugin because it is often classified as a browser hijacker. It means that it might change your homepage and your search engine without your permission and even cause you security-related problems. Thus, if you seek to be informed about the releases of new movies, you should definitely find more reliable software for this matter. Have you decided to get rid of it? It means that you will be able to remove SafetyNut as well.
Even though you will be able to get rid of SafetyNut easily and quickly, you should know that it is still very important to scan the system with an antimalware tool, for instance, SpyHunter. This software will help you to get rid of all the elements of Movie Toolbar as well as detect and remove other threats that might be hiding on your system. If you let them stay on your system, there is a possibility that you will experience different kinds of undesirable activities.
SafetyNut removal
Windows XP
- Click the Start button.
- Select Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Select the unwanted program.
- Click on the suspicious program and then click Remove.
Windows 7 and Vista
- Click the Start button.
- Select Control Panel and then go to Uninstall a program.
- Right-click on SafetyNut and then delete it.
Windows 8
- Tap the Windows key.
- Right-click on the background and then select All apps.
- Find Control Panel and then click on it.
- Select Uninstall a program.
- Find the program that needs to be removed.
- Click Uninstall.
In non-techie terms:
In order to avoid suspicious applications like Movies Toolbar in the future, you should find out more information about the software that you are going to install first. Secondly, it is also very important to download applications from reliable sources and install them with a great care. In addition, you should never forget to enable your security tool. If you follow our advice, you will definitely not be bothered by undesirable applications.