Belkasoft RemovEx Features
Installed some software and noticed an unwanted toolbar in Microsoft Internet Explorer? Some extra menu items appeared in Windows Explorer? Some additional buttons, desk bands or custom Explorer bars that you do not want to see?
Belkasoft RemovEx allows you to disable Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer plugins (so-called shell extensions). The product shows you all types of extension modules existing in your system. You can select any one you would like to disable and later enable it back.
The product shows you detailed information about shell extensions:
•Extension name
•Extension type
•Extension implementation folder
•Windows Registry records for an extension
•Implementation type
Why do I need to remove shell extensions?
Top 10 reasons why you need to control shell extensions:
1.Shell extensions make your system slower
2.Shell extensions litter your Windows Explorer context menu
3.Shell extensions litter your Windows Explorer 'Properties' dialog
4.Shell extensions litter your Internet Explorer menus
5.Shell extensions litter your Internet Explorer toolbar
6.Malicious shell extensions can hijack you IE, changing your browser start page to something you do not want to see and you cannot change this page back
7.Malicious shell extensions can gather information about sites you visit as well as other information
8.Malicious shell extensions can perform key logging and steal your passwords, credit card number, and so on
9.Shell extensions are hard to remove. Manual removal can lead to system incapacity
10.You should control your system not vice versa.
Differences between the regular and the Pro versions
There are two versions of the product - the regular one and the Pro one. The Pro version is more expensive and has some advantages over the regular version:
•The Pro version allows you to view and disable/enable system shell extensions
•The Pro version is able to generate detailed HTML report with the information about shell extensions found.
