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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: July 09, 2007
- Total Downloads: 616,289
- Downloads last week: 446
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 34 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
It seems as if every search engine offers an Internet Explorer toolbar that mixes pop-up blocking and e-mail functionality with its search capabilities.
Yahoo Companion Toolbar differs a bit from other add-ons since some of its features are designed to work with your registered Yahoo account. The interface is a standard toolbar. You can add or remove buttons that launch various Yahoo services, though you have to click the Refresh Toolbar option to see the changes.
In our tests, the pop-up blocker eliminated most, but not all, ads. It didn't hinder normal surfing, and the toolbar uninstalled without any problems. Yahoo users may appreciate the quick access to services Yahoo Companion Toolbar provides.
Publisher's description
From Yahoo :Yahoo Toolbar is a free and convenient search tool that now includes a pop-up blocker. Stop annoying pop-up ads, search the Web, access Yahoo Mail, and games. Customize your toolbar and save your bookmarks online for one-click access from any computer.
Version 7.0.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements or bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
Version 7.0.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.2 stars out of 34 votes
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35 out of 48 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Toolbar 7.0.5
"This toolbar is customizable."
Pros: I use both versions of "Yahoo Toolbar" (with and without anti-spy) and have had no problems with either. This one with "Internet Explorer" and the anti-spy version with "Firefox". I set it up with only the buttons I use, Sports, Mail, Weather, News, Maps, Notepad and "My Yahoo". It doesn't slow my browsers opening or paging at all and it doesn't add itself to your auto start menu like "Google" does. It gives me easy access to the things I use most. Unlike some others, I had no trouble installing or setting it up and, it's not identified as a potentially unwanted program by my security software like some other toolbars are.
Cons: I have no real cons to offer.
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53 out of 54 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Toolbar 7.0.5
Pros: It has a fast search engine I searched nature scenery images, and it found my search in 0.15 second.
It has easy access to yahoo mail, music, news, weather, sports, entertainment, games and bookmarks are good for saving favorite web sites. And the toolbar is very easy to customize the buttons that I need.
The toolbar comes with the yahoo anti spy icon, so to get the anti spy to work. I clicked on yahoo anti spy and clicked run anti spy, then it says download the lastest version of anti spy. So I had to install an active x control to download the anti spy. After I got the anti spy to work it found a trojan called Othdo located in C:\windows\sysinf.dat .
Cons: When installing this toolbar I had to uncheck make yahoo.com my home page, so my home page wouldn't change.
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39 out of 40 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Toolbar 7.0.5
Pros: I haven/t used it to much yet, so I will have to use it for awhile to let you know
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Toolbar 7.0.5
"Customizing tool bar, pop-up blocker, one-click access What else one need?"
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22 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Toolbar 7.0.5
Pros: the best anti spy toolbar!
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