Safely surf the Internet with toolbars Protect yourself from pop-up ads, spyware, websites that hijack your browser's home page and phishing scams with a security toolbar.

I recommend:  Protect your computer from several types of online threats with the AVG Security Toolbar, available with commercial products from AVG Technologies. Surf the Internet safely using the Spywall, an Anti-spyware toolbar from Trlokom, Inc.

Make Internet searching more efficient with a search toolbar An Internet toolbar is what most people think of when they think of a toolbar. You can install several toolbar add-ons in popular web browsers to make various tasks easier. The most common is a search toolbar, which aids searching by suggesting search terms, saving terms you've searched for in the past or providing quick links to sites you frequently visit.

I recommend:  Install a toolbar with customizable buttons and smart search options from Google. Quickly search using over 100 different search engines with the Advanced Searchbar compatible with Internet Explorer.

Add toolbar buttons and customize the toolbars of other popular web browsers Many toolbars offer the opportunity to add or remove buttons, which means you can use the features you find the most useful and reduce the size of the toolbar by removing unwanted icons.

I recommend:  Choose from hundreds of specialized search engines from Mycroft Project and add them to the web browser toolbar for Mozilla Firefox 2.