How to remove Toptosearch.com browser hijacker [Solution]

Simple and easy steps to delete Toptosearch.com

Toptosearch.com is dubious application classified as browser hijacker. This dubious threat is fake search engine virus that has been created by hackers to cheat innocent users. It is programmed to poison your search results and increase the traffic of its partner websites. It has main motive to divert web traffic on low quality and compromised websites in order to earn commission. Asides causing redirects, it also delivers intrusive advertisements campaigns and collect users browsing related activity/habits.

Additionally, Toptosearch.com is a browser hijacker that is designed for most popular browsers such as IE, Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other browsers as well as makes several unwanted changes into browser settings like homepage, default search engine and new tab in order to promote toptosearch.com. Thus, it becomes impossible for users to reset them unless they uninstall installed browser hijacker. Aforementioned details states that it is bogus search engine that does not provide unique results.

Once you used their fake search engine, they will redirect you to search.yahoo.com. Further, it also collects various information related to users browsing activities including IP addresses, pages viewed, entered search queries, geo-location and other similar details. In most cases, it might also gather your personal as well as sensitive details. Later, developers share all those details with third parties who misuse it in order to generate revenue as much as possible. Thus, having browser hijacked might cause serious privacy issues, browsing safety and even identity theft. So, it is important to uninstall Toptosearch.com immediately from the system.

How Toptosearch.com intrude?

Like other redirect virus and harmful threats, Toptosearch.com invades into your machine by using various different methods. The most common and popular methods used by developers is software bundling. As you know, bundling is described as an undercover installation of unwanted programs that take place along with regular free software. To be more precise, information about additionally included apps is hidden behind custom or advance options and does not disclosed properly. Thus, in such situation users rush and skip all those available settings and install unwanted apps that cause lots of infections.

How to avoid installation of PUAs?

It is very much important to research about content or products before downloading/installing it. You must avoid using unofficial pages, third party installer, free file hosting sites and so on. Always use official websites and direct links to download/install any programs. Further, intrusive ads redirect people to untrustworthy websites or download unwanted apps. While installing any program, read terms and agreements carefully and select custom or advance options as well as other similar settings. In order to keep computer harmless and secured you are advised to remove installed browser hijackers as soon as possible.

Remove Toptosearch.com

To sort out the issues, you can get through some manual instructions to detect and terminate Toptosearch.com along with its associated files and processes completely. Alternatively, you can also take a try with suggested automatic solution if you are technically not enough skilled and want perfect solution to remove Toptosearch.com completely and safely from the infected system.

Short description

Name: Toptosearch.com

Type: Browser hijacker, unwanted new tab, Search hijacker, Redirect

Description: It is a suspicious domain but the developer presents it as genuine and useful webpage that promotes illegitimate web searchers.

Infiltration: spam email attachments, updating system software, downloading unwanted programs, harmful websites, suspicious links and performing other online activities.

Symptoms: modifying web browser settings like default search engine, homepage and new tab URL. After that users are encouraged to visit hijacker’s websites in order to search any query by using their search engines.

Damage: display lots of unwanted and annoying advertisements, redirect to unreliable websites, loss of private information, internet browser tracking (possibly privacy issues).

Removal process: To keep web browser safe and secure you are highly suggested to remove Toptosearch.com and all browser hijackers immediately from the system.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Toptosearch.com:

Remove the related items of Toptosearch.com using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Toptosearch.com issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Toptosearch.com) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Toptosearch.com removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Toptosearch.com still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Toptosearch.com plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Toptosearch.com removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Toptosearch.com (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.