How to remove ytop1.com virus

Easy tips to delete ytop1.com virus

ytop1.com is an untrustworthy website designed to allow users to convert their video from media platform links such as YouTube, Facebook and etc to downloadable audio files. This infringes the copyright law. Not only that. It also employs rogue advertising networks as a monetization technique.

Such networks can promote unreliable, scam and even malicious pages. These networks endorse sites by force-opening them when you are on the initial page. Alternatively, the redirection may be caused to those promoted websites when you interact with the content promoted on the page.

Furthermore, those rogue websites host various intrusive advertisements and try to trick the visitors into allowing the browser notifications. The ytop1.com page is not an exception. If you enable its notifications, you will start receiving those ads directly to the desktop.

Those adverts push untrustworthy and dangerous pages. Some of them can infiltrate software into systems –upon being clicked, by running certain malicious scripts. People access to the pages like ytop1.com unintentionally.

Most of them enter them via redirects caused by unreliable sites, intrusive ads or installed potentially unwanted apps. This software can get downloaded/ installed onto systems without explicit users’ permission.

Those unwanted apps tend to appear innocuous and offer useful features that are most often non-operational. Instead, they have various harmful functionalities, e.g., force-opening pages, delivering intrusive ads, modifying web browsers’ settings to promote fake search engine and collecting browsing data.

To sum up, the presence of such apps on systems can result in serious system infections, severe privacy issues, identity theft, and monetary loss and so on. To avoid any such issues from happening in future, you are strongly recommend to run a full system scan and to remove ytop1.com from the system immediately.

Alternatively, you can use our manual step-by-step instruction to remove it by your hand. However, the process is very difficult and it requires an advanced computer skill to perform it. If you are beginner, you should go with the former automatic mode for the PUA removal.

How did ytop1.com virus enter my system?

Intrusive ads can be used to spread PUAs. Once clicked on, these adverts can execute certain scripts to make stealthy download/ installation. Some PUAs also have their official promotional download pages from where they can be downloaded.

These apps are also distributed through deceptive bundling where packing of one app is done with unwanted and malicious additions. Rushed download/ installation increase the risk of allowing the bundled software into the system.

How to avoid PUAs installation?

It is recommended to research software and download only from official/ trustworthy pages. Dubious downloading channels such as unofficial and freeware sites, p2p networks and etc- often offer bundled content.

 When downloading/ installing, it is advised to read terms, study possible option, Custom/Advanced settings and opt out all additionally attached apps and decline all offers. Intrusive ads can appear legit, yet they redirect to highly questionable pages.

In case you encounter any such ads/ redirects, the system should be investigated and all suspect apps and extensions should be removed from the system. If the infection is already caused, we recommend you scan your system with some reputable antivirus tool to remove ytop1.com automatically.

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 ytop1.com :

Remove the related items of ytop1.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 ytop1.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 (ytop1.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 ytop1.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 ytop1.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 ytop1.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 ytop1.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 ytop1.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.