Remove Link2captcha.top (Proper Steps)

Easy Way To Get Rid Of Advertising Software

Link2captcha.top is a push notification virus site designed by cyber crooks for gaining revenue via pay-per-click advertising. This dubious webpage may appear on your browser all of a sudden regardless of what you’re doing at the moment and will ask you to enable its notifications. You are prompted to click on the “Allow” button to watch a video or for other bogus reasons and if you do, you will then start getting flooded with numerous annoying pop-up ads that come directly to your screen or desktop. Not only do these adverts show up while you’re browsing the internet, but can also appear when the browser is not being used.

Threat Details

Name: Link2captcha.top

Category: Push notification virus, adware,

Traits: Attempts to mislead visitors into accepting its push notification service, displays intrusive advertisements and redirects people to different sites

Danger level: Medium

Signs: Unexpected browser notifications, page-redirects to unfamiliar sites, display of annoying advertising materials

Distribution methods: Gets propagated via bundled software, fake software updates, misleading ads, etc.

Link2captcha.top Ads Are Not Reliable:

Interacting with the Link2captcha.top ads is not recommended as it may lead you to quite unsafe web places. You see, not all of these adverts can be considered reliable, some of them may be of dubious nature. If you click on them, you may get forwarded to potentially hazardous web locations where you might get tricked into notorious scan and end up disclosing your private data to fraudsters or installing PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) and even malware. Therefore, no matter how eye-catching these ads are, you should stay away from them.

How Do Users Land On Unsafe Sites?

In most cases, users are taken to perilous domains like Link2captcha.top from other insecure sites after clicking on some misleading ads or links. In addition to that, redirects to such dubious portals may also come about if your PC is contaminated with adware-type infection. Adware, despite not being a dangerous cyber threat, can still cause a number of unpleasant issues, such as regular browser crashes or freezes, overall system slowdowns, and so on. Furthermore, it displays all sorts of commercial contents some of which could be leading to rather treacherous websites with all sorts of hateful content. Therefore, remove Link2captcha.top adware from the PC without delay to prevent yourself from landing on unsafe sites.

How Does The PUP Intrude Systems?

Potentially unwanted programs in most cases infiltrate the computer devices via bundled freeware as bonus components. The freeware authors often include additional elements in the installers of their apps for which, they get paid with each installation. When users download and install the free software using the Quick configuration setting, they unknowingly install the entire software package, including the unwanted programs. To not let this happen, we suggest opting for the Advanced or Custom installation mode in order to view and deselect the checkboxes next to any needless programs. Typically, the additional apps in a software package turn out to be PUPs like Link2captcha.top adware in camouflage.

FAQs

Is adware not safe for my PC?

Adware is definitely not a program that you should allow roaming inside your computer for long. Although, it’s not as dangerous as some other malware threats, it can still cause various unkind issues and might unintentionally expose your system to dreadful cyber pests through its ads.

Why are the shown ads so eye-catching?

Unwanted programs have ability to track and record data regarding users’ browsing preferences and interests. This sort of information is then employed to customize the ad accordingly, and therefore most of the ads shown by the intruder are enticing.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

Click Here For Windows Click Here For Mac

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 Link2captcha.top:

Remove the related items of Link2captcha.top 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 Link2captcha.top 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 (Link2captcha.top) 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 Link2captcha.top 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 Link2captcha.top 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 Link2captcha.top 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 Link2captcha.top 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 Link2captcha.top (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.