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How to Remove Yourtopdefencebulwark.site? (Proper Guide)

Yourtopdefencebulwark.site is a browser-hijacker that contains misleading contents and links for promoting useless services and products. It is very untrusted URL because you will get scammed by the bogus notification and messages that is triggered on it. This kind of webpage are supported by other suspicious websites and they make a network of harmful webpage where gets redirected to one suspicious URLs to another in a loop. Normally, they trigger pop-ups promoting bogus anti-malware. They generate scary messages like “your PC has been infected” and suggest to download any predefined bogus software or pay for tech support services in order to fix the problem. Remember that all these pop-ups and offers are trap in order to cheat your money by one way or the other.

Yourtopdefencebulwark.site in particular primarily distributes scam associated to “McAfee”. Its spam notifications contains scaring messages like “McAfee- Your PC is infected with 5 viruses” and so on. This kind of alert messages are triggered to create a panic and encourage the victims to follow the recommended proceedings. This includes either to buy the security tool through the affiliate links or call tech support service which is very heavily charged.

When you notice such pop-ups, the first thing that you should do is to close pop-up or webpage at the earliest. If possible, you can directly close the browser and restart your work all again. On the other hand, if the pops-ups or redirection related to Yourtopdefencebulwark.site is caused regularly then this means that the browser settings has been modified without permission. In such case, you can notice so many unwanted changes in the browser settings such as

• So many suspicious extensions and plug-ins getting installed without your permission
• The default settings such as homepage, new-tab URL, search engine provider gets altered without information
• Unsafe Advertisements labeled as “Ads by …” or “promoted by ….” starts to occur at regular interval during the browsing session

Remember that the original McAfee anti-virus has no connection with these kind of suspicious URLs or scary messages. Most of the time, there associated pop-ups redirects to a webpage that looks replicate of legitimate official McAfee website.

If websites like Yourtopdefencebulwark.site ask you to enabling the push-notification or click on the “Allow” button for receiving the pop-ups, you must not follow it. These ads are very dangerous because they are promoting useless services, scams, or even other highly risky malware and ransomware.

Have a Quick Glance on Yourtopdefencebulwark.site Browser Hijacker

Type: Browser hijacking, adware, push pop up services

Know IP Address: 54.243.179.61

Symptoms: Bogus alerts and notifications during browsing session, sluggish browser performance with slow internet speed

Damage: Online browsing experience gets worse, browser gets hijacked, data stealing, privacy concerns etc.

How Browser-Hijacker Promoting Bogus Pop-ups Gets Circulated?

If the issues is related to the bombarding of the sponsored pop-ups or bogus alert messages, this is happening because the concerned webpage have permission to show such pop-ups. They manipulate the targets victims to enable the push notification for their website. It is possible that you have provided such permission to XYZ at some point of time possibly by clicking on “Allow” button or pop-ups like “Allow Notification”.

It is quite possible to prevent the scary messages, pop-ups or redirection caused by Yourtopdefencebulwark.site by not allowing it to show push-notification. You must not click on pop-ups asking for such permission. On other hand, if there an adware causing such pop-ups, you have to remove all its entry from the browser settings, registries along with using a powerful anti-malware tool to remove it completely from the PC.

Some Related FAQ

How to Stop Yourtopdefencebulwark.site Pop-ups on Chrome Browser?

It is only possible if all its associated items is removed from the browser as well as other location such as control panel, registries, and associated software and so on. Both manual as well as automatic process has been discussed below

Why scam pop-ups are delivered on the desktop?

Possibly you have clicked on “Allow Notification” pop-ups associated with an adware. This way, the adware gets permission to show ads directly on the desktop

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 Yourtopdefencebulwark.site:

Remove the related items of Yourtopdefencebulwark.site 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 Yourtopdefencebulwark.site 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 (Yourtopdefencebulwark.site) 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 Yourtopdefencebulwark.site 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 Yourtopdefencebulwark.site 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 Yourtopdefencebulwark.site 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 Yourtopdefencebulwark.site 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 Yourtopdefencebulwark.site (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.