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Topsnote.ru is a website you see after an adware invasion. Yes, if the page pops up, your PC harbors a potentially unwanted adware-type program. The PUP uses the site as a shield to lurk behind. And, it wreaks havoc from the corners of your computer. You’d do best to remove it ASAP. If you don’t, you WILL regret it. Adware applications are a menace. Once their programming kicks in, they keep throwing issues your way all day, every day. They don’t stop! Not unless you get rid of them. So, the more time you grant such a tool on your PC, the more opportunities it has to wreck it. And, make no mistake. It WILL take advantage of each one you grant it. So, don’t grant a single one. Take actions towards the tool’s deletion as soon as you first spot Topsnote.ru. You will do a great disservice to your PC and yourself if you allow the adware to stay. You’ll suffer online intrusions and annoyances on a daily basis. It will bombard you with grievances, which only escalate in their severity as time goes by. So, do yourself a favor, and act fast. Don’t let your situation grow out of control. Take the display of Topsnote.ru as the warning it is, and act! Locate the adware’s lurking place ASAP! Then, when you do, delete the threat. The sooner you do, the better.

How did I get infected with?

Topsnote.ru does not take over unless you have adware on your computer. So, how do you suppose it got there? These applications need your consent on their installment. They cannot enter if you don’t allow them to. They are required to ask whether you agree to let them in. and, despite all that, adware still sneaks in undetected. These infections have found a loophole. Yes, they have to seek access to enter your PC. But they don’t have to do so openly. So, they do it in the sneakiest way possible. Often times, using freeware or spam email attachments to hide behind. And, if you’re not careful enough to spot them, they succeed in their invasion. Adware tools can also pose as bogus updates. For example, you think you’re updating your Java, but you’re not. In actuality, you’re going through with the install of a malicious infection. That’s why caution is so crucial! If you do your due diligence, you increase your chances of keeping an infection-free PC. And, if you give into distraction and gullibility, brace for troubles. Odds are, you’ll end up installing malware, and not even know it. Attention goes a long way. Remember that next time you’re allowing a tool or an update into your system.

Why is this dangerous?

What do you imagine follows the installation of adware? Well, for one thing, nothing good. These programs are invasive and malicious. After they slyly slither into your system, they don’t waste time. They get to work ASAP, and begin burying you in troubles. Adware tends to start with your browsing. It turns your online experience into a nightmare. All of a sudden, you get plagued by unreliable pop-ups and pages. A predominant page that stands out is Topsnote.ru. You get redirected incessantly. In fact, you may come to find the site in place of your default search engine and homepage. You will see it when you search the web, among the results, when you open a new tab, everywhere! And, it’s not just the redirects that you’ll suffer from. Every time you use your browser, you get showered with pop-up ads, as well. The collective disruption of the ads and redirects has repercussions. Your system starts to crash more often, and your computer slows down. And, these are just the issues that fall under the “insignificant” category. You face much worse ones. The worst of which is the privacy risk. Adware applications, like the one hiding behind Topsnote.ru, jeopardize your privacy. They spy on you with the end game to steal your personal and financial details. And, then expose it to the people that published them. The adware, plaguing you, follows the same programming. Unless you act against it, it WILL succeed. So, ask yourself, are you willing to hand over your private life to strangers?

How to Remove Topsnote.ru virus

The Topsnote.ru infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Topsnote.ru infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Topsnote.ru in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Topsnote.ru startup location

STEP 3: Delete Topsnote.ru traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Topsnote.ru in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Topsnote.ru startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Topsnote.ru virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Topsnote.ru traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Topsnote.ru by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Topsnote.ru

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Topsnote.ru, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Topsnote.ru argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Topsnote.ru Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.