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Suddenly Search.top-arama.com took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.
Search.top-arama.com has been classified as a browser hijacker. Is it the most destructive PC virus out there? No. Is it the most difficult parasite to remove? Probably not. Having said that though, hijackers are a serious threat to your browsing experience, your privacy and, ultimately, your nerves. What starts off as not a particularly disturbing infection may soon turn into utter chaos all over your machine so our advice here is to waste no time and get rid of Search.top-arama.com as soon as yo detect its sly presence. If you don’t appreciate being offhandedly manipulated by a virus, and we assume that you don’t, you truly have no reason to keep it on board. What exactly does a browser hijacker do? Well, it hijacks browsers. The good news is that Search.top-arama.com gets activated almost immediately so at least you are not going to spend too much time wondering what’s wrong with you computer. However, the good news concerning this hijacker pretty much end here. Looking at Search.top-arama.com’s official website may get you the wrong impression that this is a decent and nice search engine but don’t be fooled. There is nothing nice about cyber infections. First of all, the website doesn’t offer a download button which is a classic sign of something malicious. Secondly, according to the Privacy Policy of Search.top-arama.com, the hijacker MAY collect some of your personal data which means it WILL steal about as much information as it possibly could. The hijacker also modifies your search results and constantly redirects you to some unknown websites that apart from being irrelevant to your queries, might be corrupted as well. Is it worth dealing with Search.top-arama.com’s shenanigans on a daily basis? All you need to do is remove the parasite. And it’s in your best interest to do it fast.
How did I get infected with?
Is this the most intrusive question in your head right now? If not, it should be. In order to prevent future threats of this kind, you have to know what you did wrong this time. Now, although it’s rather hard to tell precisely how the hijacker got to you, there are some extremely popular infiltration methods in the world of cyber parasites. Hackers never stop working on new techniques but you have to keep in mind that the old ones are still as efficient as always. Take spam messages/email for example. If you ended up infected with the Search.top-arama.com virus, you might have clicked some of those open and that simple action was more than enough for the hijacker to get installed. Do you see how effortless it is to download a virus? All you need is one careless click. Voila. Another effective distribution method is freeware bundling. Again, all it takes is a single moment of distractions and negligence to let all types of parasites enter your PC. That is why it’s highly recommended to select the Custom or Advanced option in the Setup Wizard because this way you remain entirely in control of the installation process and decide which program is reliable enough to be downloaded. It’s either you or cyber criminals who make that decision. It better be you. One more rule of thumb for the future – make sure you go through the Terms and Conditions of what you install unless you’re willing to accept some devious term or condition that will cause you a great headache later on. Remember, you can never be too careful when browsing the Web.
Why is this dangerous?
Why would you think that a nasty hijacker could be safe? It isn’t. The first thing Search.top-arama.com does after its successful infiltration is to replace your default homepage and search engine with its own domain. You don’t get to say whether you like the upcoming changes in the browser settings or not. The virus makes them anyway. As you can see, this is quite a rude intrusion but the hijacker’s manipulations go much, much further. Once it has affected Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, the parasite starts redirecting you. Get ready to be seeing completely random search results that may have nothing to do with what you’re actually searching for. Of course, hackers don’t care about your browsing experience. They care for money. Every web link the hijacker displays is sponsored and it could easily be corrupted so you CANNOT trust absolutely anything on your PC screen after the machine has been compromised. In addition, the personal data that Search.top-arama.com sneakily steals might end up in the wrong hands and you don’t want to know all the possible scenarios that this may lead to. Trust us on one thing though – the fact that crooks have access to your passwords, usernames, email-addresses and even your browsing history can’t end well for you in any of these scenarios. It goes without saying that due to the parasite’s malicious presence, your computer speed will be deeply affected as well so every task will inevitably take much longer to accomplish that it should. Have you had enough with Search.top-arama.com’s trickery? Then hesitate no more and do yourself a favor. You could either delete the hijacker automatically or manually and if you decide to remove the pest yourself, please follow the instructions below.
How to Remove Search.top-arama.com virus
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If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Search.top-arama.com 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.
The Search.top-arama.com adware is specifically designed to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.
STEP 1: Uninstall Search.top-arama.com from Add\Remove Programs
STEP 2: Clean Search.top-arama.com from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer
STEP 3: Permanently Remove Search.top-arama.com leftovers from the System
STEP 1 : Uninstall Search.top-arama.com from your computer
Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command Window
Type “regedit”
navigate to HKCU\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Modify the string with a value data and set it to google.com for example.
STEP 2 : Remove Search.top-arama.com homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE
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Open Google Chrome
- In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
- Remove the Search.top-arama.com by clicking on the little recycle bin
- Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind
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Open Mozilla Firefox
- Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
- Disable the unwanted Extension
- Go to Help
- Then Troubleshoot information
- Click on Reset Firefox
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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
How to Permanently Remove Search.top-arama.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide
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.