Remove Topmedia24.me Pop-ups (Chrome, Firefox, IE)

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The Topmedia24.me website is a harbinger of bad news. Its appearance indicates that your computer harbors a parasite. If “Ads by Topmedia24.me” pop up out of the blue, if notifications ask you to approve modifications, the news is bad. A sneaky adware parasite lurks in the shadows of your OS and wreaks advertising havoc. Brace yourself! You are stuck with a menace. The intruder follows programming to flood your browser with countless ads. It displays banners, opens pop-ups, plays commercials, and loads sponsored websites in new tabs. You will notice that even web pages advertised as ad-free are now heavy on “Brought to you by Topmedia24.me.” No ad-blocking tool is powerful enough to help you. Various pop-ups “Powered by Topmedia24.me” interrupt your every online activity. Click nothing, though. As you can imagine, these ads are not reliable. Adware displays them. This parasite has no filters nor security mechanisms. Its ads arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they lure people into online traps. That’s the nature of the intruder. The adware not only ruins your browsing experience but also threatens to get you in serious trouble. Do not test your luck. Your best course of action is the immediate removal of the parasite. Find where the adware hides and delete it upon detection!

How did I get infected with?

Adware floods your browser with Topmedia24.me ads. This parasite sneaks into your computer and makes a mess out of your user experience. Its sudden appearance often misleads the victims to jump to the wrong conclusion that they are dealing with a virus. Luckily, that’s not the case. The adware is a simple application that follows standard installation procedures. This parasite needs you, the user, to approve its access. No permission, no admission! The adware is bound to seek your consent. And it does. It always asks. But it does so in the sneakiest way possible. The adware steals your approval through trickery. This parasite hides in software bundles, fake updates, corrupted links, and pirated software. It hides in the shadows and infects your computer when you throw caution to the wind. Do not make that mistake! No anti-virus app can protect you if you give into naivety. Only your vigilance is powerful enough to keep your PC free of infections. So, don’t be lazy. Always take the time to do your due diligence. Don’t visit questionable websites. Download software and updates from reliable sources only. And forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” setup strategy. When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Deselect the unwanted bonus apps and go through the terms and conditions. If you can’t read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Abort the installation if you notice anything suspicious.

Why is this dangerous?

The Topmedia24.me ads are a plague. You can’t so much as touch your browser without getting bombarded with countless annoying pop-ups, banners, and notifications. These irritating ads, however, are not a mere annoyance. They are your clue! If you just take a close look at them, you’ll realize that you are in serious trouble. You are under surveillance! The ads are targeted at you. They are based on the websites you visit, the links you follow, the videos you watch. Even your activities under the Incognito mode trigger ads. That’s how the adware operates. It studies your browsing activities and uses your preferences against you. Do you think that ends well? The adware spies on you from day one. It knows your every online step, and when it deems it has enough data, it proceeds to sell everything! Do you feel comfortable known that some unknown individuals with questionable agendas buy your data? What if some pieces of data, your search queries, for example, leak personal and financial details? Do yourself a huge favor — remove the adware ASAP! As soon as the Topmedia24.me ads pop up, take action. Clean your operating system before the adware gets a chance to cause you serious harm!

How to Remove Topmedia24.me virus

The Topmedia24.me 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 Topmedia24.me 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.

STEP 1: Track down Topmedia24.me in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Topmedia24.me startup location

STEP 3: Delete Topmedia24.me traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Topmedia24.me 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 Topmedia24.me 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 Topmedia24.me 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 Topmedia24.me traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Topmedia24.me 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 Topmedia24.me

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 Topmedia24.me, 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 Topmedia24.me 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 Topmedia24.me 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.