Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser displays me unwanted Topdownloadcenterlive.com pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Topdownloadcenterlive.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, pc virus suppliers started a wide adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer, and forget about the frustrating Topdownloadcenterlive.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Topdownloadcenterlive.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices about the current news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. And it can be simply disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an reliable advertising mechanism. If you want items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a pointer about the product he/she meant to pay for. And such an advertising approach is practically free – this aspect is very important for corporations.
| Site | Topdownloadcenterlive.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.68.41 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-rujopo.com, Sighful.app, Yourtopwords.com |
Topdownloadcenterlive.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is completely various from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Topdownloadcenterlive.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that begins suggesting you various advertisements. Their material usually has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also show you a huge amount of various Topdownloadcenterlive.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in productivity. And to ruin the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be influenced by adware virus. A massive quantity of ads along with Topdownloadcenterlive.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular activities will be difficult to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Topdownloadcenterlive.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you need to make use of antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Topdownloadcenterlive.com pop-ups virus. However, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious applications on your PC, including Topdownloadcenterlive.com pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Topdownloadcenterlive.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” function, which is usually embedded in all popular web browsers.
Reset Microsoft Edge ⚙ Settings
- Open "Settings and more" tab in upper right corner, then find here "Settings" button. In the appeared menu, choose "Reset settings" option:
- After picking the Reset Settings option, you will see the following menu, stating about the settings which will be reverted to original:
Reset Mozilla Firefox ⚙ Settings
- Open Menu tab (three strips in upper right corner) and click the "Help" button. In the appeared menu choose "troubleshooting information":
- In the next screen, find the "Refresh Firefox" option:
- Open Settings menu by pressing the gear icon in the toolbar (left side of the browser window), then click "Advanced" option, and choose "Browser" button in the drop-down list. Scroll down, to the bottom of the settings menu. Find there "Restore settings to their original defaults" option:
- After clicking the "Restore settings..." button, you will see the window, where all settings, which will be reset, are shown:
- Open Settings tab, find the "Advanced" button. In the extended tab choose the "Reset and clean up" button:
- In the appeared list, click on the "Restore settings to their original defaults":
- Finally, you will see the window, where you can see all the settings which will be reset to default:
After choosing this option, you will see the next message:
Reset Opera ⚙ Settings
Reset Google Chrome ⚙ Settings
As an afterword, I want to say that the time plays against you and your PC. The activity of browser hijacker Topdownloadcenterlive.com must be stopped as soon as possible, because of possibility of other malware injection. This malware can be downloaded autonomously, or offered for you to download in one of the windows with advertisements, which are shown to you by the hijacker. You need to act as fast as you can.
