Tuesday, May 20, 2014

How to Get Rid of Tiptopsoft.org Pop-up



Are you frequently being redirected to Tiptopsoft.org? This means that your web browser is taken over by this unfamiliar domain. To stop endless redirections, you’d better remove Tiptopsoft.org.

Tiptopsoft.org Pop-up Description

Tiptopsoft.org is a baleful annoying pop-up virus that has the ability to hijacker Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and other popular web browsers. Once it penetrates into your Windows system, it will replace your current homepage without your permission. Each time you launch the affected browser, you will enter Tiptopsoft.org in which you are offered to install or update a browser plug-in called FLV Player.  In reality, the pop-up message is bogus. The purpose of this Tiptopsoft.org is to cheat you to install more rogue programs created by third parties into your machine. In order to collect some profitable data used for business campaign, some of these unknown programs can even track your computer activities and browser histories without your awareness.

Therefore, you should be careful when you see the Tiptopsoft.org pop-up at your browser. Furthermore, some victims say that this Tiptopsoft.org virus is capable of making use of pop-up ads to distribute viruses like ShieldRen Virus and Trojan.Bhubot Virus. If your Windows is corrupted via some destructive viruses, it will have many malfunctions. And you won’t be able to handle the machine smoothly. Thus, it is highly suggested that you remove this Tiptopsoft.org virus in a bid to protect your computer performance. 

The Characteristics of Tiptopsoft.org Virus

1. It is often bundled with freeware, shareware and spam email attachments.
2. It can't be detected by a variety of antivirus programs.
3. It is able to change web browser settings including homepage.
4. It can cause redirections and pop-ups, which leads to chaos.
5. It has the ability to slow down computer performance seriously.

Guides to Remove Tiptopsoft.org Virus

Step 1: Press Ctrl+ALT+Del keys at the same time to open Task Manager. End the process of Rextrk.com virus.

Step 2: Remove the files of Tiptopsoft.org. Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Then use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and un-check Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.
C:\program files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\

Step 3: Delete Tiptopsoft.org virus registry entries from your PC. Click start button and search for regedit to open Registry Editor.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\supWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "SearchAssistant"

Step4: Click Start button and select Control Panel. Then click Programs, uninstall all suspicious programs from your PC.

Step5: Reset the Settings of Browsers

After disabling all suspicious programs on your browser, you also need to reset the browser to the original state, which can make sure that this virus never comes back. Before beginning, you will lose your bookmarks and other personal information when you restore your browser.

Reset the settings of Internet Explorer

1. Open the IE, click the wrench icon and select Internet Options.
2. Move to Advance tab, click the Reset button.
3. Tick the Delete personal settings check-box and click Reset button.
4. In General tab, you can add a new URL on Home page box and set it as your default homepage.

Reset the settings of Google Chrome

1. Open the Chrome, click the three stripes icon and select Settings.
2. Scroll down to the end of the configuration page, search for Show advanced settings.
3. Look at Reset browser settings button and click it.
4. Reset browser settings via clicking the reset button.
5. Scroll down the page again and look for Open a specific page or set of pages, click on their Set Pages. Another window will show up. Here you will seethe bunch of URLs under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.

Reset the settings of Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox, and click the Firefox button.
2. Select Help and click Troubleshooting Information.
3. Click the Reset Firefox button.