Top Results Adware - How to remove

Top Results stands for a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that works as typical adware. It additionally messes up your search settings and does not let you find the relevant information online. Top Results attacks Mac computers and modifies the settings of Google Chrome, Safari and Mozilla Firefox. Once installed, the program redirects your search queries through Yahoo, Bing or other third-party search engines. On top of the search results, it displays a lot of sponsored content (advertisement banners and sponsored links promoting specific third-party websites). This generates revenue for Top Results developers and distributors but does not improve your browsing at all.

Top Results works in Mac computers through its special application mentioned in the list of available programs. Additionally, it installs a specific extension into the browsers it attacks. The reviews of many anti-virus companies and computer-related blogs regarding Top Results prove that this application must be immediately removed to prevent the damage it may cause for your Mac.

Top Results impact on your Mac

According to the official description, Top Results 1.0 helps you to reach your favorite search engine for a quick and helpful search experience. The program can read a lot of sensitive information related to the webpage contents, such as passwords, phone number and even credit cards on all the webpages where you submit this information. It also tracks your browsing history, analyzes your search queries and browsing preferences. It is clear that the presence of Top Results represents essential risks for the safety of your personal data and financial information. The data collected by the Top Results adware may be sold to third parties in an absolutely illegal way, without asking about your permission. It may even be submitted into the hands of online criminals who will use your private and confidential details for reaching their illegal purposes.

Clicking on the advertisement banners and sponsored links displayed by the Top Results adware is strongly not recommended. It is quite unlikely that they will promote any valuable content. Instead, you may be forwarded to the following resources:

• websites promoting other potentially unwanted applications through bundling;
• fake software update alerts leading to the installation of rogue security programs;
• fake surveys, questionnaires, and rewards intended to collect your personal details.

Top Results generates a lot of unsolicited pop-up windows through all the browsers available in your Mac. The excessive number of these pop-ups is not only a distracting factor, of course. This causes the high load on your Mac performance and results in considerable system slowdown. The summary about Top Results is that this program must be immediately deleted from your Mac to stop its malicious activity and prevent the damage it already brings.

How to delete Top Results

There are three important steps to fully remove Top Results from your Mac:

• removing Top Results from your Mac Applications;
• disabling Top Results 1.0 extension (add-on);
• scanning your Mac with reliable anti-malware software.

The first two steps actually imply manual Mac analysis and checkup. Access your Mac Applications, locate Top Results in the list and move it into the Trash. Similarly, get rid of the Top Results extension from all your available browsers. However, it is additionally important to investigate your Mac with the help of Spyhunter to identify other remnants of malware that may secretly dwell within your system. The tool we recommend will perform the cleanup of all your browsers by deleting the values added by Top Results and restoring the browser settings, thus completely neutralizing the negative impact of the adware on your browsing.

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How to remove Top Results Adware using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Top Results Adware install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Top Results Adware . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Top Results Adware easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Top Results Adware from macOS

Delete Top Results Adware from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Top Results Adware app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Top Results Adware and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Top Results Adware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Top Results Adware from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Top Results Adware. Click on the trash bin icon next to Top Results Adware or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Top Results Adware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Top Results Adware from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Top Results Adware related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Top Results Adware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Top Results Adware from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Top Results Adware. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Top Results Adware or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Top Results Adware from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Top Results Adware. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Top Results Adware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.