Topsearch.co Ads - How to remove

Topsearch.co is an internet search engine. You may see links to Topsearch.co as ads in your search results.

Topsearch.co is not dangerous. But it’s a little problematic because of how often it shows ads for various browser hijackers and adware sites. Be careful of those ads and check your computer for malware infections, as they might be at fault for sites like Topsearch.co appearing in the first place.

About Topsearch.co:

Classification	Potentially unwanted program.
Problems with Topsearch.co	It is a very basic search engine, the ads that it shows are sometimes unhelpful and potentially harmful.
How it spreads	Adware viruses and bad browser extensions, search result ads.
How to remove Topsearch.co ads	Scan your device for malware (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others), remove unwanted browser extensions.

Topsearch.co is an unhelpful web search engine

Lack of features

Topsearch.co is an alternative search engine that belongs to Ask Media Group, the company behind Ask.com and InformationVine.

Internet search engines are websites that take your search query and return relevant results. Google is one of the most popular search engines, and it’s what powers Topsearch.co, as well.

However, Topsearch.co is worse than Google:

• It shows way too many ads.
• It has no useful features.

Topsearch.co is a very advertising-focused search engine. It is not dangerous, however, it is also quite unhelpful. It lacks features that are essential to a search engine. There’s no Safe Search setting, language and geo settings, result types (news, maps, images, etc.), and no filtering based on date.

Browser hijackers and misleading ads

Topsearch.co also consistently displays unusually many ads, such as five at the top and the same at the bottom. Some of the ads are regular, relevant to the query ads. Others are for random browser hijackers like Gaming Wonderland and VideoConverterHD, which are, just like Topsearch.co, also made by Ask.

In fact, web analytics tools show that some of the browser hijackers by Ask get many of their visitors from sites like Topsearch.co. The ads are quite misleading, often using phrases like “Install Now” and “Download Now Free”. These ads show up when I search Topsearch.co for various software. It would be easy to get confused and think that the ad is for the item that I searched for – when it’s actually a random browser toolbar.

If you find yourself on Topsearch.co, be very careful about which results you click on and what you install, or else you might end up with adware on your browser.

Why are these ads allowed?

You may wonder how it is that such unhelpful and even potentially harmful ads are allowed to display on Topsearch.co. After all, they’re delivered by Google. In addition, there are quite a few complaints of ads for sites like Topsearch.co appearing in people’s Google search results.

Some people speculate why fake search engines like Topsearch.co can show Google ads (Support.google.com). It’s difficult to say for sure, besides that Ask is Google’s advertising partner and similar advertising has been allowed for years.

Limited results

Another thing that is strange about Topsearch.co is how limited its results are. There are some news sites, blogs, and many Ask-owned websites delivering the results, but I couldn’t get something obvious like Wikipedia to show up.

That’s fine, Topsearch.co is for Ask to manage, and there’s nothing wrong with specialized search engines. But I think this adds to the impression that Topsearch.co is not a search engine for regular use. I get the impression that it’s more of an advertising site.

It’s estimated that people who go on Topsearch.co also visit Kensaq.com, Info.com, Zapmeta.com, and other alternative search engines. These sites have the same characteristics as Topsearch.co of lacking features and showing excessive ads.

How to remove Topsearch.co

Now, if you’re seeing Topsearch.co regularly, there is likely a malicious browser hijacker on your browser or an adware infection on your computer. If you see an ad for Topsearch.co in your web search results, you may have a malicious browser extension installed.

Check your device for adware by scanning it with an anti-malware tool, such as Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others. Remove unwanted extensions by following the instructions below.

Adware infections aren’t very malicious, they just want to redirect users to related websites and to record their online behavior. Still, it’s better to get rid of them.

In addition, many of the ads shown on Topsearch.co lead to browser hijackers. If you installed any of them, which is very easy to do without even meaning to, then it would be best to disable them or remove them.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted browser extensions

TopHow To remove Topsearch.co Ads from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Topsearch.co Ads, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser 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.

How to remove Topsearch.co Ads from Microsoft Edge:Top

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

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

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

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• 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.

How To remove Topsearch.co Ads from Firefox:Top

• 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 Topsearch.co Ads 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.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Topsearch.co Ads, 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.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.