What is Captcha-smart.top?

Captcha-smart.top might become showing up on the screen as a result of adware infiltration. The adware often sneaks into users’ computers merged with freeware programs obtained from the Internet. In most cases, the users themselves are to blame as most of them don’t pay attention and decline offers of additional software during installation. Once inside, adware starts causing new tabs and redirecting users to various unwanted sites, including Captcha-smart.top and its subdomains. Captcha-smart.top prompts users to allow it to display notifications. Should a user agree, Captcha-smart.top notifications will start spamming them with ads for shady websites, appearing occasionally in the bottom right corner of the screen. This step-by-step guide describes how you can get rid of the adware and remove Captcha-smart.top pop-ups and notifications from your browser.

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Step 1: Remove Captcha-smart.top pop-up from browsers

Uninstall Captcha-smart.top from Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find suspicious and unfamiliar extensions.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
  7. Push Alt + F.
  8. Select Settings.
  9. Type notifications into the search bar.
  10. Select Content settings.
  11. Select Notifications.
  12. Find Captcha-smart.top in the Allow list.
  13. Click on three dots next to Captcha-smart.top and select Remove.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Remove Captcha-smart.top from Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose Captcha-smart.top.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Remove Captcha-smart.top from Microsoft Edge:

  1. Press Settings and more button
  2. Choose and Click on Extensions
  3. Find Captcha-smart.top extension and click settings
  4. Press Uninstall button
  5. Start Edge again

Learn more about removing extensions from Edge.

Remove Captcha-smart.top from Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable Captcha-smart.top.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove Captcha-smart.top from Opera:

  1. Launch Opera and select Settings.
  2. Scroll down to the Privacy and security section and click Site Settings
  3. Go to Notifications to see the sites whose notification permissions you’ve already allowed or denied.
  4. Find Captcha-smart.top and block it

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove Captcha-smart.top pop-up from Chrome on Android:

  1. Open the Chrome app.
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap More.
  3. Choose and open Settings
  4. Tap Site settings and then find Captcha-smart.top.
  5. Turn of Captcha-smart.top pop-up from Allowed to Block.

Learn more about removing viruses from Android.

If you still got that problem, most likely there is a rogue application that causes Captcha-smart.top pop-ups and redirects installed on your system. To finally get rid of Captcha-smart.top adware, you should remove all recent suspicious programs that you are sure you didn’t install.

Step 2: Remove Captcha-smart.top pop-up from system

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find the app.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find the app and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find the app, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

  1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
  2. Click on Apps & features on the left menu.
  3. On the right side, locate the app and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
  4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

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