How to Remove Clickerer.com Browser Hijacker- Clickerer.com Removal Guide

What is Clickerer.com?

Clickerer.com is a stubborn browser hijacker, which always popping when you open the web browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. What’s more, it will change your browser homepage to Clickerer.com, once you find your homepage has changed into Clickerer.com, that means your computer has been infected with some other malicious virus.

Do not ignore Clickerer.com when you find it in your computer, please remove it as soon as possible. Why? Now i will tell you the harms it will do to your computer. Once installed, Clickerer.com takes full control over the browser and your computer's homepage changes to the Clickerer.com' default website. Also, the purpose of Clickerer.com is to monitor your browsing habits and display more and more ads. What's more, it wants to increase the profit from advertising expense and earn money from publishing these ads. Worse still, it is capable of collecting your personal information such as your email address or your online traces for marketing. How dangerous it is! In order to protect your computer, you should uninstall it and remove it as soon as possible.


Tips: To get rid of Clickerer.com, the best way is manual removal. But if you are not familiar with computer, you'd better ask for an expert help, below is the link:

How to Completely Remove Clickerer.com?

(As Clickerer.com is a stubborn virus, manual removal is the best and efficient way to completely remove it. And we need to manually delete associated program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries. It is a complex work, so please be patient and careful when you follow these steps, any mistake will leads to system crash.)

Step1: Set Your DNS as Google's Public DNS( 8.8.8.8):
1. Open Control Panel
2. At Network and Internet, select "View network status and tasks"
3. At Network and Sharing Center, select "Change adapter settings"
4. Select the network adapter you are using (LAN or WLAN), then click on "Properties"
5. Double click "Internet Protocol Version4 (TCP/IPV4)"
6. Check "Use the following DNS server addresses"
7. Set the "Preferred DNS server" as 8.8.8.8

Step2: Show all hidden files to find out related files of Clickerer.com:

Windows 7/vista/XP

1. Close all programs so that you are at your desktop
2. Click on the Stat button and then click on the "Control Panel"
3. When the control panel opens click on the Appearance and Personalization link.
4. Under the Folder Options category, click on Show Hidden Files or Folders.
5. Under the Hidden files and folders section select the radio button labeled Show hidden files, folders, or drives.
6. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide extensions for known file types.
7. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
8. Press the Apply button and then the OK button.

Windows 8

Right-click taskbar and select “Task Manager”. Click “More details” button when you see the Task Manager box.
Hit “Details” tab to find out and end the processes of the ransomware.

Step3: Find out and delect associated files of Clickerer.com Virus:

%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\[random].exe
%User Profile%\Local Settings\Temp
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Clickerer.com
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Clickerer.com
%Program Files%\Clickerer.com

Step4: Uninstall from Control Panel

Windows 7/Vista
1. Click on the Stat button and then click on the "Control Panel"
2. When the control panel opens you can see Program, and click on the "Uninstall a program" link.
3. Select "Clickerer.com related programs" and click on Uninstall.

Windows 8
1. Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen.
2. Click Settings on Charms bar and go to Control Panel.
3. Select Uninstall a Program and remove Clickerer.com related programs.

Windows XP
1. Go to Start, navigate to Settings and click on Control Panel.
2. Navigate to Add or Remove Programs, choose Programs and Features.
3. Find Clickerer.com related programs, and hit Remove.

Step5: Open Registry Editor and clean all Clickerer.com associated registries.

(Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK)

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\Clickerer.com\{C564077A-BA7A-4661-8E06-68E2D480476E}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{11111111-1111-1111-1111-110311341126}


Step6: End Clickerer.com Malicious progress from Task Manager

(Press Ctrl+Alt+Del)

Find Clickerer.com and select it, then click on "End Process".

Step7: Reset homepages of your affected browsers.

Mozilla Firefox

Click on Firefox menu and navigate to Options.
Under the General tab, delete the undesirable URL from the Home Page field, input the URL you prefer and click OK.

Google Chrome

Click on the Wrench or 3 bar icon, and select Settings.
Find “On startup” and click on “Set pages”. Remove the unwanted URL, type your favorite one and click OK.

Internet Explorer

Click Tools and navigate to Internet Options. Under the General tab, delete XX from the Home Page field, and then type your favorite homepage URL into the field and confirm your change.

Important Note: Above is just a reference for you, because Clickerer.com changes its location and files name all the time, so there maybe some differences when you follow the removal guide. If you are not an computer expert, please stop continuing but feel free to contact us, our MiTechMate is expert in helping users with various computer issues.