Remove Click-this-special.video: Avoid Intrusive Ads

Click-this-special.video: Step-by-step Delete Process

Click-this-special.video is a notorious web portal which tries to trick visitors into subscribing its Push its notification service. Whenever users are redirected to this perilous domain, they are asked to allow notifications from the site to watch the video, prove that they are not robots, continue the site or for other dubious reasons. Those who press the “Allow” button are spammed with continual pop-ups, in-text links, audio and video ads, offers, banners, and other forms of advertisements. If you are frequently getting redirected to this notorious webpage, then this means that an adware or other potentially unwanted program (PUP) is running inside your computer.

Click-this-special.video Virus Performs Various Malicious Deeds:

Click-this-special.video adware often sneaks into the targeted computers via software bundling. After that, it starts delivering intrusive ads on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Explorer and other browser and redirecting victims to scam sites. Besides advertising and redirecting issues, the adware also tracks victims’ web browsing activities and might downgrade the overall performance of the system. It also modifies the browser’s settings to force users to use a customized search engine which redirects web searches to Yahoo or other genuine engines, provides results filled with ads and sponsored links.

Ads delivered by Click-this-special.video or the adware itself might reroute users to legitimate websites. However, in most cases victims might be taken to dubious portals. For instance:

• Survey scams;
• Tech support scams;
• Bogus software downloading websites (scareware);
• Malicious sites
• Malware-laden pages

Tech support and survey scams generally deceive users into revealing personal data (such as name, email, address or even credit card details), installing software they don’t need, or subscribing to useless services (music streaming or similar). Data loss might lead to identity theft or financial losses.

Furthermore, Click-this-special.video ads might reroute users to hacked or malevolent web portals, where JavaScript can automatically insert malware. This is especially important for users who don’t update their software frequently, as this kind of threat looks for software exposure. Hence, never click on anything that is shown on questionable sites. Constant malevolent acts performed by this nasty adware consume enormous amount of memory resources and drag down the overall PC performance severely. This precarious infection may lead to system slowdowns, browser crashes, application malfunctioning, boot errors, software failure and other hazardous issues. So, an instant Click-this-special.video removal is highly recommended.

Software Bundling Leads To PUP Intrusion:

Software bundling is one of the most successful marketing campaigns and frequently used by freeware and shareware developers. This method is so successful because not many PC users are aware of it. They often download apps from unknown sources and just skip the essential steps during the installation. While downloading a freeware from free file-hosting site and then installing it using the Recommended or Quick installation options, people often end up with infecting their systems with unwanted threats.

Thus, it is vital to be attending during the installation process. That means not rushing the process and cautiously reading installation instructions. In most cases, the additional contents are hidden in Advanced or Custom settings, which most users tend to skip and opt for Recommended/Quick option instead. Thus, always select Advanced mode and remove all the pre-ticked boxes and only then complete the installation. But at the moment, you must remove Click-this-special.video from machine as soon as possible.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Click-this-special.video:

Remove the related items of Click-this-special.video using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Click-this-special.video issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Click-this-special.video) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Click-this-special.video removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Click-this-special.video still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Click-this-special.video plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Click-this-special.video removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Click-this-special.video (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.