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Danger level 6
Type: Adware

Trackingclick.com

The emergence of Trackingclick.com and its potentially unreliable promotions in your browsers could be a sign of being infected with malware or potentially unwanted programs. This adware server has been reported to display questionable advertisements and performing redirections to potentially unsafe third-party websites. If you notice that there are more and more ads while you are surfing the web, you should not engage with these because chances are you could download malware infections behind your back or end up on malicious websites being scammed. We do not think that you need any more threats risking the operations of your system or damaging your files. In fact, you should make sure that not a single threat resides on your PC. If you care about the safety of your virtual world, you will remove Trackingclick.com as soon as possible along with all other questionable and useless programs you may detect on your computer. For the details, please read on and learn how you can avoid similar threats in the future.

When it comes to adware servers, there is a possibility that your computer is not even infected since you could also be presented with related third-party ads by way of getting redirected to this server after clicking on a compromised link or a corrupt advertisement. This can mainly happen when you are visiting a suspicious website or when you are using a questionable search engine for your web searches. We suggest that you close all your browser windows in this case and restart your browser. If these ads keep coming up, chances are your PC has been infected with a potentially unwanted applications, a browser hijacker, or an adware program, or all of these in one go. This is where bundling comes into the picture.

Cyber criminals tend to use software packages to distribute all kinds of malicious threats and potentially unwanted apps. This is how you can end up infecting your computer with adware programs, browser hijackers, fake alerts, backdoors, Trojans, and even ransomware programs in one go. In order to avoid such malicious packages, you need to stick with official websites for downloading software and updates. But you also need to be careful with your clicking habits because you may be exposed to unreliable third-party contents while browsing, such as fake download and navigational buttons, unsafe pop-up and banner ads, and so on. What is worse, your PC could be infected and it would mean that you are not at all safe even to go online since you could be presented with unsafe ads on reputable pages as well. You should also know that such infections can spy on you and sell the collected data to all kinds of affiliates who may not always be trustworthy. All in all, we suggest that after you delete Trackingclick.com from your system, you scan your PC with a trustworthy malware scanner to identify all other threats as well.

Your screen being littered with annoying ads and promotional pages is kind of disruptive. But this is not the worst that can happen when you are exposed to the promotions coming from this adware server. These questionable websites and ads emerging can also put your virtual security at risk. If you are an inexperienced computer user, you could easily be influenced by these ads and you may eagerly click on them to install supposedly needed plugins, updates, or software. Ending up on malicious websites always has its risks. You could share your personal information or banking details with cyber criminals and end up with empty accounts or with your name used in an online fraud. Although these are the worst possible scenarios, they might happen if you let this adware server expose you to its promotions. This is why we advise you to remove Trackingclick.com from your computer as soon as you can.

Our tests show that this infection may change your hosts file to include this adware server among the entries. So if you would like to eliminate the flow of annoying promotions, you need to modify your hosts file accordingly. After that, we also suggest that you reset your browsers to make sure that no related threats remain on board. Please follow our instructions below if you are ready to act. But, if you really want to protect your computer from malicious attacks, it is important that you become a more cautious web surfer or you can always install a reputable anti-malware program like SpyHunter to do all the hard work of protecting your PC for you automatically.

Restore your hosts file

  1. Tap Win+R and enter "%Windir%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts". Click OK.
  2. Choose Notepad or any other text editor to open the hosts file.
  3. Delete all entries related to "Trackingclick.com".
  4. Save the hosts file and exit.

Remove Trackingclick.com from browsers

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Tap Alt+H and open Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Click Refresh Firefox.
  3. Click Refresh Firefox in the pop-up.

Google Chrome

  1. Tap Alt+F and go to Settings.
  2. Scroll down the page and click Advanced.
  3. Scroll down again and click Reset.
  4. Press Reset.

Internet Explorer

  1. Tap Alt+T and navigate to Internet Options.
  2. Choose the Advanced tab and click Reset.
  3. Tick the Delete personal settings checkbox.
  4. Press Reset.
  5. Press Close.
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