Adware viruses, increasingly appearing on the Internet, began to affect user computers very selectively and even, so to speak, more and more sophisticatedly. One of the most interesting threats is Clkmon.com. How to remove this scourge will be shown later. But for now, let's dwell on what this application is and how its impact affects the user system.
Clkmon: what is this application?
This program (and this is a program) is supposedly not a virus, but simply refers to the category of unwanted software that can be installed on the operating system either through various affiliate add-ons when installing some basic software package downloaded from an unreliable source, or infiltrate computers spontaneously when a user accidentally or intentionally clicks on dubious links on the Internet.
For the time being, the user does not notice the impact of the virus until critical changes in the settings of web browsers begin (this is the first sign). But here is the most interesting thing, many even upon entering the usual “Task Manager”, having a quick look at the processes, do not notice that Clkmon.com is also among them. How to remove this process, if no one pays attention to it, it is easy to understand if you look at the name of the executable file - it resembles the ctfmon service, which is responsible for displaying the language bar and switching the keyboard layout. User carelessness leads to the fact that without proper removal actions, the virus begins its destructive activity. Thus, the first thing it needs to be completed forcibly.
How does the Clkmon.com virus affect the operating system and browsers?
First, the start page is changed, the search engine, which was previously installed by default, is replaced, and then constant redirects to resources of dubious (most often advertising) content begin to occur. In addition to all this, a redirect can also be made to infected sites, upon visiting which the user picks up new viruses.
Further worse. Advertising is so firmly embedded in the system that pop-ups begin to appear even when the browser is off right on the "Desktop" (usually in the system tray area). In addition, some kind of check of computer performance begins, and this is a sign that the virus is deeply embedded in the system.
How to get rid of Clkmon.com: standard removal
Now some practical tips for removing this threat. No matter how trite it may sound, you can get rid of it, or rather, the main application files, through the programs and components section located in the standard “Control Panel”.
Select the application you are looking for and press the delete / change button. At the end of the process, you need to consider another point regarding the Clkmon.com applet. How to remove it completely? You will have to get rid of the components remaining after the standard uninstall procedure. And these are registry keys, files, folders and extensions (settings and panels) in browsers.
After deleting the registry entries by searching by the original name, the first thing in the browser settings is to remove all the panels, extensions or add-ons that have anything to do with this threat, then immediately change the start page (best of all) set empty or show bookmarks bar), and then change the search system to the desired one if it has been changed.
After that, the question of how to remove Clkmon.com implies adjusting the properties of the shortcut or the executable launch file itself, using the RMB menu with the choice of the property line for this. The type of the object will indicate the full path to the executable file of the browser, which should end with its name and extension .exe. If after the extension there is some kind of subscript (usually this is http: \\ clkmon.com), delete it and save the changes, and then reboot the system.
Alternative removal method
You can also use simpler virus removal methods, which involve the use of special uninstall programs like iObit Uninstaller or Revo Uninstaller, which, when you remove installed programs or even components of the operating system, can ignore current prohibitions.
How to remove Clkmon.com with their help? It is enough to find the application itself or the installed panels (extensions) in the main list of programs or in the list of browser add-ons and use uninstall, after which the powerful scanning mode for searching for residues is turned on, and all the elements found are deleted using the file destruction item (there may be files , and folders and system registry keys). Upon completion of all processes, as should already be clear, the computer is restarted.
What should not be done in any case?
Finally, it remains to give one practical advice. Suppose a user decides to look for a solution to remove this threat on the Internet.
But there you are constantly offered to download utilities like SpyHunter or something like that. This is argued by the fact that such programs are the most powerful means of detecting and neutralizing threats of this type. Do not try to install them, otherwise it will be even more difficult to get rid of supposedly anti-virus software than from the virus itself.