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  • Active
  • Severity: Medium
  • Adware
  • Windows, Mac
  • Verified · May 2015

How to remove SuperClick ads

A step-by-step removal guide for affected devices. Follow the verified procedure below — most readers complete it in under 10 minutes.

Ugnius Kiguolis · The mastermind

What is SuperClick?

SuperClick is yet another program that promises to deliver various deals, discounts, coupons and similar shopping-related content. There are hundreds of apps that offer such service, including Coupon Buddy, Shopop, NextCoup, Reverse Page and many others. However, all of them are considered to be clones, which may infiltrate your computer interchangeably and initiate identical operations. Security experts consider SuperClick to be adwares and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). Anti-malware programs recognize it as an Adware:Win32/InfoAtoms or Adware.Vitruvian. There are several reasons why this tool has been attributed to these categories.

First of all, the distribution of SuperClick virus has aroused various discussions. It’s one of those programs that can be added alongside other freewares and spread in one pack with them. Such distribution is not fair since people can easily skip such ‘optional downloads’ undetected and unconsciously agree to install them. Another reason why security experts have drawn their attention to this app is related to the third-party content that it may display. Once installed, it may start showing tons of pop-up ads, pop-under ads, banner ads, in-text links and similar intrusive forms of advertisements. Usually, they are marked as ‘Ads by SC’, ‘Brought by SC’, ‘Ads by SuperClick’, ‘ SuperClick Ads’ and so on. Security experts recommend checking your computer with a reputable anti-spyware, such as FortectIntego (Windows OS) or FortectIntego (Mac OS X) as soon as you start receiving such and similar ads. That’s because SuperClick redirects to third-party websites that may occur right after clicking on any of the ads are considered to be risk-posing. That’s because you can be forced to visit both reliable and unsafe websites.

Finally, SC is also blamed for collecting information that is stored on your computer. In fact, it may reach only personally non-identifiable information (search terms, websites visited, data entered in them, clicks, IP address, PC’s location, email address, etc.) that is stored on your browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer). Nevertheless, if cyber criminlas would exploit SuperClick adware, which is very probable since adwares are extremely vulnerable, sensitive data may be collected as well. Thus, to prevent this happening in advance, remove it from the system right away.

How can SuperClick hijack my computer?

SuperClick is usually promoted via software packages and is offered on such websites as download.com, soft32.com, softonic.com, cnet.com, and so on. Of course, such distribution is not fair and should never be applied. Nevertheless, it’s still treated as legitimate; therefore, third parties may use it is desired.
Fortunately, it’s possible to opt out of SuperClick and its clones. For that, we recommend reading license agreements and privacy policies of all freewares and apps that you are going to install. Besides, it’s a MUST to select Advanced or Custom installation option, carefully monitor the entire installation process and uncheck ticks claiming that you agree with the installation of SuperClick and other unfamiliar apps.

How to remove SuperClick virus?

If you failed to install a freeware recently and now suffer from SuperClick ads and redirects, don’t waste your time anymore. Run a full system scan with a reputable anti-spyware or follow manual removal guidelines that are given down below.

Uninstall from Windows

Uninstall from Windows 10/8:

  1. Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
  2. Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 10/8

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:

  1. Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
  2. In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 7/XP

Remove the unwanted program:

  1. In the Programs and Features window, look for any recently installed suspicious entries, select them, and click Uninstall.
  2. If User Account Control appears, click Yes to confirm, then complete the removal.Uninstall the unwanted program from Windows

Delete from macOS

Remove the unwanted application:

  1. From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
  2. In the Applications folder, look for any suspicious entries, then drag them to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash).Uninstall from Mac

Delete leftover files and folders:

  1. Select Go > Go to Folder.
  2. Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
  3. Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.Delete leftover files from Mac
  4. Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.

Remove from Microsoft Edge

Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:

  1. Select Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and pick Extensions.
  2. From the list, pick the extension and click on the Gear icon.
  3. Click Remove.Remove extensions from Edge

Clear cookies and other browser data:

  1. Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
  2. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  3. Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files. (apart from passwords, although you might want to include Media licenses as well, if applicable) and click on Clear.Clear Edge browsing data

Restore new tab and homepage settings:

  1. Click the menu icon and choose Settings.
  2. Then find On startup section.
  3. Click Remove next to any suspicious startup page.

Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:

  1. Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
  2. Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
  3. Select Details tab.
  4. Now scroll down and locate every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right-click on each of them and select End Task to stop MS Edge from running.Reset MS Edge

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge

Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):

  1. Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
  2. Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chromium Edge

Clear cache and site data:

  1. Click on Menu and go to Settings.
  2. Select Privacy, search and services.
  3. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  4. Under Time range, pick All time.
  5. Select Clear now.Clear browser data from Chroum Edge

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. On the left side, pick Reset settings.
  3. Select Restore settings to their default values.
  4. Confirm with Reset.
  5. This will disable extensions and reset startup pages but will not delete bookmarks, saved passwords, or browsing history.Reset Chromium Edge

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)

Remove dangerous extensions:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the Menu (three horizontal lines at the top-right of the window).
  2. Select Add-ons.
  3. In here, select the unwanted extension and click Remove.Remove extensions from Firefox

Reset the homepage:

  1. Click three horizontal lines at the top right corner to open the menu.
  2. Choose Settings.
  3. Under Home, set your preferred homepage and new tab settings.

Clear cookies and site data:

  1. Click Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Go to Privacy & Security section.
  3. Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
  4. Click on Clear Data...
  5. Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.Clear cookies and site data from Firefox

Reset Mozilla Firefox

If clearing the browser as explained above did not help, reset Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
  2. Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.Reset Firefox 1
  3. Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
  4. Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.Reset Firefox 2

Remove from Google Chrome

Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome, click on the Menu (three vertical dots at the top-right corner) and select More tools > Extensions.
  2. In the newly opened window, you will see all the installed extensions. Uninstall all suspicious extensions related to the unwanted program by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chrome

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:

  1. Click on Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
  3. Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
  4. Click Clear data.Clear cache and web data from Chrome

Change your homepage:

  1. Click menu and choose Settings.
  2. Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
  3. Click on Open a specific or set of pages and click on three dots to find the Remove option.

Reset Google Chrome:

If the previous methods did not help you, reset Google Chrome to eliminate all the unwanted components:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
  3. Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
  4. Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
  5. Confirm with Reset settings.Reset Chrome 2

Delete from Safari

Remove dangerous extensions:

  1. Open Safari, click Safari in the menu at the top-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
  2. Go to the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious entries, and click Uninstall to remove them.Remove extensions from Safari

Clear history and website data:

  1. Click Safari in the menu and pick Clear History.
  2. Set Clear to all history and confirm with Clear History.Clear history from Safari

Reset Safari:

  1. Click Safari in the menu and select Preferences > Advanced.
  2. Enable Show Develop menu in menu bar.
  3. From the menu bar, click Develop and select Empty Caches.Reset Safari

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