Clickforms.ru Removal Guide

Our research team says that Clickforms.ru is a browser hijacker. As such, this program will modify your settings on Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. The hijacker does that in order to redirect you to affiliated websites. When that happens, the people behind this infection make easy money. You can prevent that from happening by removing Clickforms.ru today. Not to mention, by deleting this infection you will protect your computer and your personal information from other potential threats and exploitations. Check out the instructions below to get rid of this application manually. For any computer security-related questions, do not hesitate to leave us a comment.

As it is with most of the browser hijackers, they do not ask for user’s permission to settle in target computers, but, at the same time, they cannot really enter the system willingly. In other words, the installation must be triggered by the user. This happens when users download freeware apps from third-party sources. Programs that are hosted at file-sharing websites usually come in packages, and users accidentally install more than one application because they do not check all the steps in the setup wizard. As a result, the likes of Clickforms.ru get installed on your computer.

Sometimes users might feel overwhelmed by this application because it does not have an entry in the list of installed programs. Thus, you cannot uninstall it via Control Panel. However, you should never panic because there is always a way.

The most important thing is to realize that Clickforms.ru is not a genuine search engine. This program redirects you to various advertisement pages in order to gain financial profit. What’s more, it may also force you to install more unwanted applications. This happens when this browser hijacker redirects you to a page that offers to update your Flash Player. Needless to say, if you need to update your flash player, you should do that via the official website. Downloading the update package via a third-party website would only result in installing more unwanted and potentially harmful applications.

To update your programs properly, you should download update packages only from the official vendor websites. Also, please refrain from downloading applications from unfamiliar third-party web pages because you can never know what additional apps may come along. The next time you open your browser, you may encounter Clickforms.ru set as your default homepage and search engine. And you definitely cannot think that you can use this website as a genuine search provider.

If you were to run a search query via Clickforms.ru, you will soon notice that this website provides you with customized search results. It means that it collects data on what sites you visit and what you usually search for. That is something most of the popular web pages do, but you certainly would not want a shady search engine to have such a function, too. After all, Clickforms.ru cannot guarantee that the information it collects does not get leaked to malevolent third parties.

You see, in the worst case scenario, through this browser hijacker, you could end up getting infected with malware, ransomware, and many other dangerous threats. Therefore, the sooner you get rid of Clickforms.ru, the better. If you think that manual removal is too hard for you, you can always delete this infection with a security tool of your choice.

How to Remove Clickforms.ru

1. Press Win+R and type %Homedrive% into the Open box.
2. Click OK and open the directory.
3. Delete the firefox.bat and iexplore.bat files.
4. Press Win+R again and type %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%. Click OK.
5. Delete the chrome.bat file.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 with the %PROGRAMFILES% directory.
7. Right click your browser’s shortcut and select Properties.
8. Open the Shortcut tab and locate the Target line.
9. Depending on your default browser, delete the following lines:
   Firefox: "C:\firefox.bat" "http://n.clickforms.ru/c/1a30e417c259f275?"
   Internet Explorer: "C:\iexplore.bat" "http://n.clickforms.ru/c/1a30e417c259f275?"
   Chrome: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google" "http://n.clickforms.ru/c/1a30e417c259f275?"

You may also try resetting your browser settings to default once you have changed the shortcut target settings, but the unwanted search engine should disappear automatically.