Terraclicks Virus

This article aims to help users with the removal of Terraclicks Virus from Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari, as well as their respective system.

Today we’ll be dissecting the suspicious piece of software called Terraclicks Virus. If it is residing in your computer then you should know that you are dealing with a type of Adware infection. It is characterized with creating a large quantity of pop-ups, banners, ad-filled pages. It is even capable of transforming certain words from the text you read into hyperlinks and they will also display an Ad when you hover over them. Ads from Terraclicks Virus may be small and subtle, but more often then not they will be big, shiny and demanding attention. The most annoying ones also come with sound, which will cause a lot of annoyance until you find the correct close button. So yes, the Ads are an annoyance and they will also slow down your computer. Your CPU has to load the Ads in addition to whatever page you are opening and to do that it also needs to download the data needed to display them.

Don’t click on the Ads – they don’t mean you good

The Ads created by Terraclicks Virus are aggravating for a purpose – they want to attract your attention. It’s a trap. If you begin interacting with the Ads – even if you do it out of curiosity – it puts your computer at risk. Adware applications like Terraclicks Virus are known as “droppers” for other, more dangerous viruses like ransomware, keyloggers, rootkits and others. 

If the direct approach doesn’t work Terraclicks Virus might try to make you install the virus yourself. This is done through the use of deception and misdirection. Generally first you will be shown an Ad that looks exactly like a system message. It will claim there is some problem – a missing plug-in or require a certain video player or codec installed in order to view media online. You’ll then be provided a link to click on in order to install whatever is missing. There isn’t really any problem and the file you are about to install will contain the virus.

Also be aware of any “free scanners” that claim to have examined your computer and found it infected with viruses, having errors in the registry or anything else of the kind. Legitimate software will never do that – what you are seeing is attempts by bloatware to scam you into installing it. These programs don’t actually do anything, but create the problem messages themselves when there is no problem at all. You’ll be required to pay for the product in order to fix the issue, which is just a classical scam. These program often carry viruses attached.

SUMMARY:

Name	Terraclicks
Type	Browser Hijacker
Detection Tool

Terraclicks Virus Removal

You are dealing with a malware infection that can restore itself unless you remove its core files. We are sending you to another page with a removal guide that gets regularly updated. It covers in-depth instructions on how to:
1. Locate and scan malicious processes in your task manager.
2. Identify in your Control panel any programs installed with the malware, and how to remove them. Search Marquis is a high-profile hijacker that gets installed with a lot of malware.
3. How to clean up and reset your browser to its original settings without the malware returning.
You can find the removal guide here.
For mobile devices refer to these guides instead: Android, iPhone