BrightonClick.com popup - How to remove

Fear of the name increases fear of the thing itself. Do not let your knees tremble before the ad-serving creatures that have numerous names but serve the save purpose. Brightonclic.com popups are viewed though the critical approach lenses that all adware programs are. It is suspected to be nothing but a phishing application, trained to act as a website traffic generator.

About BrightonClick.com popup

BrightonClick.com adware is compatible with a number of browsers that are popularly used in the society: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla Firefox or even Safari. Yes, even the Mac OS X default browser is a possible victim of this PUP. The seriousness of these programs is often underestimated as people do not understand all of the aspects of its activity.

BrightonClick.com, like all of the ad-orientated applications, is counted on to non-stop generate promotions. As you can guess, not all of them can be considered as high-quality commercials. On the contrary, these advertisements are most likely to be manipulated by third-party sources for the sake of spreading malware or extracting your personal information. These advertisements can appear as free offers to update software, try out a new social media site or give information about product prices. Users should never play the role of curious cats ant interact with them. BrightonClick.com popups are exhibited only to benefit the site as it gets paid for every visit.

To make matters worse, BrightonClick.com adware can automatically redirect users to untrustworthy domains that can infect computers with malicious programs without validation.
However, silently observing your online habits and collecting them like post stamps is a factor that should send shivers down users’ spines. Furthermore, even your personally-identifiable information (PII) is not immune to this tracking and might be gathered in order to sell it to third-party sources.

Distribution Methods of BrightonClick.com popup

While browsing, users should strictly follow a couple of essential guidelines to avoid applications like BrightonClick.com adware. Downloading from file-sharing sites that provide freeware or shareware should be regarded as a delicate matter. Frequently, users are not forewarned that potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) are secretively slipped into free programs. Users can only catch a glimpse of these additions when they pick an advanced/custom installation. It shows a list of recommended software that is supposed to improve your computer in some magical way. Do not let PUPs trample on the firm ground of your computer. Drown these malicious programs like the Egyptian Army that was buried by the Red Sea by only installing the program you initiated to.

Spyhunter, StopZilla, Malwarebytes are the three mightily sounding titles that come from the clan of anti-malware tools. They are focused on clearing users’ computers from any type of threats. For a guide to manually remove BrightonClick.com popup, scroll down.

Manual removal of BrightonClick.com popup

How to remove BrightonClick.com popup using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like BrightonClick.com popup install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to BrightonClick.com popup . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make BrightonClick.com popup easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove BrightonClick.com popup from macOS

Delete BrightonClick.com popup from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the BrightonClick.com popup app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to BrightonClick.com popup and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to BrightonClick.com popup, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving BrightonClick.com popup from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to BrightonClick.com popup. Click on the trash bin icon next to BrightonClick.com popup or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to BrightonClick.com popup, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving BrightonClick.com popup from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything BrightonClick.com popup related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to BrightonClick.com popup, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove BrightonClick.com popup from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to BrightonClick.com popup. Click on the "Remove" icon next to BrightonClick.com popup or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving BrightonClick.com popup from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the BrightonClick.com popup. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to BrightonClick.com popup, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

Manual removal