Clickworker.me Adware - How to remove

Clickworker.me is a malicious website attacking Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other browsers. The website produces unwanted excessive pop-ups that are the form of a social engineering attack that aims to force you into subscribing to intrusive web push notifications. Interacting with the website and fulfilling its misleading guidelines will automatically hijack your browser and will start delivering tons of unwanted ads straight to your desktop.

Clickworker.me is similar according to its activities to news-easy.com, install.notify-service.com and other malicious websites displaying unsolicited notifications beyond the user’s control. The danger of these resources is in their interconnection with many other dubious websites that eventually may essentially infect your computer. Our recommendation is that you stay away from interacting with clickworker.me to prevent any further possible damage. However, if you have mistakenly allowed its alerts, continue reading this tutorial that explains how to fix the issue and disable clickworker.me pop-ups effectively.

Misleading statements by clickworker.me

In order to make you interact with it, clickworker.me displays a lot of faulty notifications that may sound reasonable. This is the typical alert that many people notice:

Clickworker.me wants to show notifications
Press Allow to verify that you are not robot

Alternatively, some pop-ups similar to clickworker.me could mention that clicking on the “Allow” button is mandatory to verify your age or to enable video streaming in order to watch some specific video file. The information provided by clickworker.me is very deceptive and simply intends to make you authorize its intrusive notifications.

Sometimes clickworker.me is able to switch your browser into the full-screen mode to make it impossible for you to open other browser tabs to investigate the problem online. Therefore, users are forced to click on the “Allow” button, however, this is a serious mistake resulting in unauthorized browser modifications.

The danger of clickworker.me pop-ups

Once clickworker.me gains the authorization to display web push notifications, the browser starts randomly displaying the repeated number of intrusive pop-ups, ads, banners, deals, coupons, and discounts. The users cannot block these distracting alerts. When they manage to close some particular banner, another portion of pop-ups will soon be delivered on the screen.

Clickworker.me pop-ups essentially distract the users while browsing the web, however, the worst part of the story is the fact that clickworker.me is interconnected with many other malicious resources, such as:

• pages leading to third-party browser extensions (hijackers);
• websites promoting rogue security software;
• scary pages imitating Microsoft or Apple customer support services demanding a subscription to paid services;
• fake surveys and questionnaires collecting the user’s personal data.

How to block clickworker.me completely

It is absolutely certain that clicking on the “Allow” button as instructed by clickworker.me was a serious mistake that caused a lot of negative consequences you now have to deal with. However, there is a way to fix the issue and remove clickworker.me alerts. We have to admit that the initial appearance of clickworker.me pop-ups could be the result of some adware running in your computer. It is a good idea that you first inspect the list of your available programs and remove the items that look suspicious, especially the ones with the random names and those you do not remember installing directly.

Fixing your browser parameters is another important milestone. Please perform the following sequence of steps:

• in your browser menu, click on “Settings” or “Preferences”;
• look for “Site Settings” (in Google Chrome) or “Privacy and Security” (in Mozilla Firefox);
• find “Notifications”;
• locate clickworker.me, then disable and delete this website from the list.

The process of fixing other browsers is actually similar to the milestones reviewed above. Another very important step is to thoroughly scan your computer with either Spyhunter that will effectively discover and delete other possible malware enabled in your computer. This way your device will be duly protected from other possible unauthorized alterations.

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How to remove Clickworker.me using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Clickworker.me Adware 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 Clickworker.me . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Clickworker.me Adware 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 Clickworker.me from macOS

Delete Clickworker.me Adware from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Clickworker.me 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 Clickworker.me Adware 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 Clickworker.me, 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 Clickworker.me Adware 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 Clickworker.me. Click on the trash bin icon next to Clickworker.me Adware 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 Clickworker.me, 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 Clickworker.me Adware 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 Clickworker.me 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 Clickworker.me Adware, 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 Clickworker.me Adware 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 Clickworker.me. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Clickworker.me Adware 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 Clickworker.me from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Clickworker.me Adware. 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 Clickworker.me, 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.