Guide to remove WhiteClick toolbar from the computer system.

What is WhiteClick Toolbar?

WhiteClick Toolbar is malicious program categorized as a potentially unwanted program & classified as a Browser Hijacker.  This unwanted program trespasses into the system and alters the web browser settings to install its own search engine, home page, new tab and a toolbar without user permission.
WhiteClick toolbar uses the method of software bundling as its main mode of transmission. This program can be bundled with third party software like media-players, torrent downloads of popular software etc.
The users often rush during the installation of software and fail to notice the additional software within the installer. It is important to always check the Custom/Advanced setting during setup and remove any additional software bundled with the program. Doing this keeps unwanted and intrusive software out of the system.
WhiteClick toolbar
Spam email attachments also contain the virus payload. Cyber crooks use spam emails to get unsuspecting users into opening these attachments. These attachments download the virus payload in the user’s system upon execution.

WhiteClick toolbar – Threat behavior

WhiteClick Toolbar offers a variety of fake utilities and browsing enhancements that are of no use. It is just a way to bait the user that this software is a useful program. It installs a search toolbar to the taskbar apart from the web browser.
WhiteClick toolbar tracks user activities through the Search engine queries that the user performs in its search toolbar. It uses the Google Ukraine web site to perform all the searches carried out by the user. The WhiteClick Toolbar changes the Home Page and the New Tab to its own.
The information that the WhiteClick Toolbar collects is used to customize the pop-up ads which it displays to the user in the web browser. These ads promote its partnered products and services to generate ad revenue through user clicks.
The information collected by the WhiteClick toolbar can include IP address, browsing history, cookies, URLs visited, search queries, keystrokes, bank account details, credit and debit card details, windows version, web browser version etc.

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