Remove Clearthink

Clearthink is a PUP (or Potentially Unwanted Program) that comes and latches on to the most popular web browsers (like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox et Internet Explorer). This adware program also gets installed as a browser add-on. Its main function is to introduce tons of commercial advertisements onto the websites you visit- offers that are more or less appealing- in order to get the infected user to click on them and therefore gather advertising revenue (Editor’s Note: on the web, each click on an ad generates money).

This adware program doesn’t get installed all by itself: Clearthink needs the user’s help, which it gets through deception. Actually, cyber criminals themselves develop websites, adding content that’s usually popular: videos, for example. When a visitor wants to watch one, a fake message appears and offers to install an add-on on the browser under a false pretext (i.e., installing an add-on in order to play a video). Therefore, the user installs it, not realizing that they’re placing spyware right onto his or her browser. Other spyware publishers prefer to disguise their program so that users get it mixed up with a popular spyware program. Once the user accepts the download, Clearthink becomes an add-on or independent program on the PC.
Below, you will find free and (most importantly) effective explanations for removing Clearthink.

How to remove Clearthink ?

Reset your browser (if necessary)

If after following the above steps Clearthink is still present on your computer, you can reset your browser by following the instructions below.

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer

Remove Clearthink with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a very useful tool made to eliminate unwelcome toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner requires no set up and can be ran in a instantaneous to scan your pc.

• Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop :
  Download AdwCleaner
• Double-click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool (Windows Vista/7/8 users : right-click and select Run As Administrator).
• Click on the Scan button.
• After the scan has finished, click on the Clean button..
• Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.

Remove Clearthink with Junkware Removal Tool

Junkware Removal Tool is a security utility that searches for and removes common adware, toolbars, and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) from your computer. A common tactics among freeware publishers is to offer their products for free, but bundle them with PUPs in order to earn revenue. This tool will help you remove these types of programs.

• Download Junkware Removal Tool (Official link and direct-download) :
  Download Junkware Removal Tool
• Select JRT.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator
• If User Account Control asks you to allow JRT.exe to make changes to your computer, press Yes to continue..
• Close all your browsers, save any work and then press any key to continue.
• When Junkware Removal Tool is done scanning and removing malicious items from your computer a logfile will open.

Remove Clearthink with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware detects and removes malware like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, spyware, and more. All you have to do is launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free and run a scan. If you want even better protection, consider Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium and its instant real-time scanner that automatically prevents malware and websites from infecting your PC.

• Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
  Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection)
• Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware using the installation wizard.
• Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
• Once the program has loaded, select Scan now.
• When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
• When removing the files, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot your computer, please allow it to do so.