Remove Clock Hand

Do the names ad by Clock Hand, powered by Clock Hand, or Clock Hand Ads look familiar to you? Do you see them side by side with ads that cover every possible corner of the websites you visit? This clearly means you’ve been infected by an unwanted adware. We say “unwanted” adware because an adware on it’s own doesn’t necessarily is unwanted… Clock Hand on the other hand unwanted because it’s only goal is to show you ads while making money at your expense. We can also compare it with a spyware because it registers and saves in remote databases every move you make on the net. Specially the websites you saw, your browsing history, your installed software, your IP address, etc… in this way it can profile you better.

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Just because Clock Hand has quite an attractive website it doesn’t mean it’s a legit program, so don’t let this fool you. This can’t be a a legit program form the minute that it’s own installation is as hidden as possible. It is actually packaged with some free and popular software found in some download platforms. This is why you should always be vigilant when downloading and installing software in your system. You must always customize your installations!

This is an example of an install program offering Clock Hand:

clock handad

You should know that ads by Clock Hand is considered as suspicious by 21 anti-viruses.
File information
File name:
clockhandbho.dll

Common path:
C:\Program Files\Clock hand\clockhandbho.dll

Signed by:
Clock Hand

Analysis date:
12 February 2015

Scanner detections:
21 / 54

Scan engine
Detection
Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ClockHand.A
ESET-NOD32
a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted
Symantec
Yontoo.C
DrWeb
Trojan.Yontoo.632
Avira
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
AVG
Generic.168
Bkav
W32.HfsAdware.65B3
McAfee
Artemis!4393ACDDB6C8
K7GW
DoS-Trojan ( 20122b491 )
K7AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 )
NANO-Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo
F-Prot
W32/S-304afd20!Eldorado
TrendMicro-HouseCall
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0205
Sophos
Generic PUA AB
VIPRE
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
McAfee-GW-Edition
Artemis
Jiangmin
AdWare/SwiftBrowse.dxt
AhnLab-V3
Adware/Win32.BrowseFox
AVware
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Ikarus
AdWare.BrowseFox
Qihoo-360
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen

Show the other 17 anti-virus detections


How to remove Clock Hand ?

This is a detailed guide to remove Clock Hand from your system. Please perform all the instructions in the correct order. All the software offered in this removal guide is free and known to clean and boost your computer.

Remove Clock Hand with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a helpful tool made to eliminate undesired toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner needs no installation and can be ran in a instant to examine 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 Clock Hand with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a light-weight anti-malware program that is excellent at removing the latest detections.

how to delete Clock Hand with Malwarebytes Anti-malware

  • Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your desktop.
    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.
  • If an update is found, you will be prompted to download and install the latest version.
  • Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Clock Hand.
  • When the scan is complete, make sure that everything is set to Quarantine, and click Apply Actions.
  • 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.
Your computer should now be free of Clock Hand. If you are still experiencing problems while trying to remove Clock Hand from your computer, please start a new thread in our support page. Someone will give you free assistance very fast !
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