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It appears that tricks pulled out of criminals sleeves in order to scam inexperienced computer users never end. Theclickcheck.com is a variation on a common scam involving browser hijackers. First of all, it is important to understand that Theclickcheck.com is not what Theclickcheck.com claims to be. Disregard everything that has been written on the Theclickcheck.com web page as well as any of its messages and claims. Theclickcheck.com is designed for one thing only: to direct visitors to malicious websites containing advertisements using deception to do so. If you find that your online searches lead you to the Theclickcheck.com web page instead of to the correct website, this is a sign that your machine has a browser hijacker infection. ESG security analysts recommend running a complete scan of your system to solve this problem. Removing the underlying browser hijacker (in this case, a Trojan known as the Google Redirect Virus), will usually end any untimely visits to the Theclickcheck.com website.

Understanding the Theclickcheck.com Scam

One of the most common online scams of 2011 involved setting up fake search engines. Then, criminals used a browser hijacker (a malware infection designed to take over the victim's web browser in order to direct it to specific websites) to change the results on a legitimate online search so that the links would lead to these fake search engines. Inexperienced computer users, not seeing the difference between Google, Bing or Yahoo and these bogus search engines, will often try their search again on the impostor search engine, only to result in a stream of advertisements and spam. Theclickcheck.com has the potential to trick computer users that are somewhat more experienced and that may not be expecting this scam. Basically, the browser hijacker responsible for directing computer users to these fake search engines now directs computer users to Theclickcheck.com. This website pretends to be some kind of security measure, claiming that the computer user must solve a CAPTCHA and enter the website from which they are visiting in order to ascertain that they are human. Since similar procedures are common when visiting certain websites, many computer users will not think twice before entering this information. However, entering this information and clicking on the accept button will send the victim to websites containing spam, advertisements or malware.