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‘Clkdown.info’ Pop-Ups

Posted: December 3, 2015

Clkdown.info is one of those sites that you should avoid at all costs. The page is created not to serve its visitors and may harm them. When you enter this platform, you will notice a fake animation according to which your browser is trying to load the site. In fact, Clkdown.info is empty: there are no pictures, no text and no background. After a couple of seconds, you will notice a misleading pop-up that claims your Web client is unable to show the site. According to the deceitful message, the problem concerns to the version of Java. The warning says that is it essential for you to update this programming language to see specific multimedia elements. Moreover, the pop-up informs you that your current Java version may expose the PC to various hacking attacks. Although this statement may seem convincing enough to make you download what Clkdown.info offers, you should abstain from doing it. The software that this threatening platform host is not Java. If you click on the 'Download' button, Clkdown.info will redirect you to compromised third-party sites like Downloadsmegaapplication.com. They may offer you different applications, but in all cases they are considered as highly suspicious. As a result, the promised reliable Java update may turn out to be some Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), adware or even software with threatening codes. If your browser loads Clkdown.info automatically and regularly, then it may be 'hijacked' by a harmful add-on. The extension may even set Clkdown.info as the homepage of all Web clients, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. You should know that these pernicious plugins may be very hard to disable or delete manually. You should use an advanced anti-malware application to remove it efficiently and permanently.

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