Remove Clickstars.xyz virus

How to remove Clickstars.xyz? Do you constantly see advertisements originating from Clickstars.xyz? Clickstars.xyz is a scam site that attempts to send out notifications using your web browser settings.

Push notifications are alerts that are shown using your web browser settings. Scam websites such as the Clickstars.xyz site attempt to persuade you into a click on the allow button in your web browser.

Clickstars.xyz website advertises statements such as “click allow,” “click to verify if you are not a robot”, “click allow to view video” or “click allow to download the file.” The Clickstars.xyz site is known as a social engineering trick and is only used to deceive you into clicking on the advertisement.

If you have allowed the push notifications from Clickstars.xyz, advertisements are displayed that will try to make you click on the ads again. If you click on the push notification, the web browser will open and redirect the web browser to an even more potentially dangerous webpage. The Clickstars.xyz advertisement is associated with malvertising, adware, and potentially unwanted programs.

Adware is software particularly meant to steal web browsing data from your computer, Mac, Android phone, or tablet. The obtained web browsing data is finally sold by cybercriminals to make money from it.

If you see the Clickstars.xyz advertisement in your web browser, I do recommend that you remove the push notification setting installed by Clickstars.xyz to prevent further notifications and possible malware infections.

Follow the malware removal steps.

Remove Clickstars.xyz

Step 1

Choose your web browser and follow instructions.

Remove Clickstars.xyz from Google Chrome

Open the Google Chrome browser, in the address bar type: chrome://settings/content/notifications

or follow the steps below.

• Open Google Chrome.
• In the top-right corner, expand the Chrome menu.
• In the Google Chrome menu, open Settings.
• At the Privacy and Security section, click Site settings.
• Open the Notifications settings.
• Remove Clickstars.xyz by clicking the three dots on the right next to the Clickstars.xyz URL and click Remove.

Remove Clickstars.xyz from Android

• Open Google Chrome
• In the top-right corner, find the Chrome menu.
• In the menu tap Settings, scroll down to Advanced.
• In the Site Settings section, tap the Notifications settings, find the Clickstars.xyz domain, and tap on it.
• Tap the Clean & Reset button and confirm.

Remove Clickstars.xyz from Firefox

• Open Firefox
• In the top-right corner, click the Firefox menu (three horizontal stripes).
• In the menu go to Options, in the list on the left go to Privacy & Security.
• Scroll down to Permissions and then to Settings next to Notifications.
• Select the Clickstars.xyz URL from the list, and change the status to Block, save Firefox changes.

Remove Clickstars.xyz from Edge

• Open Microsoft Edge.
• In the top right corner, click on the three dots to expand the Edge menu.
• Scroll down to Settings.
• In the left menu click on Site permissions.
• Click on Notifications.
• Click on the three dots on the right of the Clickstars.xyz domain and Remove.

Remove Clickstars.xyz from Safari on Mac

• Open Safari. In the top left corner, click on Safari.
• Go to Preferences in the Safari menu, now open the Websites tab.
• In the left menu click on Notifications
• Find the Clickstars.xyz domain and select it, click the Deny button.

Continue to the next step.

Step 2

Remove adware with Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes is a complete malware removal tool for Windows and Mac.

Malwarebytes is free to use.

Websites such as Clickstars.xyz redirect your web browser to dangerous advertisements that advise adware applications.
Make sure to completely clean your computer from adware with Malwarebytes.

Download Malwarebytes

• Install Malwarebytes, follow on-screen instructions.
• Click Scan to start a malware-scan.

• Wait for the Malwarebytes scan to finish.
• Once completed, review the push notification detections.
• Click Quarantine to continue.

• Reboot Windows after all the detections are moved to quarantine.

Step 3

Remove malware with Sophos HitmanPRO

In this third malware removal step, we will start a second scan to make sure there are no malware remnants left on your computer. HitmanPRO is a cloud scanner that scans every active file for malicious activity on your computer and sends it to the Sophos cloud for detection. In the Sophos cloud both Bitdefender antivirus and Kaspersky antivirus scan the file for malicious activities.

Download HitmanPRO

When you have downloaded HitmanPRO install the HitmanPro 32-bit or HitmanPRO x64. Downloads are saved to the Downloads folder on your computer.

Open HitmanPRO to start installation and scan.

Accept the Sophos HitmanPRO license agreement to continue. Read the license agreement, check the box, and click on Next.

Click the Next button to continue Sophos HitmanPRO installation. Make sure to create a copy of HitmanPRO for regular scans.

HitmanPRO begins with a scan, wait for the antivirus scan results.

When the scan is done, click Next and activate the free HitmanPRO license. Click on Activate Free license.

Enter your e-mail for a Sophos HitmanPRO free thirty days license. Click on Activate.

The free HitmanPRO license is successfully activated.

You’ll be presented with the malware removal results, click Next to continue.

Malicious software was partially removed from your computer. Restart your computer to complete removal.