Anti-spyware 101

The application called Capricornus has definitely nothing to do with star constellations or astrology; instead, it is an annoying program that fills your screen with third-party advertisements, such as coupons. These ads are usually labeled as “ads by Capricornus” or “powered by Capricornus,” so if you see anything similar, you should know that your computer may have been infected with this application. Due to its nature and functions, our malware specialists at Anti-Spyware-101.com have categorized it as an adware program. You should know that if this adware has slithered onto your computer somehow, there may be other malware threats on your system as well. Many users do not consider adware applications a real threat because they do not know the risks behind third-party advertising. Leaving this adware on your computer could present to you potentially harmful third-party websites. Read more »

ChatClap is a questionable desktop application that is supposed to be a chat program; however, according to our malware researchers, it may pose a threat to your system security through third-party advertising. Therefore, this application has been labeled as an adware program. But annoying and potentially harmful third-party ads are not the only way this adware can harm your computer. Unfortunately, this application may enter your computer along with other malware infections. This means that you may get exposed to unsafe web content from several different sources. This makes your computer and your privacy rather vulnerable. Keeping such an adware application on board can bring more infections and also provide cyber criminals opportunities to trick you or steal information about you. That is why you should not wait till it is too late. You should remove ChatClap as soon as possible in order to prevent further infections or worse. Read more »

The official promotion associated with Search Window at thesearchwindow.com suggests that this program can help you window-shop directly from your Desktop. Do you fully understand how this program works? What it actually does is collects information about you and communicates with adware servers to inject ads. Sure, some ads might be beneficial; however, it is most likely that advertisements shown to you will be attractive but not useful. In the worst case scenario, you will encounter malicious ads, and this is the main motive for you to delete Search Window from your operating system. The worst part is that this advertising-supported program often comes packaged with other infections, and they require immediate elimination as well. The information in this report will help you clean your operating system from all threats, and so you should continue reading. Read more »

If you believe Constant Fun to be a reliable program, you are in trouble. This seemingly beneficial app is actually an advertising-supported program that will flood you with all kinds of ads that might promote unreliable installers and fictitious shopping deals. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that the creator of this adware cares about the content it introduces its users to. All that this creator seems to care about is showing as many profitable ads as possible. This is why we consider this program to be dangerous, and it is our recommendation to eliminate it as soon as possible. We have tested this piece of software in our Anti-Spyware-101.com internal lab to understand fully and completely how it works. If you want to learn what we found, continue reading. If you want to remove Constant Fun as soon as possible, check the instructions below. Read more »