Clean Browse

Posted by Max Lehmann on September 9, 2015

What is Clean Browse?

Creators of adware applications try different ways to promote their products, and developers of Clean Browse plays the card of online safety. The program offers you protection against the latest threats, and this will cost you nothing as the application is free to use. But the Anti-spyware.101.com research team has decided to take a closer look at the program and found that it is a duplicate of Web Security App. The latter application was recently reviewed, and we came up with a conclusion that it should be removed. The same applies to Clean Browse as well. test

How does Clean Browse act?

Despite being promoted as a computer protection tool, Clean Browse makes no secret that its main purpose is to show you advertisements. It will display coupons, sponsored links, banner ads, video targeted ads, etc. The list is quite long, so expect to be regularly attacked by various advertisements each time you open your browser. Moreover, the program openly declares that it spies on you by collecting information on your browsing habits. Your personally identifiable information may be gathered by Clean Browse even if the program claims it could be done “in very limited and rare circumstances”. You will never know what purposes this information may be used for. Besides, this application sees no problem in sharing the gathered data with third parties if it believes that “such disclosure is reasonably necessary.” So, the program promises to care about your safety but instead puts it in danger as those third parties may potentially be fraudsters waiting for a proper moment to steal your financial credentials. There is no reason to trust such a program at all.

Where does Clean Browse come from?

As it is with its clone, Clean Browse has the official website that always says that the extension is “down for maintenance and is currently unavailable.” It means that the program may have tricked you in order to enter your system. Most likely, you had received this application when it came bundled with freeware you have downloaded from the Web. Users tend to pay little attention to the installation wizard each time they decide to add some program to their device. This is how they open a door for additional applications that were possible to deselect during the Custom installation. If you do not remember how the adware program has found a place on your computer, it means that you should care about your security a bit more.

You can avoid all the possible troubles connected with Clean Browse by simply removing this program. The good old method of eliminating unwanted programs via Control Panel works there as well. You can also get rid of the undesirable browser extension just by following our detailed guide. But be aware that it is important to scan your system for the presence of other infections that might have come along with the adware program. It is better to do this with the help of a professional antispyware tool.