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Infected with Capricornus

Capricornus has become a nasty computer infection which attack many user's computer:

Malware (Ads by Capricornus).I'm a new user to Windows 10 and recently I've been facing problems with what seems to be malware affecting my browser (Microsoft Edge).Most of the time, the browser will display something like this image below either on the side or have an ad that covers the entire page. At the bottom or top there is always a message saying "Ads by Capricornus".

Capricornus is an unwanted browser extension which can be classified as a adware. Capricornus supposedly improves the Internet browsing experience. However, Capricornus is an adware which displays of intrusive online advertisements. Capricornus is created and developed by the cyber criminals to collect money by generating web traffics. In general, Capricornus can be installed along with insecure free downloads from the Internet without any permission and notice. Once gets into the computer, Capricornus will change the computer browser setting and begin to inject unwanted add-ons and extensions to your browser.

When you surf the web, Capricornus will take over your browser and generate search-related ads, banner and video ads, in-text ads and links, transitional, interstitial and full page ads. You will see many ads with label of "Ads by Capricornus", "Brought to you by Capricornus", etc. Capricornus is capable to keep track of users' Internet browsing activity by cookies. It will send those information to the third party for marketing purpose. Banners and ads by Capricornus on the websites will link you to other sites that contains infections. It is suggested to remove Capricornus from the computer as soon as possible.To look deep into the threats, it is suggested to scan your computer with a anti-spyware like Spyhunter to find the detail problem.

How to remove Capricornus?

Manually remove Capricornus

Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Capricornus processes in the Windows Task Manager.

Step 2: Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from Capricornus.

Step 3: Remove the unwanted extension from the browsers.

Internet Explorer

1) Launch the Internet Explorer and click on Tools in menu bar, click on the Manage Add-ons.
2) Click on Toolbars and Extensions, select Disable the suspicious or unwanted extension.

3) Restart the Internet Explorer.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Start the Mozilla Firefox. Click on the Firefox menu then choose Add-ons.
2) Click on the Extensions in the pop-up Add-ons Manager page, select the adware in the list and then click on Remove button.



3) Restart Mozilla Firefox.

Google Chrome

1) Run the Google Chrome. Select the Tools in the Chrome menu then click on Extensions to open it.
2) In the pop-up page, search for the Hijacker in the list and disable it.

3) Restart Google Chrome.

Step 4: Search the registry entries in your Registry Editor and then remove all of them.

Automatically remove Capricornus

Step 1. Click the icon to download SpyHunter.

Step 2. Follow the instructions to install the SpyHunter.

Step 3. Run SpyHunter to scan your PC.

Step 4. Click on the  Fix Threats  to get all detected items deleted.

Summary 

Capricornus is a threat to your computer. To protect your computer from further damage, it is better to remove Capricornus from the computer as soon as possible. To download Spyhunter to remove threats easily and safely now.



(Gary)