Remove Canopus Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Canopus is a malicious and intrusive adware application. It’s extremely deceptive, sneaky, and harmful. It slithers its way into your system through slyness and subtlety, and once it latches on, there’s nothing subtle about it. The tool wreaks all kinds of havoc and causes all kinds of damages. Issues pile up almost instantaneously. The first one you’ll encounter, courtesy of this PUP, will pop up shortly after infiltration. That’s when the program begins a full-on bombardment of pop-up ads. Each time you try to go online, your browsing experience will be interrupted by a never-ending myriad of pop-ups. The only way to cease this incessant disturbance is to get rid of the application altogether. If you don’t, you’ll most certainly regret it. The obnoxious ads are just the beginning, the tip of the iceberg. They’re followed by an entire waterfall of problems. For one, due to the pop-ups’ continuous appearance, your system will frequently crash, and your computer’s performance will slow down to a crawl. Furthermore, as the pop-ups are highly unreliable, they’ll pose a severe malware threat. A single click on a single ad leads to more unwilling and unwanted malware installations. But the worst issue you’ll be stuck with because of Canopus will be the grave security risk it presents you with. Don’t allow the adware to steal your personal and financial information, and hand it to strangers with wicked agendas! Protect your privacy, and delete Canopus immediately!

How did I get infected with?

Canopus resorts to the usual trickery to gain access to your system. In fact, the program is willing to resort to every trick in the book to sneak into you computer undetected. The tool is a master in the arts of deceit. It not only successfully fool you into permitting it in, but also manages to keep you oblivious to the fact that you did. It keeps you in the dark about its presence until it decides to reveal itself. So, you’re utterly clueless about having a hazardous infection lurking somewhere on your computer because you unwillingly agreed to install it. More often than not, the application infiltrates your PC by using the old but gold methods of invasion. That includes hiding behind freeware, corrupted links or websites, or spam email attachments. It can also pose as a bogus system or program update, like Java or Adobe Flash Player. Do you see the pattern here? Canopus prays on your naivety, haste, and distraction. So, maybe if you don’t provide them, you’ll won’t get stuck with this dangerous and damaging tool. Remember, a little extra attention can go a long, long way.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Canopus is an ad-supported program, which is why it bombards you with such a never-ending myriad of pop-ups. The tool’s entire existence relies on its ability to generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the unknown third parties that support it. If you’re wondering how it manages to fulfill its objective, it’s quite straightforward. It does so with the help of the ever-flowing waterfall of ads, of course. Each pop-up it tricks you into clicking on is profit for the individuals behind it, and helps it proceed with its operations. Whatever you do, do NOT click on the ads! Do your best to ignore them, and avoid clicking on even a single one! As was already mentioned, they’re extremely unreliable. If you’re foolish enough to click on one of the pop-ups, by choice or accident, all you’ll have to show for it is more malware. But even the threat of unwillingly installing more malevolent tools won’t be your biggest problem. Canopus jeopardizes your privacy by spying on you. As soon as it infects your PC, it starts keeping track of your online activities and catalogs your every move. When it feels it has enough data from you, it sends it to the people behind it. Do you think anything good will come from strangers having access to your personal and financial details? Don’t take such a colossal gamble! Delete Canopus as soon as you possibly can! You’ll save yourself a ton of headaches and troubles.

How Can I Remove Canopus Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Canopus infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Uninstall Canopus from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Canopus from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Canopus from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Canopus from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Canopus program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Canopus from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
• Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
• If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
• go to settings – Add person

• choose a preferred name.

• then go back and remove person 1
• Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable and remove any unknown add on
• Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

• Open IE
• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Go to Toolbars and Extensions
• Disable any suspicious extension.
• If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
• On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
• Click on Internet options

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

• Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Canopus Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any Windows Registry leftovers or temporary files.