Capricornus adware won't uninstall when you try to remove it in Windows 10? But it is not in Program files and Programs list on Windows Control Panel.
It is irritating to get rid of Capricornus ads as it frequently keeps popping up on your computer.
Have you ever tried to uninstall Capricornus
Adware toolbar because you install it by mistake?
Have you ever been confused that you have
deleted Capricornus Adware normally, but it is still there?
To avoid this trouble, you could learn and
follow Capricornus Adware toolbar uninstall instructions in this article.
How to fully remove Capricornus Adware from your PC?
Tips1: Remove Capricornus Adware with a standard way
Tips 1: How to delete Capricornus Adware through Windows Uninstall applet
Most of you would like to get rid of
program through Windows Control Panel. However, you might miss some steps so
that you are not able to delete Capricornus Adware. Here are the removal
guides:
You should reboot your PC and press F8 key on your keyboard. This will open
up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Vista, or the Windows
Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard,
highlight the option labeled Safe Mode
with Networking. Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your
keyboard.
Click “Start Menu”> Select Control Panel
option>“Uninstall a Program”(Programs and Features)> Find Capricornus
Adware on the currently installed programs list and its related entries >
Click “Uninstall or Change” to delete the application.
And then, you should go back and click
“Start menu” button and select “Run.”> Type “regedit” into the box and click
“OK”to open Registry Editor > search and locate all registry entries related
to Capricornus Adware.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM
CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion
How to Manually Get Rid of Capricornus Adware from Windows PC?
Step
1: stop all the related processes in Task Manager
Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time.
Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.
Disable all the malicious processes
Step
2: show hidden files and folders and delete all the
following files.
Guide: click the Start button
and choose Control Panel, clicking
Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected
operating system files (Recommended).
Delete all the following files related to Capricornus
Adware
%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\
Step
3: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid registries
entries as below
Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button
and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit
and pressing Enter. )
Delete all the related registries as below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe
After that, you should remove Capricornus
Adware Toolbar from browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and IE by manual
For Chrome:
1. Open
Chrome.
2. Click
on the Chrome menu and select Settings.
3. Click
on Extensions in the left side menu.
4. Remove/Disable
the Capricornus Adware Toolbar.
5. In
the Search section, click Manage search engines and remove Capricornus Adware
from the default search engines list.
6. Click
OK to save the changes.
7. In
the Chrome menu, select Settings.
8. In
the On Startup section, Click on Set Pages and delete the Capricornus Adware
URL (you can set a different home page by entering a URL of your choice).
9. Click
Ok to save the changes.
10. In
the Appearance section, click on Change and delete the Capricornus Adware URL
(you can set a different home page).
11. Click
Ok to save the changes.
For Internet Explorer
1. Click
on “Tools” and select Manage add-ons.
2. Under
Add-on Types, select Toolbars and Extensions.
3. In
the right pane, select Capricornus Adware Toolbar and click on the Disable
button.
4. Under
Add-on Types, select Search Providers.
5. Select
Capricornus Adware and click the Remove button.
6. In
the General tab, delete the Capricornus Adware URL from the Home page text box.
7. Click
OK to save the changes
For Firefox
1. Open
Mozilla Firefox.
2. From
the Firefox orange button (or from the standard Tools menu), click on Add-ons.
3. Make
sure Extensions is selected in the Add-ons manager left side menu bar
4. Disable
or remove the Capricornus Adware Toolbar add-on
5. In
the General tab, delete the Capricornus Adware URL from the home page text box.
6. Click
OK to save the changes.
If you open a new tab in Firefox and Capricornus
Adware as home page, do the following:
Type: about:config in the address bar and
press enter
Confirm the message.
Type: browser.newtab.url in the Search text
field
Right-click on the result and select Capricornus
Adware (or Reset in older versions)
After you finish steps, you should restart
your pc to confirm the Capricornus Adware removal. If you are not good at
handling this method, you could try Tips
2 as following.
Tips 2: How to completely delete Capricornus Adware with Perfect Uninstaller?
If you can not follow the removal guides
above, it is advised you to get rid of Capricornus Adware with Perfect Uninstaller as following.
2.Close all running processes including
programs and browsers in the Task Manager before you run Perfect Uninstaller
3.Find and locate the program on the
currently installed programs list
4.Click “Uninstall” button on the right
side to remove Capricornus Adware.
5.Alternately,if
the unwanted program is not listed on the display window, you could force
uninstall Capricornus Adware completely and easily withprogram uninstall tool.
Step 1: Run Perfect Uninstaller
Step 2: Click the “Force Uninstall” option on the interface of software uninstall tool
Step 3: Select the scanning program path. That
means you should locate and select the unwanted program for scanning. Usually it
is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)
in Windows 7, Windows 8 and C:\Program
Files in Windows XP
Step 4: Select and click the “Capricornus Adware” folder.
Step 5: Click “Next”
button to follow the processes.
Step 6: Click "Next" to start scanning the registry files about the unneeded
program.
Step 7: It will take some time to finish registry
scanning. If you don't want to wait, you could click "Skip" option and cancel the scanning.
Step 8: After the registry scanning is completed,
click "Next" button to
select all related files.
Step 9: Click "Next" button to delete all related files.
Step 10: Click “Finish”
button when it stops scanning files and extensions.
After you finish the onscreen removal steps,
Capricornus Adware has been deleted from your PC.
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