Candy-box.biz

Candy-box.biz is an adware-promoting website whose software offers a variety of online content but does so along with injecting advertisements. Although malware experts are unable to rate the viability of Candy-box.biz's numerous Web services, they do warn that installing adware may be a potential infection vector and a source of other, browser-based security issues. Users of Candy-box.biz should ask themselves whether the benefit is worth the risk, and consider using appropriate PC security tools for deleting Candy-box.biz if you conclude negatively.

What's in the Box at Candy-box.biz

Candy-box.biz promotes a single product, the CandyBox application, although malware researchers have found no working download links with the latest version of the site. Candy-box.biz's CandyBox offers a wide range of general informational features, including online coupons, mortgage comparisons and horoscopes, although all of these redirect the user to free, online services offered by third parties. In addition to these links, Candy-box.biz also modifies the PC user's default browser to include extra advertisements.

Most Candy-box.biz advertisements display themselves in an HTML injection format, with unrelated Web pages modified to host the additional advertisements through banners, online coupons, extra search results or product recommendations. Candy-box.biz's product also monitors basic geographical information about your PC, albeit solely for the purpose of providing relevant advertisements for your region or searches. Candy-box.biz's business practices also include its use of an English language legal disclaimer not matching the Italian and Spanish language options of its primary website. This linguistic issue, amongst other signs, strongly indicate of Candy-box.biz's using a copy-pasted agreement from another source.

Malware experts also took notice of Candy-box.biz's use of a domain registration privacy service. While such services are not necessarily illegal, they may be exploited by companies with poor business models or by individuals with reasons to avoid upfront communication with their traffic or customers.

Taking Your PC Box out of the Candy-box.biz Business

Most adware products only are security risks for your PC in the sense that they may deliver advertisements that could include threatening or misleading content. According to the last reports, Candy-box.biz's software shows no signs of being any less prone to similar issues. Although CandyBox isn't classifiable as a Trojan or other kind of threat, you may wish to consider deleting Candy-box.biz software, regardless, whenever your PC security software detects Candy-box.biz. However, like any Potentially Unwanted Program, malware experts ultimately must let the final judgment rest with the user, who should evaluate each PUP on the basis of its individual merits and features.

Many adware programs make a token appearance of being simple to uninstall, but may fail to remove all of their browser modifications. The immediate consequences of a manual uninstall of Candy-box.biz adware and similar PUPs normally are the continued appearance of extra in-browser advertisements. However, dedicated security tools with adware removal features should be able to delete Candy-box.biz products (and similar PUPs) during a simple system scan, making automated removal by professional software both the safest and fastest option.