Candle Jar is an unwanted software also considered as a malicious one, because its developers don’t make a clear statement so the user knows what the program will do once its installed.
Actually, what this program was developed for is to broadcast ads and to act like a spy. It will take any measure to show huge amounts of ads all the time, usually tagged as Candle Jar Ads or Powered by Candle Jar.
As stated before, it also acts like a spy, it will analyze and save everything you do online, starting with every single website you visit and also including every web search you make. At first this is used to customize the ads shown so they are more attractive to you and appealing at a personal level. On the other hand, they also save this information into commercial databases they will sale afterwards.
If you have become infected with Candle Jar, be careful with blogs found on the web offering so called “disinfection solutions”. Recently a huge amount of blogs have emerged offering that but hiding a phishing attempt. They will try to convince you to buy an anti-spyware solution that may or may not work, and that you’ll find difficult to get rid of afterwards.
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