Controlprocess

ControlProcess is a software program that combines features typical of adware programs like you'd find in browser hijackers. Presumably hired by a paying third-party, ControlProcess will redirect you to sponsored links. To ensure that those links will load on top of the most popular search results, ControlProcess will change your default search engine to manipulate the results of your query. Chances are, you may have never heard of this engine.

Adware programs, such as ControlProcess, share quite a common ground. They promote products, services or Web stores and pages in return for monetary compensation. Although the promotions may have different forms, they most often arrive in the form of banners, pop-ups, surveys, or coupons, to name but a few. More often than not, the stuff brought to your attention by ControlProcess will probably be just a bit intrusive, with no evident unsafe effects. However, you never know where a link promoted by ControlProcess might take you, especially more so when it’s the third-party payer that’s pulling the strings after all.

Most popular adware tools typically ask for permission to store cookies and keep track of your browsing history to tailor sponsored advertisements to your needs. ControlProcess, on the other hand, does not. Yet, it spies on you in the background nonetheless. Besides visited URLs and typed search queries, ControlProcess may prove to be capable of harvesting personal details and login credentials. Once in, there’s no knowing where such data could go. However, the prospect of selling those data to third parties is something we can never rule out.

In a nutshell, the ControlProcess adware may be harmless to you. Yet, its stealth landing and broad advertising nature leave room for suspicion. Its inexplicably tough resistance to any uninstallation attempts, adds up too.