Cinemax Plus

Cinemax Plus has been classified as an intrusive adware application that only displays commercial advertisements and does not perform any other functions that could be of use. We recommend that users remove it, because it promotes potentially dangerous content. Our experts at Pcthreat.com deem this application to be unreliable, because their research has shown that Cinemax Plus promotes content created by numerous shady businesses. Needles to say, online advertising is always subject to a lot of dangers, because certain devious entities utilize it to generate revenue. Therefore, we advise users to remove Cinemax Plus in order to ward off any potential threats that come in the form of colorful ads.

Cinemax Plus has been developed by SBG, which utilizes the CrossRider engine for most of its adware. Crossrider’s website Crossrider.com boasts to be a platform for more than 60 thousand extensions. Nevertheless, we are confident that almost of these so called “extensions” are merely adware that only serve to annoy you. However, Cinemax Plus and adware similar to it are used to generate money for their developers and for the third parties they promote. The problem is that CrossRider is an open-source engine, which means that almost anyone can use it to develop adware applications. It goes without saying that it might also used by cyber criminals and scammers for cyber theft. Thus, we recommend that you remove Cinemax Plus in order to avoid potential security threats.

Cinemax Plus could display various fake advertisements that could infect your computer with malicious applications. These applications could cost a significant amount of money to remove. In addition to that, it can also keep tabs on your browsing activities by collecting browsing and search history. Such information is usually used by legitimate businesses for marketing purposes. However, if such information gets in the hands of cyber criminals, they might use it to for illicit purposes.

Furthermore, you should remove Cinemax Plus because it uses deceptive dissemination methods. Its website, cinemaxme.com does not work. However, Cinemax Plus is known to be bundled with fake Java and Adobe Flash Player updates displayed on various corrupted websites. Cinemax Plus might have various versions such as 1.1, 1.3, 0.9, and so on. Nevertheless, it still remains a deceptive adware application that you ought to remove.

To summarize, we can say that Cinemax Plus is unreliable by nature. It displays commercial advertisements that are provided by shady third parties and might be used by cyber criminals for illicit activities. Your machine could be infected with ransomware, and so on. In Addition, it uses fake Java and Adobe Flash Player updates to enter your computer. Thus, once again, we encourage you to remove it as soon as possible.

 

How to remove Cinemax Plus from Windows

Windows 8 and 8.1

1. Open the Start Screen.
2. Type Uninstall in the search box and then go to Settings.
3. In the search results, go to Uninstall a program.
4. Locate Cinemax Plus.
5. Click Uninstall.

Windows 7 and Vista

1. Click Start.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a program.
4. Locate Cinemax Plus.
5. Click Uninstall.

Windows XP

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel.
3. Select Add or Remove Programs.
4. Locate Cinemax Plus.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Cinemax Plus browser extension

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and click Internet Options.
2. Open the Advanced tab and click Reset.
3. Select the Check box.
4. Click Reset and then click Close.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+H and click Troubleshooting Information.
2. Click Reset Firefox.
3. In the dialog box, click Reset Firefox and click Finish.