What is Coupon Alerts?
Coupon Alerts is
an adware that keeps showing numerous pesky pop-ups on your screen when
visiting shopping websites like Amazon. It claims to save your money by
promoting deals, coupons and discounts for users, but actually it is just
wasting time and money. The cyber criminals behind this adware are supported by
some commercial parties and they will finally cooperate with each other in the
way of bundling.
That is to say that it is usually bundled in free software and being installed by default. After being installed successfully on your computer, it will play games with you with modifying the settings of your browser and the consequence is that your homepage and default search engine are replaced. You may be redirected to other suspicious sites when browsing new pages. Besides, it is capable to track your browsing history and spy on your browsing habits so as to add unwanted programs to your extensions.
That is to say that it is usually bundled in free software and being installed by default. After being installed successfully on your computer, it will play games with you with modifying the settings of your browser and the consequence is that your homepage and default search engine are replaced. You may be redirected to other suspicious sites when browsing new pages. Besides, it is capable to track your browsing history and spy on your browsing habits so as to add unwanted programs to your extensions.
Technically, Coupon Alerts is not a virus but it can be a trigger of
other malicious programs. It will be bundled in some known programs such as
Yontoo, Superfish etc. Apart from being bundled with free applications, this
PUP or potentially unwanted program can be injected in spam email attachment. It
sounds like that Coupon Alerts is everywhere and users are easy to be trapped. When
getting into your computer, it is allowed to control your online activities and
manage your add-ons and extensions.
In conclusion, Coupon
Alerts is a big threat to your computer and you have to remove it from your PC
as soon as possible or your will encounter endless pop-ups, deals and banners
and more virus infections.
Manual Removal
STEP 1: Uninstall the program
Press the Start button > Control Panel
Click Programs and Features
Select the target program and click Uninstall
STEP 2: Delete all related files
Click Start button and type folder options in the search blank and click the search result.
Select Show hidden files, folders and drives.Do not Select the Recommended
C:Program Filesrandom
C:UsersUser NameAppDataRoamingrandom
C:Users User NameAppDataLocal
C:Users User NameAppDataLocalLow
STEP 3: Delete registry entries
Press Windows + R
Type regedit in the blank
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareRandom
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunRandom
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet
ExplorerMainRandom
Automatic Removal
STEP 1: Remove with SpyHunter
Click the button below to download SpyHunter
Click Run to continue the installation
Click Start New Scan to scan your PC comletely
Wait for a few minutes to finish scanning
Click Fix Threats to remove the malicious programs.
Click Start New Scan to scan your PC comletely
Wait for a few minutes to finish scanning
Click Fix Threats to remove the malicious programs.
STEP 2: Optimize your PC with RegCure Pro
Click the button below to download RegCure Pro.
Click Yes to allow the process after the installation.
Click to Start Scan.
Click Fix All to finish the optimization.
What can SpyHunter do for you:
Scan your PC completely and safely
Remove threats from your PC effectively
Backup your important files
Note:
Manual removal requires proficient computer sills, and if you are not an experienced user, you are highly recommended to use automatic removal tool SpyHunter to remove malicious programs and RegCure Pro to optimize your PC.
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