Remove Search.coupon.com Browser Hijacker Virus Manually
Brief Description of Search.coupon.com
Search.coupon.com
is a browser hijacker virus that often causes redirections to disturb many
Internet users. The main targets of this browser hijacker are Internet
Explorer, Google Chrome and other famous web browsers installed on your
computer. When you surf on the Internet, this browser hijacker can appear on
your PC possibility at any time. Some victims complained that their computers
got infected with Search.coupon.com after they installed some free programs
like music players, video recorders and PDF creators. If you want to prevent
this malicious hijacker from penetrating into your Windows, you need to be
careful of some dubious free resources on the Internet.
Once
this pest infects your browser, your homepage and search engine will be
replaced with Search.coupon.com.
Even if
you have removed this suspicious website from your browser, this browser
hijacker has ability to come back again. And your browser settings can not be
set back at all. To block you from visiting regular websites, Search.coupon.com
also redirects you to other unauthorized websites. The purpose of this pest is
to help sponsors collect network traffic and make profit. In order to get revenue further, this browser hijacker shows you many coupons related to sponsored websites. Once you are attracted by these suspicious coupons, your click will lead you to sponsored websites. Provided that you make a transaction on the shady sites, your credit card information will be gathered.
If you remove Search.coupon.com
from your computer with delay, your browser histories and personal information
will be tracked by this malicious program. And your computer is likely to get
infected with more many viruses. Besides, the infected computer runs slower and
slower, which can drive you mad.
Detailed
Removal Guide to Remove Search.coupon.com Virus
Constantly,
antivirus removal method can not help you deal with various browser hijackers
or pop-up viruses. The only way is that you need to remove them manually. Perhaps
you can follow the manual removal guide below to solve your problem.
Step
1: Disable the process of Search.coupon.com. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys at the
same time to open Task Manager. Select all processes of Search.coupon.com and
click End Process.
Step 2: Resetting DNS settings
1. Open your Control Panel from Start Menu, and then choose
“View network status and task” in “Network and Internet”.
2. Select the option of Network and Sharing Center
and click “Change adapter settings”.
3. Select the corresponded network adapter as you are using
and right click to open a menu then select “Properties”.
5. Select “Internet Protocol Verrion4(TCP/IPV4), then click
Properties button.
6. Choose “Use the following DNS server addresses”. Set
“preferred DNS server” to 8.8.8.8.
Step 3: Open Start Menu and go to Control Panel. And click
Programs, remove Search.coupon.com and suspicious programs.
Step 4: Remove additional unwanted programs from your browser.
For
Internet Explorer
1.
Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Search Providers, then choose your
favorite search engine like Bing or Google and make it default;
2.
Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Toolbars and
Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.
3.
Click Tools > Internet Options > General. And create a new homepage on
Home page box.
For
Google Chrome
1.
Click the icon that looks like a spanner and navigate to Tools > Extensions
to remove all unknown extensions by clicking Bin button.
2.
Click the icon that looks like a spanner and click Settings > Appearances
> Show Home button > click Change button to reset your homepage.
For
Mozilla Firefox
1.
Click Ctrl+Shift+A at the same time to open Add-ons page > Extensions to
remove all unknown extensions.
2. Click
the Firefox button > Help > Troubleshooting Information > click on
Reset Firefox button.
Step 5: Reboot your computer.
