Thursday, May 8, 2014

Get Rid of CouponDownloader Virus from IE/Chrome/Firefox



Ads from CouponDownloader are everywhere when you open your browser? Without doubt, your PC gets the installation of a malicious adware program. Simply uninstalling your browser can’t help you remove these pop-up ads. Please see the detailed removal method in this post.

CouponDownloader Can Do Harm to Target Computers

CouponDownloader can be considered to be an unwanted browser extension which not only appear at Google Chrome, but also come to Internet Explorer or other prevalent web browsers. Usually, the unstoppable annoying ads at your browser are caused by this CouponDownloader. Its purpose is to help sponsors to collect network traffic and sell products. In order to attract your attention, this pesky adware program promises that it will provide very low prices and favorable discounts if you visit Amazon, Ebay and other shopping sites. In some cases, people are misled because they mistakenly believe these ads are from some verified and reputable official sites.


When they click these ads, they are redirected to unknown websites which display lots of fake products and suspicious services items. If you fall into these scams and make a payment via your credit card, your sensitive and crucial information will be gathered or exposed by some malicious websites without your awareness. Besides, this CouponDownloader will install extra ads supported programs onto your PC, which means that you will come across more and more bothersome pop-up ads which would possibly contain some horrible computer viruses. If you want to keep your PC safe, you should find some ways to remove the harmful CouponDownloader from your machine.

Guide to Remove CouponDownloader from Your PC Completely

To uninstall this adware program successfully, you need to remove its files and registry entries. But you need sufficient skills to find them. If you are not good at computer, you can follow the guide below.

Step 1: Press Ctrl+ALT+Del keys at the same time to open Task Manager. End the process of CouponDownloader.


Step 2: Remove the files of CouponDownloader. Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Then use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and un-check Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.
%AppData%\ CouponDownloader
%AppData%\random.exe

Step 3: Delete CouponDownloader registry entries from your PC. Click start button and search for regedit to open Registry Editor.
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run CouponDownloader
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current\Winlogon\”Shell” = “{ random site}”

Step 4: Uninstall associated programs of CouponDownloader virus from your PC

For Win7:
Click Start Menu and choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and Features.

For Win8:
Right click in the lower left corner of your PC screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Uninstall a Program.


Step 5: Remove toolbars and extension from your web browser.

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.


For Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Toolbars and Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

2. Click Tools > Internet Options > General. And create a new homepage on Home page box.

Step 6: Reboot your PC.