What is CoupCoup?
CoupCoup – is browser extension Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer. CoupCoup displays advertising banners and coupons during browsing. These pop-ups can appear at any time. It very prevents the user. This advertising may refer to popular sites, online store (Amazon, eBay, AliExpress, Lightinthebox and so on). The main task in similar programs – is to make the user spend money. At first glance, the proposals seem appealing and enticing, but in fact it is a hoax. Most of these offers are not true. CoupCoup also collects personal information, analyzes the history of your browsing and so on. Your personal information may be disclosed to third parties. If you find CoupCoup on your PC, then you should remove it immediately.
How CoupCoup gets on your PC?
Malicious software that is often among the potentially unwanted programs penetrates a computer with other free programs such as archivers, players, editors and so on. This happens without the user’s knowledge. The main reason for this – the user carelessness. Few people read the user agreement and other information during the installation. Sometimes ad sites create their download managers and hide therein potentially malicious software. If you want to prevent the infiltration of unwanted software, then you need to follow a few rules. Always read the user agreement. Select advanced type of installation and make sure that you aren’t offered to install something to supplement. Do not agree to install unfamiliar software. You can also use special programs that will help you to protect your PC. If your PC is already infected by CoupCoup, then use our instructions to get rid of it and all PUP.
How to remove CoupCoup from your computer?
To uninstall CoupCoup remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have CoupCoup in their database. You can try to use them for removing CoupCoup.
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as CoupCoup.
You can try both of these products to remove CoupCoup
Or uninstall CoupCoup manually.
Removing from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find CoupCoup.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find CoupCoup and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find CoupCoup, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
After that remove CoupCoup from your browser.
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find CoupCoup.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose CoupCoup.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable CoupCoup.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Remove following registry entries:
no information
Then remove following files:
CoupCoup.exe
And following folders
C:ProgramDataCoupCoup
Written by Rami Douafi