Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Stop CouponFactor Pop-ups - Get Rid of CouponFactor Easily

When people shop online, they are always eager for various discount coupons and deals to save some money. CouponFactor takes advantages of this psychology and has successfully tricked many inexperienced computer users to install it into their PCs by claiming to display discount coupons and comparing prices between different shopping websites which can help people save a lot of time and money. However, once CouponFactor gets installed, it will make invasive ads popping up. Clicking those suspicious ads will redirect you to some unsafe websites.

Screenshot of CouponFactor:


At the same time, CouponFactor always installed alongside third-party downloads, including freeware, shareware, codecs, and torrents. You will encounter slow running speed, windows freeze, unstable internet connection and even the blue screen of death. All these PC issues reveal that not only CouponFactor is affecting your PC but also the malware and potential unwanted program introduced by CouponFactor are making damages to your compromised computer.

Effective methods to get rid of CouponFactor:


Method one: Manually remove CouponFactor 
Method two: Automatically remove CouponFactor easily with SpyHunter

Detail instruction (please perform all the steps in correct order)


Method one: Manually remove CouponFactor

1. End all the running processes of CouponFactor

Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.



Stop all the running processes about CouponFactor



2. Remove malicious add-on and extensions from your web browsers.

Internet Explorer:
(1). Click Start, type: Manage browser add-ons 
(2). Hit Enter on your keyboard
(3). Click Manage add-on and disable all the suspicious add-on.



Firefox: (1). Click the Firefox menu and click Add-on



(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-on and click Disable.

Google Chrome:
(1). Click the Customize and Control menu button →Tools→ click Extensions



3.Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by CouponFactor.

Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu→type msconfig in the search bar → open System Configuration →Disable all possible startup items generated.

 

4. Clean cookies

Internet Explorer: Tools → Internet Options →the General tab, Delete the Cookies button can be directly seen in IE6, IE7 is to click the Delete Browsing History button then tick Cookies and click Delete.

Firefox: Tools → Options → Privacy → Remove Individual Cookies → Delete corresponding cookies in the cookies showing box.

Opera: Tools → Preferences → Advanced → Cookies →Delete corresponding cookies in Management Cookies.

5. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files about CouponFactor

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.

(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).



(3). Clean all the malicious files about this infection as below.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

6. Delete malicious registry entries related to this virus.

Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )



Delete all the vicious registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run\random.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run \Regedit32
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random

Method two: Automatically remove CouponFactor easily with SpyHunter


SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application that designed to assist the average computer user in protecting their PC from malicious threats like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware,etc. It is important to note that SpyHunter removal tool works well and should run alongside existing security programs without any conflicts.

Step one: Click the Download icon to install SpyHunter in your PC.



Step two: After the installation, run SpyHunter and click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your PC.



Step three: Choose Select all>Remove to get rid of all the threats on your PC.

 

Note: CouponFactor should be removed as soon as possible, otherwise, you will not only can not surf the web freely, but also suffer from poor running speed, unstable internet connection and many other kinds of PC issues. If you haven’t sufficient expertise in manually dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries, it may lead to mistakes damaging your system permanently. If you are not very good at computer, you are recommended to download Spyhunter to automatically remove CouponFactor from your PC.

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