Get Rid of Ads by StartCoup Easily and Completely – Adware Removal Guide

What is StartCoup?

StartCoup is believed to be a pesky adware that often comes into users' PC via free downloads from third party and is able to display numerous advertisements to disturb your normal online activities. As the real agenda of StartCoup is to generate web traffic for specific products and websites so as to gain profits, you may suffer annoying ads pop up out of nowhere every time you browse the web. Any clicking may redirect you to unsafe websites which entice you to acquire other adware, spyware, malware even malicious viruses.

PC performance becomes very slow after the presence of StartCoup. When you start the Task Manager, you may notice that the CPU usage has reached a high rate even though you just run one or two programs. In a word, the longer this adware stays on your PC, the more troubles it may cause. Thus, it is advisable to remove StartCoup immediately from the infected PC in order to avoid further attacks.

How to remove StartCoup easily and thoroughly?

Method 1: Manually Remove StartCoup
Method 2: Automatically Remove StartCoup (Highly Recommended)
Optional Step: Fix Slow PC Performance by Using RegCure Pro

Method 1: Manually Remove StartCoup

1. Stop StartCoup running process in Windows Task Manager.

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to open Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab, find suspicious running process and click on it, then click the End Process button.

2. Uninstall StartCoup in Control Panel.

Click Start > Control Panel > Uninstall a program > find suspicious program and right click on it select Uninstall to uninstall the program.

3. Remove StartCoup extension or add-ons from your browsers

Internet Explorer:
1) Start Internet Explorer and choose "Tools" >"Manage add-ons".
2) Choose "Toolbars and Extensions", then find and remove related programs.

3) Restart browser to complete the whole process.

Google Chrome:
1) Open Google Chrome, click on the "Customize and control Google Chrome" icon in top right corner.
2) Select "Settings" > "Extensions", then find and delete add-ons.

3) Restart the browser to complete the whole process.

Mozilla Firefox:
1) Start Firefox and choose "Tools" > "Add-ons"> "Extensions".

2) Search for related items and remove them.
3) Restart Firefox to complete the process.

4. Delete all the infection associated files

1) Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you're in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, tick "Show hidden files and folders" and non-tick "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" and then press "OK".

2) All the infection associated files listed below need to be removed:

%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe
C:\Program Files\<random>

5. Remove all the infection registry entries

Hit Win+R keys, type "regedit" in Run box, and then click "OK" to open Registry Editor

Delete them all:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain "Default_Page_URL"
HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[adware name]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[adware name]

6. Restart your computer to take effect.

Method 2: Automatically Remove StartCoup (Highly Recommended)

What can SpyHunter do for you?

• Give your PC intuitive real-time protection.
• Detect, remove and block spyware, rootkits, adware, keyloggers, cookies, trojans, worms and other types of malware.
• Spyware HelpDesk generates free custom malware fixes specific to your PC
• Allow you to restore backed up objects.

1. Click on the below button to free download SpyHunter on your PC.

2. Click the "Run" button to enter the setup program and follow the installation steps until setup is complete.

3. When the installation is complete, click the "Finish" button to exit the installation.

4. If SpyHunter does not automatically start, click the icon on your desktop or Start menu to open it.

             

5. Allow the program to scan by clicking the "Scan Computer Now!" button. If you would like to have a quick scan on your PC, please check the "Quick Scan" box; otherwise, uncheck it.

6. The first scan will take some time, please be patient while waiting for the scanning result.

7. After the scan is done, you can see that all threats are successfully detected. Check the "Select All" box and then click the "Remove" button to fix all threats in your PC.

Note: SpyHunter's free version is only for malware detection. To remove the malware threats on your PC, you will need to purchase SpyHunter's malware removal tool.

Optional Step: Fix Slow PC Performance by Using RegCure Pro

What can RegCure Pro do for you?

• Fix system errors
• Remove malware
• Improve startup
• Defrag memory
• Clean up your PC

1. Click the below button to download RegCure Pro to your PC.

2. Click the "Yes" button to enter in installation process and then follow the instruction to install the program step by step.

3. When the program is successfully installed, double click on its desktop shortcut to open it. On the Overview tab, check all the scan settings and then click on the "Click to Start Scan" button to run a system scan on your computer.

4. The first system scan will take some time, please be patient. The screenshot of the system scan progress is shown below.

5. When the system scan is done, click on "Fix All" button to completely remove all the performance problems in your computer.

Note: You can download and use RegCure Pro with confidence for it doesn't contain any additional items and conflict with your current used antivirus program.

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In Summery:

StartCoup is really a trouble maker. If you are unlucky to have this adware installed on your PC, you should take action to uninstall StartCoup from the infected PC immediately in case of further troubles.

Download SpyHunter to remove StartCoup quickly.

Download RegCure Pro to optimize your PC easily.

Good Luck and be safe online.