Saturday, 13 July 2013

How to remove Coupon Matcher virus. Uninstall guide

Coupon Matcher virus is an annoying plugin/toolbar which can be added to Firefox, Chrome, Internet explorer and other browsers. Usually it is installed without user`s awareness. Soon after getting installed, the Coupon Matcher virus will show popups that will list a number of shopping deals and coupons to help you save your money. But do not trust this malware, it wont save your money. the Coupon Matcher pop-up ads are SPAM, it just tricks users into clicking those offers and buy items. Being associated with hackers, Coupon Matcher virus is designed to steal your personal information, it collects your credit card details, Banking accounts and other personal data from your system. We highly recommend you to uninstall Coupon Matcher plugin virus and block its pop-up advertisements to get rid of threats.
Common Symptoms of Coupon Matcher infection:
This kind of malwares usually change your Homepage, Search provider, Desktop Background.
They can display bunch of unstoppable pop-ups advertisements.
Computer performs slower then usual, browser may crash over and over.
Strange websites are automatically opened on the computer after a frequent interval.
Disabled Folder options, Task manager, Registry editing tools.
Advertisements from stranger companies start to appear out of nowhere.
Unexpected browser behaviors such as URL/link redirects.
Unwanted and unknown Plugin/extension or add-ons attached with browser.
Useless shortcuts on desktop or creepy websites added to favorites/bookmarks without your knowledge.

How to uninstall Coupon Matcher
Remove toolbars, plugins, extensions, add-ons
Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox users:
Go to TOOLS and then click MANAGE ADD-ON, From there, select Extensions, Toolbars and remove the Coupon Matcher if found. Make sure Google is set as default search Provider.
Google Chrome Users:
Click SETTINGS icon and select SETTINGS, then open Extensions, toolbar, search provider options, remove the Coupon Matcher if listed there. Make sure Google is set as default search Provider.
Uninstall from Control Panel
Open CONTROL PANEL, then ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS or “Programs and Features”, now lookup for Coupon Matcher and uninstall if it is listed.
How to delete Coupon Matcher manually:
If the malware did not go away after uninstall procedure, try these steps. Please note, the manual removal method is a bit complex and it can go wrong if you perform its tasks incorrectly. It is advised to run an automatic virus removal software for safe and easy solutions. However, if you are good with Manual removal, do the steps below.
Possibly corrupt registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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\policies\system “DisableTaskMgr” = 1
Delete files:
Open then following folders or search for Coupon Matcher in My Computer and delete if found files associated with this bug.
C:\program files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\

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