What is PrizeCoupon?
PrizeCoupon (can also be known as Prize Coupon) is a potentially unwanted program, which may trick you into downloading it to your computer as a tool that can be used for saving the money. You may be convinced that it seeks to show you be biggest discounts, the clearest price comparisons and similar useful information. Nevertheless, after installing PrizeCoupon on your computer you may notice that this application is capable of showing its ads so frequently that you can barely ignore them. In most of the cases, they are displayed as soon as people start their browsing. In addition, after clicking on any of such ads you may notice that your web browser (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) was redirected to a questionable website, which is unfamiliar to you. This is not a surprise because such programs like this browser add-on are mostly used for affiliate marketing. If you don’t want to be tricked into visiting suspicious websites that may be filled with questionable content, you should stay away from such browser add-ons. Besides, as it is said in PrizeCoupon’s License Agreement, it may also start tracking your browsing on the web. In most of the cases, such programs are interested in people’s browsing habits but they may also accumulate such information as your email address, computer’s IP address, location, etc. No matter how harmless it sounds, you should be very careful with such applications. If you want to get rid of PrizeCoupon virus and avoid its redirects and other suspicious activities, you should use FortectIntego.
How can PrizeCoupon hijack my computer?
You can easily download this program to your PC just like any other application. In most of the cases, such programs are promoted as very useful applications that can be used for improving people’s browsing. Nevertheless, before downloading such apps to your computer you should remember an old rule that there is nothing for free.. Even the cheese in the mouse trap. That’s why you should be very careful with each of the freeware. Besides, PrizeCoupon may also infiltrate your computer behind your back because it has been added to lots of other freewares. Here it is hidden in ‘optional’ components. If you want to prevent their installation, you have to be very careful when making the installation of the freeware. We highly recommend selecting Custom or Advanced installation of the freeware for getting more knowledge about optional components. In addition, please uncheck all checkboxes that claim that you want to download PrizeCoupon to your computer. If this program has already appeared on your machine and now you are dealing with a real havoc, you should use a guide below and remove it from there. Please, be very attentive if you want to select Manual removal option because after eliminating wrong entries you may lead your PC to additional issues. That’s why we highly recommend selecting Automatic removal of PrizeCoupon virus.
How to remove PrizeCoupon virus?
For eliminating PrizeCoupon from the system, you should use a guide below:
Uninstall from Windows
Uninstall from Windows 10/8:
- Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
- Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:
- Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
- In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.

Remove the unwanted program:
- In the Programs and Features window, look for any recently installed suspicious entries, select them, and click Uninstall.
- If User Account Control appears, click Yes to confirm, then complete the removal.

Delete from macOS
Remove the unwanted application:
- From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
- In the Applications folder, look for any suspicious entries, then drag them to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash).

Delete leftover files and folders:
- Select Go > Go to Folder.
- Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
- Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.

- Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.
Remove from Microsoft Edge
Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:
- Select Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and pick Extensions.
- From the list, pick the extension and click on the Gear icon.
- Click Remove.

Clear cookies and other browser data:
- Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
- Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
- Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files. (apart from passwords, although you might want to include Media licenses as well, if applicable) and click on Clear.

Restore new tab and homepage settings:
- Click the menu icon and choose Settings.
- Then find On startup section.
- Click Remove next to any suspicious startup page.
Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:
- Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
- Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
- Select Details tab.
- Now scroll down and locate every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right-click on each of them and select End Task to stop MS Edge from running.

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge
Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):
- Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
- Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.

Clear cache and site data:
- Click on Menu and go to Settings.
- Select Privacy, search and services.
- Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
- Under Time range, pick All time.
- Select Clear now.

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:
- Click on Menu and select Settings.
- On the left side, pick Reset settings.
- Select Restore settings to their default values.
- Confirm with Reset.
- This will disable extensions and reset startup pages but will not delete bookmarks, saved passwords, or browsing history.

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
Remove dangerous extensions:
- Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the Menu (three horizontal lines at the top-right of the window).
- Select Add-ons.
- In here, select the unwanted extension and click Remove.

Reset the homepage:
- Click three horizontal lines at the top right corner to open the menu.
- Choose Settings.
- Under Home, set your preferred homepage and new tab settings.
Clear cookies and site data:
- Click Menu and pick Settings.
- Go to Privacy & Security section.
- Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
- Click on Clear Data...
- Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.

Reset Mozilla Firefox
If clearing the browser as explained above did not help, reset Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
- Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.

- Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
- Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.

Remove from Google Chrome
Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome, click on the Menu (three vertical dots at the top-right corner) and select More tools > Extensions.
- In the newly opened window, you will see all the installed extensions. Uninstall all suspicious extensions related to the unwanted program by clicking Remove.

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:
- Click on Menu and pick Settings.
- Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
- Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
- Click Clear data.

Change your homepage:
- Click menu and choose Settings.
- Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
- Click on Open a specific or set of pages and click on three dots to find the Remove option.
Reset Google Chrome:
If the previous methods did not help you, reset Google Chrome to eliminate all the unwanted components:
- Click on Menu and select Settings.
- In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
- Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
- Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
- Confirm with Reset settings.

Delete from Safari
Remove dangerous extensions:
- Open Safari, click Safari in the menu at the top-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
- Go to the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious entries, and click Uninstall to remove them.

Clear history and website data:
- Click Safari in the menu and pick Clear History.
- Set Clear to all history and confirm with Clear History.

Reset Safari:
- Click Safari in the menu and select Preferences > Advanced.
- Enable Show Develop menu in menu bar.
- From the menu bar, click Develop and select Empty Caches.

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