Coupoon ads. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Coupoon?
Coupoon is a questionable free browser add-on, which has been developed by Coupoon Inc. company. Developers, of course, promote this app as a very handy application, which is supposed to help you save money by keeping you informed about the lowest prices and the best deals. However, you should never trust what developers of certain programs say because what they seek to do is to convince people to install their products. Whenever you decide to install a freeware, try to look for unbiased information on the Internet, for example, look for the users’ or security vendors’ reports. Speaking about Coupoon, try to search for it online and you will be surprised after receiving lots of links to the websites related to PC’s security, which notify Coupoon virus to be an ordinary adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP).
In most of the cases, it is blamed for initiating sponsored advertisements during people’s browsing, causing potentially dangerous redirects to suspicious websites, diminishing web browser’s performance, tracking its users and initiating other suspicious activities. If you have already received ‘Ads by Coupoon’, ‘Coupoon Ads’, ‘Brought by Coupoon’, ‘Powered by Coupoon’ and similarly marked messages, you should stay away from them because they may redirect you to unknown or really suspicious websites filled with suspicious content. By the way, you should also not ignore the fact that this questionable browser add-on may use cookies and collect information about you because you can never known what kind of information third parties may collect about you.
Our security experts have also initiated a research on this program, which revealed more or less the same downsides of this program as other vendors have found. However, we want to highlight the fact that Coupoon redirects and ads may start bothering you out of the blue because it seems that this plug-in is usually distributed by means of other freewares. Therefore, to generalize everything what has been said there, we want to say that Coupoon is yet officially been labeled as an adware and a potentially unwanted program, which means that you should better remove it from the system. In order to do that, we recommend you to employ a reliable anti-spyware. Our recommended programs are Reimage (Windows OS) and Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus (Mac OS X).
How can Coupoon hijack my computer?
Coupoon add-on is promoted on the official website. Nevertheless, it is commonly attached to various freewares (download managers, PDF creators, media players, games, etc.). In most of the cases, it is disclosed on the list of ‘optional downloads’ among other potentially unwanted programs, such as Provider, eTranslator, TuneUp Pro and many others. If you want to opt out of such and similar apps, you should attentively follow the entire installation process and unmark ticks claiming that you agree to install ‘optional downloads’ along the way. In order to get the ability to do that, don’t forget to select Advanced or Custom installation option.
How to remove Coupoon virus?
Are you chased by Coupoon pop-up ads? If yes, do not suffer such and similar inconveniences anymore. For Coupoon removal, run a full system scan with a reputable anti-spyware or follow manual removal guidelines that are given below:
You can remove virus damage automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Malwarebytes MalwarebytesCombo Cleaner, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareMalwarebytes Malwarebytes. We recommend these applications because they detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.

To remove Coupoon ads, follow these steps:
Delete Coupoon from Windows systems
-
Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
-
If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
-
Uninstall Coupoon and related programs
Here, look for Coupoon or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Get rid of Coupoon from Mac OS X system
-
If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
-
Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Coupoon or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Eliminate Coupoon from Internet Explorer (IE)
-
Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Coupoon and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
-
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
-
Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
-
When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Coupoon removal.
Uninstall Coupoon ads from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
-
Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
-
Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
-
Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
-
Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
-
When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
-
Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
-
Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Coupoon should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariErase Coupoon from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
-
Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select Coupoon and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
-
Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Coupoon removal.
Remove Coupoon from Google Chrome
-
Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select Coupoon and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
-
Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
-
When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
-
Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
-
Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Coupoon removal.
Delete Coupoon from Safari
-
Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for Coupoon or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
-
Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Coupoon removal process.