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CouponGiant Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

The CouponGiant browser extension might be responsible for showing pop-up and pop-under windows with promotional materials in the Internet browsers of infected users. The promotions by CouponGiant may be facilitated by JavaScript and ActionScript3 and the pop-up blocking in your browser may not stop its activities. The CouponGiant extension is adware that may land on your PC attached to a free software installer that most users handle with the 'Express' or 'Typical' option carelessly. Computer users that are affected by the CouponGiant adware report that they are presented with many pop-ups, banners, and inline ads that carry the slogan 'Ads by CouponGiant'. The CouponGiant adware is similar to adware like Coupon Titan, Ultra Coupon and Coupon Lasso, and may use an executable DLL file to affect Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The CouponGiant adware might place its files in the hidden AppData folder under a name of random numbers to evade detection and is not likely to appear on your 'Programs and Features' panel. The developers of the CouponGiant adware may instruct it to read your Internet browsing history and send the collected details to third-party advertisers for analysis and behavioral marketing. The CouponGiant adware may welcome users to install software like SystemPreserver and TrueDownloader to earn pay-per-install revenue. You are not advised to install programs advertised by the CouponGiant adware because your PC may slow down and errors occur. Moreover, the CouponGiant adware may redirect you to potentially harmful sites and suggest you to call fake technical support agents. You can use a reputable anti-malware utility to remove the binary associated with the CouponGiant adware.

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