Couponscanner
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Ranking: | 13,103 |
Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
Infected Computers: | 1,180 |
First Seen: | February 12, 2014 |
Last Seen: | September 11, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Couponscanner is a Potentially Unwanted Program. Couponscanner is an adware infection. Couponscanner is used to display marketing and advertising material on affected computers, spy on computer user's activities and generate revenue. Couponscanner may present a threat to computers. This is due to the fact that Couponscanner will appear on the affected Web browser and force it to visit certain websites repeatedly, potentially exposing it to unsafe content. Couponscanner may also gather privileged information about the computer user for use in marketing research and may cause various system performance issues on the affected computer. Couponscanner should be removed immediately from affected computers with the complicity of a genuine security application that is fully up-to-date.
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Removing this Useless PUP for Good
Couponscanner may cause numerous problems on affected Web browsers. The following examples are typical issues that may be associated with Couponscanner:
- Couponscanner hijacks Web browsers. Basically, Couponscanner takes over the affected Web browser and forces it to visit certain websites associated with Couponscanner. This is done to generate revenue by increasing the traffic to these websites, increasing their page ranking and advertising revenue.
- Couponscanner is used to display advertisements on affected Web browsers. Couponscanner may spam computer users with large numbers of irritating pop-up advertisements. Couponscanner is associated with various other types of advertisements on affected Web browsers. Couponscanner may replace advertisements on websites visited by the affected Web browser, inserting its own, potentially compromised advertisements to these Web pages.
- Couponscanner has been linked to performance issues on affected Web browser. PUPs like Couponscanner may cause the affected Web browser to decelerate, collapse or freeze very often, and have problems connecting to the Internet as normal. Couponscanner may also consume system resources while running in the background, causing performance issues on the affected operating system and preventing computer users from using the affected Web browser as normal.
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Couponscanner
File System Details
# | File Name |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
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1. |
C:\Documents and Settings\ |
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2. |
C:\Documents and Settings\ |
Directories
Couponscanner may create the following directory or directories:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\CouPScanner |
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\CouPScaanner |
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\CouPScanner |
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