Guide – Remove CouponsSearch Search Virus (Manual Steps)

Removing CouponsSearch Search Virus manually may take hours and you may damage your system in the process. We recommend using professoinal anti-malware to scan infected computer and see if it will detect CouponsSearch Search Virus and related malware for you: Windows OS:  ↓ Download SpyHunter Anti-Malware  More information about SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy.  Mac OS:  ↓ Download Combo Cleaner Antivirus For Mac   More information about Combo Cleaner, steps to uninstall, EULA, and Privacy Policy.

CouponsSearch Search Virus

CouponsSearch Search Virus is an untrustworthy third party search provider that you should not keep on your web browser. According to research, this search engine uses aggressive method to rob web traffics and promote web ranking. It hides in free apps to make change on your settings of Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or IE without permission when you install the downloaded freeware. To avoid the unwanted modification by CouponsSearch Search Virus and other infections, you should always select Custom Installation which give chances to cancel unwanted changes and refuse unwanted programs when you install software. In case CouponsSearch Search Virus has got inside your system, it will a difficult task to drive it away. In consequence, your homepage or search engine will always be routed to CouponsSearch Search Virus, and even when you just open a new website, this hijacker will pop up to annoy you.

If you compromise and let it be your default search engine, more troubles and security problems may happen to you. From our test, CouponsSearch Search Virus always shows you advertising-supported results when you use it to search anything. The provided results may look relevant to what you search, but these links will take you websites which attempt to sell you something expensive and even useless products. In worse situation, you may be redirected to spam websites which collect your private information and cheat you for money. Therefore, do not leave this CouponsSearch Search Virus virus on your system, you should get rid of it timely. You may think that it does nothing harmful but just changes your homepage and search engine, but in fact it can trigger severe issues such as identity theft. It installs more infections to your system and cause security bugs, thus remote attacker has chances to enter your system and endanger everything. Before worse things occur, we recommend you to follow removal steps below to get rid of CouponsSearch Search Virus hijacker right now:

CouponsSearch Search Virus Removal Process

Part 1. Manually Remove CouponsSearch Search Virus on Windows OS

Part 2. Manually Remove CouponsSearch Search Virus on Mac OS

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Part 1. Manually Remove CouponsSearch Search Virus on Windows OS

(Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.)

Step 1 – Uninstall malicious programs from Control Panel.

• 1. Press “Windows key + R key” together to open Run window
• 2. Input “control panel” in Run window and hit Enter key to open Control Panel
• 3. Click Uninstall a program:
• 4. Right-click programs which may be related with CouponsSearch Search Virus and click Uninstall:

If you cannot uninstall an unwanted or suspicious program from Control Panel, we recommend downloading SpyHunter anti-malware to see whether it will find related malware on your system:    ↓ Download SpyHunter Anti-Malware More information about SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy. Free scanner checks if your computer is infected. To remove malware, you’ll need to purchase the full version of SpyHunter.

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Step 2 – Remove malicious extensions from web browsers.

(NOTE – Please Bookmark This Page because some operations may restart or close your system or web browser)

If you cannot delete an unwanted search engine or extension from web browser, we recommend downloading SpyHunter’s Malware Scanner to see whether it will find related Adware or Hijacker on your PC:    ↓ Download SpyHunter Anti-Malware More information about SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy. Free scanner checks if your computer is infected. To remove malware, you’ll need to purchase the full version of SpyHunter.

 

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Step 3 Find and remove malicious registry entries of CouponsSearch Search Virus or malicious program.

Note – In case any suspicious files, unwanted program, unwanted browser extension, or unwanted search engine cannot be removed manually, it is often caused by malicious program, which may adds files to registry or make changes in registry . Therefore, to uninstall such stubborn items, you need to find and remove malicious files in the Registry Editor. Check the steps below:

1. Press “Windows key + R key” together to open Run window;

2. Input “regedit” in Run window and hit Enter key to open Registry;

3. Click Edit menu and select Find >> Type virus’s name into it and click Find Next >> Right click on the files and click Delete (Only If you can determine that they are related with malware):

If you cannot determine which registry files are malicious, do not take risk to delete any file, that may damage your system. To avoid the risk, we recommend downloading SpyHunter and see whether it will find malicious registry files  for you:    ↓ Download SpyHunter Anti-Malware More information about SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy. Free scanner checks if your computer is infected. To remove malware, you’ll need to purchase the full version of SpyHunter.

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Step 4 – Disable Notifications of suspicious websites on Web Browsers.

If some unwanted pop-ups or ads still appear on web browser, please try to disable their Notifications on all web browsers:

NOTE – If the instructions above do not work, please download SpyHunter Anti-malware to scan entire system.

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Step 5 (Optional) – Reset Web Browser Settings

NOTE – If the instructions above do not solve your problems, please download SpyHunter Anti-malware to scan entire system.

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Part 2. Manually Remove CouponsSearch Search Virus on Mac OS

(Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.)

Step 1.Quick malicious process.

1. Click the Go button and select Utilities folder;
2. Locate the Activity Monitor icon on the screen and double-click on it
3. Under Activity Monitor, find a suspicious-looking process, select it and click Quit Process
4. A dialog should pop up, asking if you are sure you would like to quit the troublemaking process. Select the Force Quit option

If you cannot determine which process is malicious, we recommend downloading Combo Cleaner and see whether it will find  malicious apps  for you: ↓ Download Combo Cleaner Antivirus For Mac   More information about Combo Cleaner, steps to uninstall, EULA, and Privacy Policy. Free scanner checks if your computer is infected. To remove malware, you’ll need to purchase the full version of Combo Cleaner.

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Step 2.Uninstall malicious programs from Mac.

Open the Finder >> Go to the Applications folder >> Find out malicious apps and Click Move to Trash >> Enter your password if requested.

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Step 3. Delete malware-generated files in the following folders:

/Library/LaunchAgents folder;
Library/Application Support folder;
~/Library/LaunchAgents folder;
/Library/LaunchDaemons folder;

If you cannot determine which files are generated by malware, do not take risk to delete any file, that may damage your system. To avoid the risk, we recommend downloading Combo Cleaner and see whether it will find malicious files  for you: ↓ Download Combo Cleaner Antivirus For Mac   More information about Combo Cleaner, steps to uninstall, EULA, and Privacy Policy. Free scanner checks if your computer is infected. To remove malware, you’ll need to purchase the full version of Combo Cleaner.

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Step 4. Delete malicious extensions From Safari / Chrome / Firefox.

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Step 5. Use Combo Cleaner to re-diagnose your Mac and see if it is 100% clean:

To make sure that your system is not infected at all, it’s better to run a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus and see if it will detect any remaining unwanted items:

↓ Download Combo Cleaner Antivirus For Mac 

 More information about Combo Cleaner, steps to uninstall, EULA, and Privacy Policy. Free scanner checks if your computer is infected. To remove malware, you’ll need to purchase the full version of Combo Cleaner.

– Once combocleaner.dmg installer is downloaded, double-click it to install;

– Then launch Combo Cleaner and click “Start Combo Scan” button;

– Combo Cleaner will scan your Mac for malware infections. Once the scan is completed, remove any found infections.

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