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Manual Guide to Remove CouponUnity

by Alice Bonnie fix computer problems

You keep getting numerous pop-up ads from this CouponUnity and put up with the sluggish browser performance? Don’t know why those ads show up and wonder how to stop them from popping up? If you have no clue on how to deal with this nasty thing, you have come to the right place. This article will show you how to get rid of CouponUnity so that you can block the annoying ads from appearing on the web pages you are visiting.

CouponUnity is one of the most annoying adware programs which is super hateful. Though it claims that it is a tool which can help users to improve the browsing performance, the adware is not welcomed at all for this application brings a plenty of annoying ads. It can work on browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer as a browser extension. After completed its infiltration, it displays intrusive online advertisements: sponsored links, banner, interstitial, videos, coupons, images, in-text advertisements, in-search, pop-up, and pop-under. To deliver more precise ads, this ads would collect your personal data such as IP address, terms you have searched, and websites you have visited, and send that data to the advertisers. This may lead to many troubles such as Identity threat and other frauds. Take immediate action to remove CouponUnity thoroughly from your computer to avoid further damage.

How Did You Acquire the Adware??

Downloading and installing free programs: It is commonly bundled with additional parasites and other potential threats when you download and install freeware/shareware from the Internet. If you think all the online free applications are safe for use, you are likely to get the adware from the Internet.

Visiting illegitimate webpages: It often attaches itself to p2p, suspicious links, pop-ups and other unprotected networks. If you visit the dubious websites, your web browser may be affected if unwanted programs are installed silently without your knowledge.

Downloading spam emails or attachments: Adware or potential unwanted programs can be implanted onto the emial attachments and hidden in those malicious links contained on the email contents. If you happen to open the email attachments or click on the malicious links, you may download the adware onto your machine.

Using outmoded security software: If don’t have your antivirus updated to the latest version, Adware or PUP can easily make inroads on your computer. Some other malware or viruses are able to invade to your computer with ease.

How to Remove the Adware from Your Computer?

We now all know that CouponUnity will display tons of pop-up ads on your browser to interfere your online surfing. It will collect personal information stealthy for its malicious purpose. Thus, you should remove CouponUnity from the PC as soon as possible. Here is the manual removal guide that you can follow.

Step 1: Remove the CouponUnity related programs.

Windows XP
Go to Start, navigate to Settings and click on Control Panel, navigate to Add or Remove Programs, choose Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and hit Remove.

Windows 8
Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. Click Settings on Charms bar and go to Control Panel. Select Uninstall a program and remove the adware related programs.

Windows 7/Vista
Go to Start, navigate to Control Panel, select Uninstall a program/Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and click on Uninstall.

Step 2: Remove the adware related add-ons from the browsers.

Internet Explorer
Open IE and go to Tools or gear icon in IE9 and then to Manage Add-ons.
Select add-ons related to CouponUnity or other which you find is unknown to you and remove it.
Restart IE.

Mozilla Firefox
Open Mozilla Firefox & click on Tools from the top menu.
Now go to Add-ons and select the unknown extensions from the list related to the adware.
Remove them by selecting and clicking on Remove button.
Restart the browser.

Google Chrome
Open Google Chrome, click 3-Horizontal Bar icon at the top left corner.
Now go to Tools and then Extensions.
Search for extension exact or similar to the adware and delete it by selecting and clicking Trash icon next to it.
Restart the browser.

Step 3: Remove all CouponUnity related files and registry entries.

Go to the Local Hard Disk C to find out and delete any adware related files from your computer.
Click the “Start” button and choose the “Run” option. Type “regedit” in the “Open” field and click the “OK” button. Then the Registry Editor will open. Then, find out and delete the adware related registry entries.

Attention: CouponUnity is able to update itself and change its features, which make it not easy to delete its files completely in manual way. Foe the sake of removing this pesky adware efficiently. To effectively get rid of this nasty adware, it’s strongly recommended that you download and use a professional malware removal tool to remove the adware automatically and entirely. 


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