What is Couponpueke?
Couponpueke is described as a useful browser add-on that will help users to enhance their web browsing. However, this description is really far from reality. In case you don’t want to get yourself in trouble, you should remove this application from your computer as soon as possible. If you don’t really know how to do it, just continue reading this article. We will provide you with full instructions how to eliminate this cyber infections.
First of all, you should know that there are two ways to do it – manually or automatically. It’s much easier and time efficient to perform the removal automatically, so we recommend you to choose this way. Download a trustworthy anti-malware application, such as SpyHunter or StopZilla, install it and run a scan of all files stored on your hard drive. It will automatically detect and remove Couponpueke. If your computer is infected with other viruses, it will remove them as well. You can use other anti-malware application of your choice as well.
In case you would like to perform this without any help of anti-malware software, you can do this by following our step-by-step Couponpueke manual removal guide. Go to find it at the end of this article. We have developed it to assist you through this process of virus removal because it requires some specific knowledge. However, even after you are done removing the virus manually, we still recommend you to scan your computer afterwards because some other infections can be infiltrated to your system by Couponpueke and they need to be removed as well.
If you have some questions about Couponpueke, feel free to ask us in the comments section below. In case you would like to learn more about specific features of this virus, please continue reading the article.
About Couponpueke
Couponpueke is listed as an adware due to displaying various advertisements on web browsers. Even though it’s presented as a useful application that will help you to save both your time and money while shopping online by providing you with various coupons and deals, this is not true. It won’t save your time nor money. Vice versa, you can loose your money and you will definitely waste your time due to Couponpueke app.
It works as a browser add-on that can be added to all most popular web browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and even Safari. Once installed, it will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers. Those ads can come in all kinds of forms, including pop-up, pop-under, in-text, contextual and banner advertisements. A new tab or even window with an advertisement can be opened on your browser as well. Those advertisements usually appear on e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon and offer you to purchase some particular goods at a better price rate. Even though those offers look really appealing, you should know that they usually are fake – it’s just a trick to win your attention and make you click on one of those advertisements. If you do so, you will be immediately redirected to other websites that may be owned by cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers, so we don’t recommend you to do that. This way your computer can get infected or if you attempt to buy something there you can even get scammed and lose your money.
Couponpueke can be described as an advertising network that was designed specifically for cyber criminals. As you know, they can’t advertise their products on legitimate advertising networks because they are banned so they use adware like this to drive some traffic to their websites and infect new victims. This being said, if you have Couponpueke installed on your computer, cyber criminals can reach you right on your web browser on a daily basis. That’s very dangerous, so you should remove Couponpueke infection right now.
Another unwanted attribute of Couponpueke is data collection. Once installed this application will collect various information about your browsing habits, such as your browsing history, search queries, top visited sites or even your IP and email addresses. The thirds parties adjust those advertisements according to the collected data and make them even more relevant and attractive to you this way, so chances that you will click on one of them rise. And that’s the main goal of Couponpueke because its creators get paid for every click you make. They generate web traffic and collect sales leads.
It’s not difficult to indicate if your computer is infected with this malicious application because usually those advertisements displayed by Couponpueke are labeled with a slogan “Ads by Couponpueke” or “Brought to you by Couponpueke“. So if you have noticed this occurrence on any of your browsers – your computer is definitely infected and you need to take care of this situation.
Distribution Methods of Couponpueke
Couponpueke is distributed bundled with other free applications that can be downloaded from the Internet for free. I.e. when you download and install some media player or PDF generator, there is a chance that Couponpueke will be installed as well, without even providing you with a warning message. If you don’t want to see this happening, be really attentive during the installation of free software downloaded from unreliable websites. Don’t skip any steps and always opt out for a custom or advanced install mode if possible. This way you will be able to take control into your hands. Look for various check boxes that can be already selected for you. In case you notice that some additional software that you are not aware of is being installed alongside – don’t allow this installation to be completed because it can possibly be Couponpueke or any other adware.
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