Remove Coupon Blaster Pop-up Ads, Easy Way to Uninstall Adware on Browsers

Coupon Blaster is a program that specifically has been considered as one type of adware, capable of generating website traffic by display a variety of pop-up advertisements such as banners or coupons on the screen for suspicious commercial purpose. It seems that Coupon Blaster is compatible with the majority of the top retailers online and offers the best deal for Internet users. However, Coupon Blaster ads become nightmare for lots of users because they often appear on the monitor without any permission or knowledge, and trigger a number of annoying activities on the computer that it affects.

To be specific, Coupon Blaster adware may often surreptitiously analyze Internet user’s search history and cookies so that to display pop-up ads pertaining to user’s browsing routine. However, when users click on the supported links, they may be redirected to arbitrary websites which may be related to malicious URL trying to mislead users into purchasing bogus products or services. Serves as an ad-associated online platform, Coupon Blaster adware is believed to be overlap with certain PC malware such as Trojan, worm, or keylogger that has the capabilities to make worse results on the affected computer. As a matter of fact, Coupon Blaster cannot be classified as a computer virus absolutely. Nonetheless, it could be identified as a PUP or adware threat that should be terminated from computer on the basis of its existing attributes.

How Does Coupon Blaster Ads Spread

Coupon Blaster pop-up ads often appear on a user’s installed web browser, regardless of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, without any authorization. As the recent security tech statistics show, Coupon Blaster adware may be activated by visiting malicious websites or other standard web pages that have been attacked by cyber criminals. Coupon Blaster ads may often be packaged with some unreliable applications carrying the activation code of the threat, such as some pirated or illegally acquired software programs. On the other hand, the threat could be lurked onto a user’s computer by spam email containing unknown links or attachments. When installed, various pop-up ads could display on the screen to interfere with user’s regularly online experience.

How to Remove Coupon Blaster Pop-up Ads (Manual Steps)

Part one: Remove Coupon Blaster from web browser. 

Google Chrome:

• Go to Tools > Extensions.
• In the Extensions window, search for and remove all the extensions related to Coupon Blaster.
• Apply OK.

Mozilla Firefox:

• Go to Tools >Add-ons.
• Navigate to Extensions.
• In the list of extensions, find out the extensions of Coupon Blaste.
• Right click to remove it from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

• Go to Tools > Manage Add-ons.
• Choose Toolbars and Extensions.
• Clean up the extensions causing Coupon Blaster pop-up ads.

Part two: Clean up all its leftover and registry entries

1.    Go to hard disk and remove the files of Coupon Blaster.

%AllUsersProfile% random.exe
%Temp% random.exe

2.    Open Registry Editor, and right-click to delete all the registry entries related to Coupon Blaster pop-up ads.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”

Tips for Avoiding Coupon Blaster in Future

• Use a firewall to block all incoming connections from the Internet to services that should not be publicly available. By default, you should deny all incoming connections and only allow services you explicitly want to offer to the outside world.
• Enforce a password policy. Complex passwords make it difficult to crack password files on compromised computers. This helps to prevent or limit damage when a computer is compromised.
• Ensure that programs and users of the computer use the lowest level of privileges necessary to complete a task. When prompted for a root or UAC password, ensure that the program asking for administration-level access is a legitimate application.
• Disable AutoPlay to prevent the automatic launching of executable files on network and removable drives, and disconnect the drives when not required. If write access is not required, enable read-only mode if the option is available.

Certain expert skills will be required during the manual removal procedure to avoid wrong operation which may damage your computer permanently. If you cannot remove Coupon Blaster from computer on your own, you may live chat with VilmaTech 24/7 online agents for further solution.