Remove Coupons Vault Ads

I got a problem on my computer but I can’t tell what it exactly is. Here is the problem, when I go online or do something else on my computer, I can always get a lot of pop-ups from a stuff called Coupons Vault. I know many companies use the Internet for advertising. But I didn’t order them on my computer. I don’t know if I can get rid of those things. Is it a virus or something? Please tell me what I should do now, thanks in advance.

Brief Introduction to This Hijacker

It could be a problem to have this Coupons Vault on your computer. It is not a legit program that helps companies to provide online advertisements. Rather than that, it is a computer infection which can be categorized as a browser hijacker or we can call it potentially unwanted program. It is a bad stuff that can cause chaos on the infected computers. However, not all of the computer users notice it as a harmful thing for them to keep on their machines. Some of unsuspecting computer users can treat it as a harmless program and don’t remove it. When this hijacker starts to pop up advertisements, they just treat them normally and close them.

The Screenshot of This Hijacker

As a matter of fact, this Coupons Vault is not a computer virus, but what it can bring to the target computer can be completely the same like virus. By taking the advantage of not being detected by most of anti-virus programs, this adware can come to more innocent computers than other kinds of computer threats which can be caught by security tools with easier ways. Usually, this kind of browser hijacker can be bundled with other program which users need to utilize often. Programs like movie player, PDF reader and so on can be targeted by cyber hackers to corrupt for this adware’s invasion. That’s to say, when people install the infected programs which contain this hijacker infection on their machines, it can sneak into the machines while the people are installing the corrupted programs.

As soon as this Coupons Vault infiltrates the target computers, it can start its annoying work immediately. Browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox can be corrupted by this infection. Usually, this adware can change many browser settings without users’ notice. Homepages can be changed to be some unknown ones and many other settings can be modified as well. In this case, when people use the infected browsers to go online, they can be redirected to many strange websites which could have the possibility to be attacked by other types of computer infections. Also, this adware can slow down the speed of the infected computers as it can occupy a lot of CPU resources on the background.

The properties of Browser Hijacker

-Can not be detected by your anti-virus software, which makes it hard to uninstall from the computer.
-Once you open your browser, you will be redirected to some unknown websites.
-Can slow down the performance of the computer, or even blue screen.
-Can pop up many unwanted advertisements when you are doing something else.
-Can change your settings in your browser and it is not easy to change it back.

If you find any symptoms listed above showing on your computer, then your computer must be suffered with a browser hijacker that causes you keep being redirecting to this Coupons Vault. Welcome to contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for manual removal guide. Also, we will provide a short removal guide below for computer literate.

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Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Browser Hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this hijacker, the name of the process of it is random.

Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

Step 3: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel

Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs

Then try to find the program which relates to this browser hijacker, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.

Step4: Change your homepage in your browser (Take Internet Explorer as an Example)

From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options.

Then type the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK

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Conclusion:

This Coupons Vault needs to be removed in time as it is not a good program for users to keep on their machines. As soon as this infection comes to the target computers, it can make chaos to the affected machines constantly. To make the situation even worse, it is a tool that can be used by cyber hackers to implant more computer viruses to the infected computers from the web.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Coupons Vault? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on May 7, 2015 6:05 am