How to remove CouponDropDown (Virus Removal Guide)

How to remove CouponDropDown (Virus Removal Guide)

Remove CouponDropDown adware advertisements and uninstall the CouponDropDown extension. CouponDropDown casuses unwanted popup advertisements to appear. These popup advertisements may have a blue tag stating you have an amount of coupons. CouponDropDown also displays advertisements from third parties and promotes link click through in order to gain revenue via CPC.

By Sean Doyle4 min read

CouponDropDownWhat is CouponDropDown?

CouponDropDown (also known as Coupon Drop Down, CouponDropDown virus) is an advertising platform and adware that serves pop-up advertisements across Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Advertisements produced by CouponDropDown usually say something similar to “click to continue by CouponDropDown” or “Ads by CouponDropDown” on them.

Coupon Drop Down adware uses in-text advertisements similar to Text Enhance and primarily bundles with other unwanted programs, malware, and potentially malicious files, including FB Photo Zoom and other third party add-ons and extensions.

Ads by CouponDropDown

The CouponDropDown extension and browser attachments that it may bundle with have ‘permissions’ set allowing them to perform tasks users may find undesirable. These permissions are listed below.
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  • Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
  • Read and change your browsing history.
  • Manage your apps, extensions, and themes.
  • Manage your downloads.

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CouponDropDown adware is usually contracted without user knowledge alongside free downloadable content from a variety of locations on the web. Free downloadable content includes freeware, shareware, torrents, email attachments, and more.

Users who wish to install freeware may be given a “custom installation” option to accept or decline an offer to install CouponDropDown adware and similar products during the installation; However, the user request to decline the adware from installing can be ignored by the program or presented in a confusing manner.

In some cases, CouponDropDown and other unwanted programs are deceptively promoted through questionable advertisements. These advertisements may be dishonest, misleading, and cause the program to automatically download and install once clicked on.

How to remove CouponDropDown (Removal Guide)

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Step 1: Remove CouponDropDown add-ons and extensions

Google Chrome

1. Click the Customize and control Google Chrome icon on the top menu and navigate to More tools > Extensions.

2. Search for suspicious extensions in the list. Remove unwanted browser extensions individually by clicking the trashcan icon next to each one.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Type Ctrl+Shift+A.

2. Search for suspicious add-ons on the Extensions and Plugin tab. Highlight each one individually and click remove.

Step 2: Uninstall CouponDropDown

1. Open Windows Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.

2. On Windows Control Panel, click Uninstall a program or Add and remove a program in the Programs section.

3. Search for CouponDropDown and other unwanted programs in the list of installed programs. Once an unwanted program is located, double click the item or select it with your mouse and click the Uninstall button.

4. Restart your computer.

Step 3: Remove CouponDropDown malware with Malwarebytes

1. Download and install the free or full version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. The full version enables real-time protection to block malware and unwanted programs from infecting your computer, while the free version is just a free scan and removal tool.

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2. Open the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program.

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3. Click the large Scan Now button or visit the “Scan” tab to manually run a scan.

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4. Once the malware scan is complete, click the Remove Selected button and reboot your computer.

If you are still having issues with malware it is recommended to download and install a second opinion scanner such as HitmanPro by Surfright to eradicate existing malicious files and automatically repair corrupted settings.

Step 4: Cleanup and repair settings with CCleaner

1. Download and install the free or full version of CCleaner by Piriform.

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2. Once installed, open the program and navigate to Cleaner > Windows/Applications and click the Analyze button. Afterwards, click the Run Cleaner button on the bottom right of the program interface.

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3. Next, navigate to Tools > Startup and search through each tab starting from windows, internet explorer, etc., all the way to Content Menu, for additional suspicious entries and click Disable and Delete once anything is found.

If you are still experiencing issues removing potential CouponDropDown malware after using this removal guide we recommend to perform a system restore/recovery or a reset/refresh for Windows 8.

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121 comments

  3. I tried various things but the only one that worked was removing Web assistant, which was installed with Incredibar, neither of which I accepted.

  6. OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU…Mine was IB Updater, Yontoo, Updater by sweetpacks at the same damn time so you can imagine what i was going through but after unstalling them coupondropdown was gone.. You are the best i am forever greatful :0

  8. Thank you! My extension was “Updater by Sweetpacks ” I deleted it off firefox by going to Tools and off my PC using the Add/Remove program.

  11. I got rid of web assistant from the extensions and then I reopened google chrome. coupondropdown was gone 🙂 Thank you so much for your help.

  15. Thanks you so much, I didnt have a clue what was going on and since I have an old laptop, the flash ads meant streaming videos was a nightmare. Once again thanks a lot bro!!

  17. Thanks, Cleared freecorder add ons and cookies. No more coupon drop down or unwanted search engine.

    Still got freecorder, could they return if I continue to use it?
    Great article.

  19. Note that coupondropdown now also poses as legitimate sounding add-ons. Try enabling and disabling one by one to see which is the cause.
    Coupondropdown was posing as ‘google update’ on my browser.

    1. O My, I tried to remove Ads CouponDropDown for a long time and followed another instruction using free malware programs. But still had the problem until removing FreeHDSport.tv. Thanks you so much. I don’t see young Asian girls asking for icky things any more!!

  25. OMFG Thank you Soo much! I had like all these disgusting ads on my youtube browser :/ with like 50 year old women asking for dates chilling on my desktop with bikinis and shit my parents got so mad, they thought I was doing some very innapropriate… but thank you so much just had to disable putlocker from google chrome!

    VERY HELPFUL!

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  29. Putlocker did it, which I discovered by accident when doing a routine clearout. 24 hours later it was back. Turned out to be TornTV the second time, as mentioned in other comments. I never downloaded or installed either of them.

  33. Hallelujah! I just got rid of the horrid Coupon drop down, by removing my recently installed/updated(don’t recall which) FLASH PLAYER!!

    I really could not believe Flash Player could be the sinner, but being my only recent installment, I had to take the chance, and removed it!

    Instantly, all my troubles with Coupon drop down(with all these ads from women offering their services.. ugh!) were gone!!

    1. PS. It also affected all the links in whatever page I visited, the same phone-ad popped up every time, and unabled the link, really.

      I will still need a plug-in like Flash player, but which other are there? Will the malware follow again if I uplode Flash, or was I unlucky the first time? I do not remember if my newly uploded Windows protection program were uploded before or after Flash, but no malware was detected on my computer, even right before I chose to remove Flash. I wonder why?

      I guess I must dare to try uploding Flash again.. but not just yet!

      1. Ten more days of coupon drop dead hell.. and finally I found the last culprit of the PutLocker Downloader, in the Firefox Add-ons, when I clicked on ‘Tools’ (basic yes, but I was too exhausted to see beyond removing programs)
        Thank you so much!!!<3 Your recipe over here did it!

  41. I have been trying to get rid of Coupon Dropdown for months! Thank you, 1 click downloader was the culprit for me! Thank you, Thank you Thank you!

  42. Thank you, it was bloody FB Zoom I’d disabled it a while back to see if it was the problem and it didn’t help now that I deleted it its gone thanks 😀

  45. I was trying to fix this for a while! Had no idea to think about that FBPhotoZoom thing but thats what it was on my laptop! Finally got rid of that annoying malware! Thank you so much!

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