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How to remove CouponDropDown (Virus Removal Guide)

By Sean Doyle 4 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.

Tags: Malware
Sean Doyle

Sean is a tech author and security researcher with more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, privacy, malware analysis, analytics, and online marketing. He focuses on clear reporting, deep technical investigation, and practical guidance that helps readers stay safe in a fast-moving digital landscape. His work continues to appear in respected publications, including articles written for Private Internet Access. Through Botcrawl and his ongoing cybersecurity coverage, Sean provides trusted insights on data breaches, malware threats, and online safety for individuals and businesses worldwide.

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121 Comments

  7. Yeah, this annoying shit just started popping up and I downloaded like 6 or 7 malware scanners and did full system scans. None of them turned up anything related to this dog turd program. 1 click download and install was the culprit.

  8. I was getting this as well in Firefox. As suggested by others below, it turned out to be FreeHDSport.tv that had bundled it into my browser; I’ve removed this extension and coupondropdown has gone.
    Worryingly I did run a virus scan with my AV (TrendMicro) but it didn’t detect this.

  9. Also bundled with FreeHDSport.TV on google chrome — disabled it and coupondropdown went away. Did not have it when I initially installed FreeHDSport.TV so as others have said, an extension can be updated with “features” that you do not want.

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  13. Cheers, this happened to me before & I couldn’t remember what I did to remove it so thanks. It was attached to freeHDSports & disappeared as soon as I removed it.

  30. Thanks Sean, and commenters! I couldn’t recall installing coupondropdown and was a little scared that I had malware, but then I remembered that I installed OneClickDownload to watch a video or something. Solid work, you guys!

  33. Jupjup, OneClickDowload seemed to be my problem too. Thanks to everyone of you! I used a Spybot first, that worked, but it came back. I hope it’s permanently fixed now.

  39. Thanks for this, I deleted 3 of 4 extensions in Chrome, ad CDD disappeared. Good riddance.

    This reminds me of Microsoft’s attempt to milk the internet with “MSSmartTags” – you get bothered by ads while Microsoft makes money.

  40. Like two previous posters, and unaware of their success, I stumbled on FBPhotoZoom to be the culprit only after following all conventional solutions: Firefox in safe mode, scan with Malwarebytes, Security Esssentials & Stinger, none of which found anything amiss. Only after trial and error disabling of non-Mozilla extensions did I finally pin down the offender!

  43. Thanks very much for your advice. I was getting these ads all over the place, especially EVERYWHERE on my Facebook! I checked my programmes in the control panel, nothing obvious, so went to the ‘tools’ in google chrome and found 3 extensions
    one being ‘1 click downloader’, and the other 2 had no title that read in English so I binned them all!!!!! Just been back to check and everything’s fine and back to normal, so thanks everyone (some tips i found in the comments), great advice 🙂

  44. This ad coupon thing was driving me crazy seeing those pop-ups knowing they shouldn’t be there. I ran my spyware remover and still no results but these comments were a big help I also found the problem in my firefox ad ons by clicking the options key. An ad-on called one click download I disabled it and that seemed to work. Judging from the timing of these comments we are gettin hit around the same time maybe thers something going around

  46. Thank you! I had this problem and followed your steps until it was fixed.

    As an FYI it seems my problem was with Java (TM) Platform SE 6 U31 6.0.310.5

    Had to disable from the Add-ons Manager in Firefox. Problem Solved!

  47. Thanks a lot !! Tonight I could find solutions to flush out this crap, well hidden in the google extensions.
    Thanks for this comprehensive article and for all those who have posted in the comments. Ads CouponDropDown was well hidden. The only way to delete it, was to find and destroy a folder in program files and keys in the Windows registry.
    Désolée pour mon anglais, en français ça aurait été plus facile !
    Merci encore.

  49. Thank you so much. I had tried everything and had read several sites all saying to uninstall. Problem was that the program didn’t exist in my list. You were the first one to use the word “extensions” for Firefox. I found a few suspicious extensions in that list, removed them and at least for now, the problem seems to have been solved.

  50. Hi I am a Chrome user. But I do not seem to have the CouponDropDown extensions in my list. I do have the annoying CouponDropDown in-text advertising though.

    Any suggestions?

    thanks and regards

    • Check for other add-ons and extensions affecting your system and remove them. Even though you notice CouponDD in text links, the advertisements may have bundled with third party browser helper objects as many ad platforms do.

      I forgot to add that add this information in the article. Thanks for the reminder.

      Text Enhance – Very similar infection.

        • You have to check third party add-on or extension. Many Chrome users use Facebook photo zoom extension. Check you installed ‘FBPhotoZoom’ (facebook photo zoom extension). If you did remove it.

          • Thanks Manak!
            Removing FBPHOTOZOOM extension helped to silence the Ad popups. Apparently Coupondropdown adware infects another extensions on Google Chrome to survive. I plan to re-installed FBphotozoom extension later. So far virus software are unable to detect this malware.

    • I had the same problem. It is probably hidden in the FB Photozoom extension. That’s where mine was hidden. I unchecked the box for FB Photozoom and the ads went away.

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