PrizeCoupon (ака Prize Coupon) is promoted as a useful online shopping tool aiming to enhance your experience as you visit online shopping sites and save you money. Although PrizeCoupon’s features may be helpful to many users, experts categorize the add-on as PUP (potentially unwanted program) and recommend its removal. Once installed, PrizeCoupon will display numerous pop-up and banner advertisements, coupons, deals, price comparisons,, etc. The third-party ads presented by PrizeCoupon hide the potential risk of exposing your computer to various security issues if you click on them. PrizeCoupon can be installed in the most used browsers (Google Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, etc.)
PrizeCoupon – Distribution Techniques
You can download and install PrizeCoupon online, but it may end up on your PC bundled with different free of charge programs (media and video players, program updates, etc.). This particular distribution method is often used by developers and is not considered illegal. Still, if you wish to avoid any unwanted installations, experts recommend selecting the Custom installation options and un-ticking any additional plug-ins or apps that you do not find useful. By just paying more attention throughout the installation process, you can save yourself a lot of efforts later on.
An adware program like PrizeCoupon can also be distributed through drive-by downloads, corrupted websites, or malicious attachments to spam email messages. These can also invite malware to your machine. Experts advise you to be careful when you choose download sources and never open email attachments that you do not expect. Keeping your anti-malware program up-to-date and performing regular backups of your files are of utmost importance for the safety of your computer.
How Does PrizeCoupon Affect Your Computer?
PrizeCoupon injects different ads (pop-ups, banners, deals, coupons and offers), which can be extremely annoying and interfere with your browsing activities. Another issue is the fact that these ads can expose your computer to various security risks. Third parties usually use adware programs like PrizeCoupon to raise the traffic of their websites and to generate pay-per-click revenue. The pop-up ads by PrizeCoupon may link you to web pages with malicious content.
In order to display advertisements that match your interests and preferences, PrizeCoupon may track specific information, like:
- browsing activities (visited web pages, search terms and clicks)
- search queries
- IP address
- computer location
The gathered data may be transferred to third parties for questionable purposes.
How to Remove PrizeCoupon from Your PC?
PrizeCoupon is not classified as a virus and does not pose a direct risk to you computer, but the advertisements this application displays can make your machine vulnerable to malware infections. This is why security experts recommend PrizeCoupon’s removal from the affected PC. You can delete PrizeCoupon manually or by using a legit anti-spyware tool. Just follow the steps below to remove PrizeCoupon permanently from your computer.
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1. Remove/Uninstall PrizeCoupon in Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program. No matter if you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall PrizeCoupon.
2. Remove PrizeCoupon from your browser
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
Remove a toolbar from Google Chrome
Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer
Remove a toolbar from Safari
Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu
Select PrizeCoupon and click “Remove“
After PrizeCoupon is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Select PrizeCoupon to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.
After PrizeCoupon has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.
Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.
From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’
In the new window select ‘Extensions’
Click once on PrizeCoupon
Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall PrizeCoupon. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the PrizeCoupon will be removed.
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- Guide 1: How to Remove PrizeCoupon from Windows.
- Guide 2: Get rid of PrizeCoupon from Mac OS X.
- Guide 3: Remove PrizeCoupon from Google Chrome.
- Guide 4: Erase PrizeCoupon from Mozilla Firefox.
- Guide 5: Uninstall PrizeCoupon from Microsoft Edge.
- Guide 6: Remove PrizeCoupon from Safari.
- Guide 7: Eliminate PrizeCoupon from Internet Explorer.
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How to Remove PrizeCoupon from Windows.
Step 1: Boot Your PC In Safe Mode to isolate and remove PrizeCoupon
Step 2: Uninstall PrizeCoupon and related software from Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.Step 3: Clean any registries, created by PrizeCoupon on your computer.
The usually targeted registries of Windows machines are the following:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
You can access them by opening the Windows registry editor and deleting any values, created by PrizeCoupon there. This can happen by following the steps underneath:
Tip: To find a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and click "Modify" to see which file it is set to run. If this is the virus file location, remove the value.Before starting "Step 4", please boot back into Normal mode, in case you are currently in Safe Mode.
This will enable you to install and use SpyHunter 5 successfully.
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Get rid of PrizeCoupon from Mac OS X.
Step 1: Uninstall PrizeCoupon and remove related files and objects
1. Hit the ⇧+⌘+U keys to open Utilities. Another way is to click on “Go” and then click “Utilities”, like the image below shows:
- Go to Finder.
- In the search bar type the name of the app that you want to remove.
- Above the search bar change the two drop down menus to “System Files” and “Are Included” so that you can see all of the files associated with the application you want to remove. Bear in mind that some of the files may not be related to the app so be very careful which files you delete.
- If all of the files are related, hold the ⌘+A buttons to select them and then drive them to “Trash”.
In case you cannot remove PrizeCoupon via Step 1 above:
In case you cannot find the virus files and objects in your Applications or other places we have shown above, you can manually look for them in the Libraries of your Mac. But before doing this, please read the disclaimer below:
You can repeat the same procedure with the following other Library directories:
→ ~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
Tip: ~ is there on purpose, because it leads to more LaunchAgents.
Step 2: Scan for and remove malware from your Mac
When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts, programs and malware, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. Combo Cleaner offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac’s security and protect it in the future.
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Remove PrizeCoupon from Google Chrome.
Step 1: Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu
Step 2: Move the cursor over "Tools" and then from the extended menu choose "Extensions"
Step 3: From the opened "Extensions" menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its "Remove" button.
Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.
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Erase PrizeCoupon from Mozilla Firefox.
Step 1: Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window
Step 2: Select the "Add-ons" icon from the menu.
Step 3: Select the unwanted extension and click "Remove"
Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.
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Uninstall PrizeCoupon from Microsoft Edge.
Step 1: Start Edge browser.
Step 2: Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.
Step 3: From the drop menu select "Extensions".
Step 4: Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.
Step 5: Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.
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Remove PrizeCoupon from Safari.
Step 1: Start the Safari app.
Step 2: After hovering your mouse cursor to the top of the screen, click on the Safari text to open its drop down menu.
Step 3: From the menu, click on "Preferences".
Step 4: After that, select the 'Extensions' Tab.
Step 5: Click once on the extension you want to remove.
Step 6: Click 'Uninstall'.
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall the extension. Select 'Uninstall' again, and the PrizeCoupon will be removed.
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Eliminate PrizeCoupon from Internet Explorer.
Step 1: Start Internet Explorer.
Step 2: Click on the gear icon labeled 'Tools' to open the drop menu and select 'Manage Add-ons'
Step 3: In the 'Manage Add-ons' window.
Step 4: Select the extension you want to remove and then click 'Disable'. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click 'Disable'.
Step 5: After the unwanted extension has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red 'X' button located at the top right corner and start it again.
