CouponTime - How to remove

CouponTime promises users to provide them with various coupons, deals and commercial offers when shopping online and save their money and time this way. However, the reality is not the same as this description. Those deals and coupons displayed by CouponTime are usually fake and you should not believe them. The tool will annoy you a lot, because those advertisements appear randomly, from time to time and disturb your web browsing this way. They can be displayed in various forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text or banner advertisements. A new window or tab can be opened on your web browser as well.

CouponTime works as a browser add-on that can be added to all most popular web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla firefox and Internet Explorer. It is still available only on Windows operating system, so Apple users should not worry about it. Even though those advertisements look really appealing, you should not click on them. First of all, most of the time they are fake. That means you won’t get advertised offers anyway. Secondly, all those advertisements come from various third parties. Since CouponTime is completely free for the users, it gets sponsored by various third parties for displaying their advertisements on users’ web browsers. However, if it happens so that you click on one of those advertisements, you will be immediately redirected to third parties’ websites that may be infected by cyber criminals, such as scammers and hackers, so you put yourself in a danger of being infected or even scammed and losing your money.

The problem is that CouponTime does not administrate or in any other way moderate their partners, so it’s a good opportunity for cyber criminals to reach users right on their web browsers, while almost all other advertising networks ban them. That’s why CouponTime is listed as an unwanted application. Another equally (or even more) malicious attribute of this program is data collection. If you pay a visit to its official website at http://coupontime.info and take a look at the Privacy Policy, you will see it yourself. Once installed, this application will collect various information about your web browsing and interests, such as your browsing history, search queries, most visited sites, IP and email addresses or even your geographic location. Later on this information is transferred to CouponTime sponsors. They adjust their advertisements based on a given data and make them more relevant and interesting to you this way, so the chances that you will click on one of these ads rise. And it’s the main goal of CouponTime, because its owners get paid for every click you make on those ads. The tool generates web traffic and collects sales leads.

Even though it’s not a dangerous virus that can cause a lot of problems itself, it can lead you to some more severe cyber security problems, therefore it needs to be removed as soon as possible. And it’s not difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected or not – most of those advertisements displayed by CouponTime are labeled with a slogan “Ads by CouponTime” or “Brought to you by CouponTime”. So if you have noticed this, your computer is definitely infected and you should take needed actions to remove CouponTime ads right now.

This application is distributed using unfair distribution methods. Most commonly it comes bundled with other free software that can be downloaded from the Internet. So if you want to avoid getting infected with this type of malware, you should not download anything from websites that look unreliable.

In case you don’t have any other choice, be really careful during the installation of such a software. Do not skip any steps and opt out for a custom or advanced install mode if possible (this will allow you to see all available options). Look for various check boxes that can be already selected for you. It would be wise to read all terms and conditions as well. In case it is too late and your computer is already infected, download a trustworthy anti-malware program, such as Spyhunter, Malwarebytes or StopZilla and scan your PC with it. It will detect and remove CouponTime automatically. If for some reason you don’t want to download any additional software, you can remove this malware manually too. Simply follow our step-by-step CouponTime removal guide given below.

Manual removal of CouponTime ads

How to remove CouponTime using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like CouponTime install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to CouponTime . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make CouponTime easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove CouponTime from macOS

Delete CouponTime from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the CouponTime app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to CouponTime and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to CouponTime, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving CouponTime from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to CouponTime. Click on the trash bin icon next to CouponTime or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to CouponTime, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving CouponTime from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything CouponTime related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to CouponTime, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove CouponTime from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to CouponTime. Click on the "Remove" icon next to CouponTime or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving CouponTime from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the CouponTime. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to CouponTime, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.