CouponXplorer Toolbar - How to remove

CouponXplorer Toolbar (by MyWay) is a browser hijacker that has been noticed to be added to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The program changes your homepage to home.tb.ask.com or, in the newer iterations, to hp.myway.com/CouponXplorer. It also replaces your search provider with search.tb.ask.com and has a search bar that leads to search.myway.com. The program seeks to promote various websites, mostly the ones connected to MyWay.

About CouponXplorer

The stated function of this CouponXplorer Toolbar is to help users get easier access to all sorts of coupons that give discounts to various goods. These printable coupons are free and can be used to purchase items for lower prices. If only CouponXplorer was actually good at this.

CouponXplorer Toolbar leads to many unwanted actions to happen on your computer. Users can be very annoyed by the changes made in browser settings. If you are used to having a specific start page and search engine, you will not want to use any others, yet the aforementioned browser virus hijacks those browser settings. Even if you save the changes, after you open a browser, you will get redirected to the same CouponXplorer new tab page as if no modifications were made. Besides, the toolbar causes many redirections and alters search results by adding commercial pages. It disturbs your activities on the Internet and it can also lead to rerouting to infected pages.

CouponXplorer is a browser-hijacker toolbar that pretends to help users find shopping coupons:

Classification of CouponXplorer	Browser hijacker Adware
How CouponXplorer spreads	Automatic downloads or misleading installation by malicious ads Adware pop-ups Bundling with freeware
Consequences of the hijacking	Hijacked default search engine and new tab page settings Private browsing information collected by CouponXplorer
Remove CouponXplorer	Uninstall suspicious programs Remove CouponXplorer and related browser hijackers from your browser Remove malware and adware (Combo Cleaner for Mac, SpyHunter for PC)

Former users of CouponXplorer say that this toolbar is nothing more than an application for tracking users’ online activity. Others complained that they had not installed this program, but their browser preferences were rearranged anyhow. Mindspark Interactive, the founders of this and many other applications, including EasyCouponAccess, ShoppingDealsLive, and FreeShoppingTool, are quick to claim that their extensions are not browser hijackers or adware, but the evidence is clear. These tollbars do nothing more than promote Ask and MyWay, hijack the home and new tab pages and the default search settings, and place third-party ads in the web search results.

If any displayed ads are of low-quality or are involved in some shady activity, your interaction with such content is not a headache for the creators of CouponXplorer. All of the services provided by third-party partners are their own business and any problem arising has to be dealt through other companies. Be aware that such third-party domains usually follow ambiguous Privacy Policies and Terms and Conditions that is why your visit might be dealt with not the highest level of discretion. Meanwhile, CouponXplorer has access to your browsing history and search queries and can use that information to personalize your ads.

Distribution Methods of CouponXplorer

If you haven’t downloaded CouponXplorer Toolbar by yourself, it was probably downloaded and installed thanks to malicious ads. Such ads generally infect free streaming sites, pirating, adult, filesharing websites, but can appear anywhere. They are also promoted by adware infections. The bad ads redirect you to the CouponXplorer installation site. Sometimes, the download process starts automatically. Other times, you’re given the impression that you need to install the extension in order to access some content on another website (you don’t, these ads are just made to mislead people). CouponXplorer might have also been installed together with some other applications that you were downloading from the Internet. To avoid that, follow every installation step and remove the checkboxes for installing any programs that you are not aware of. If you skip this step, most likely all bundled programs will be added automatically.

If you want to remove this search-redirecting toolbar, you should check browser extensions for Google Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, and Firefox, and remove CouponXplorer and other Mindspark extensions (like Ask) from there. If you do not see it listed or want to check for adware, you should use antimalware tools like SpyHunter for PC or Combo Cleaner for Mac and scan your computer with it. You might need to reset your home page and search engine to the one you used before to complete the removal. Also, you might benefit from scanning your whole computer in-depth because CouponXplorer shares its distribution strategy with some serious malware infections and it’s just good to be careful.

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How to remove CouponXplorer Toolbar using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar from macOS

Delete CouponXplorer Toolbar from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar, 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar. Click on the trash bin icon next to CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar, 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar, 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar. Click on the "Remove" icon next to CouponXplorer Toolbar 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the CouponXplorer Toolbar. 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 CouponXplorer Toolbar, 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.

On behalf of developers of CouponXplorer Toolbar we were asked to remove this article due to false information on it. However, we feel like this post is correct and helpful to our readers. CouponXplorer Toolbar and other software developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. can be detected and recognised as viruses or potentially unwanted software by various anti-malware tools. Toolbars developed by Mindspark share same EULA (End User License Agreement) that is mislieding. It claims that this software is not an adware or malware, while there are statements that toolbars might display advertisements from 3rd parties or monetise toolbars in other ways. By definition such software is considered as an adware. All articles posted on www.2-viruses.com regarding products of Mindspark are correct.

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