Search.coupons-bar.com virus - How to remove

Search.coupons-bar.com virus is a browser hijacker that can infiltrate into computers when their users are downloading some freeware from the Internet. The program occurs on browser like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Two main modifications that it makes in a browser once inside, are changing your homepage and default search engine without users’ permission.

Search.coupons-bar.com doesn’t look any different from most of search providers. However, it doesn’t work the way most of search engines do. If you make a search using it, you will see that it lists lots of commercial websites and also displays various sponsored ads in your search results. The purpose of this activity is to advertise certain pages and increase their traffic. Unfortunately, it makes your browsing very unpleasant.

Most likely, you have installed Search.coupons-bar.com virus to your browser by yourself when downloading some free player, PDF creator or other application from the Internet. It is advised to always read Terms and Agreements of all programs that you are installing and make sure you don’t agree to make any changes that could possibly bring unwanted consequences. Also choose Custom installation and follow every step of the process to be sure you don’t allow any additional programs to be added.

If you have already noticed any previously mentioned symptoms on your computer, it is recommended to remove Search.coupons-bar.com virus as soon as possible. First of all, go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list and remove Couponsbar and everything related to it from there. It is also recommended to uninstalling ALL programs installed on the same date as problems have appeared. Some versions of this hijacker install software that blocks browser settings from changing. To identify them, scanning with Spyhunter or other reputable antispyware tool might be useful. Then you can uninstall the extensions and reset settings in your browsers.

How to remove Search.coupons-bar.com virus from Internet Explorer (older versions):

1. Click on the arrow on the right of the search box;
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, on IE7 click on Change search defaults;
3. Remove Search.coupons-bar.com from the list.

How to remove Search.coupons-bar.com virus from IE 11:

1. Click on the Settings icon (top right)->Manage Addons;
2. Select Search Providers;
3. Change the default search engine to Bing or Google;
4. If any of these search providers is not available, follow “Find more search providers” in the bottom of the screen and install Google.

How to remove Search.coupons-bar.com virus from Firefox:

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page;
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click and reset it;
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it and reset it;
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it and reset it;
5. Type “browser.startup.homepage” in the search box. Right click it and reset;
6. Search for “browser.newtab.url”. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on every new tab;
7. If the settings revert and scan with anti-malware programs are clean: close Firefox, open file explorer and enter %AppData% in the address bar. Enter user.js in the search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How to remove Search.coupons-bar.com virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on the browser toolbar;
2. Select Settings;
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines;
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from the list;
5. Go back to Settings. On Startup choose ‘Open blank page’ (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too);
6. If your New Tab page is hijacked, you will have to scan with anti-malware program or use New Tab Redirect extension from Chrome Store.

Remove shortcut hijack (all browsers) (optional):

If your browser opens Search.coupons-bar.com page on startup only, try this:

1. Right click on your browser icon. Choose Properties;
2. Open Short cut tab;
3. Delete Search.coupons-bar.com part from target field.

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