GoldenCoupon Removal Guide

You may assume that GoldenCoupon is an application that can provide you coupons and “golden” deals while you are shopping online, but, unfortunately, it is merely a new member of the Multiplug adware family. This application may sneak onto your system and start displaying annoying advertisements. Most people consider this rather disruptive and try to close at least those ads that appear in pop-up windows. However, you need to understand that this is no way to get rid of an ad-supported program. A lot of users are not even aware of the potential dangers they might be exposed to by the non-stopping flow of advertisements. We hope that by the end of our article it will be clear why we recommend deleting GoldenCoupon from your PC if you care about the health and safety of your operating system and the files, data you store on your hard drive.

As a matter of fact, this application is a completely fake one as it has no real functions, only a well-sounding name. No wonder GoldenCoupon does not even have a website you could download it from. Thus, the most likely way for it to get to your system is via freeware bundles. If you are infected with this adware program, you may have downloaded and installed a free software package recently. Although not all of these bundles are harmful, you need to be very careful where you download free software from. Try to avoid unfamiliar or suspicious websites. Another good piece of advice is to always research the software you are about to download; read user comments, opinions, and reviews because you may find out that it is just another malware or simply a suspicious program.

Our researchers have observed that this adware can come with Websearch.searchfix.info and mystartsearch.com among others. These are well-known browser hijackers and their presence should be quite obvious since they arbitrarily change browser settings, such as home page and search engine. Due to the possibility that GoldenCoupon is not the only infection you need to remove from your system, it is well worth scanning your computer for other threats as well.

GoldenCoupon is based on the notorious JustPlugIt cross-browser platform. Adware creators seem to like to use this engine since there are already hundreds of ad-supported programs from this family, including GrouperConcept and TakeOrLeave. This adware is no different from any other – it shows third-party advertisements in different forms, including banner ads, pop-up ads, and coupons. It also gathers data about you and your online activities, which results in customized ads filling up your screen. You may not know, but these ads are not at all without risk. If you click on them, you might end up on a potentially dangerous, infected website. Since it is possible to accidentally click on such an ad, even if you just want to close it, we recommend that you remove GoldenCoupon as fast as you can.

While running the uninstaller of GoldenCoupon in Control Panel takes care of the extension in Internet Explorer, you have to manually remove the extensions from Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome by resetting both browsers. It is possible that you are not an experienced computer user; therefore, we have prepared a removal guide for you below the article. Please follow the steps to make sure you fully clean your system of this adware. But you cannot forget about the possibility that there may be other infections on your computer. We would not advise you to try to find and remove them manually as this can be a rather tedious job even for an IT expert. What you can easily do, though, is install a trustworthy security tool that will detect all known threats and clean your computer of them automatically.

Remove GoldenCoupon from Windows

Windows XP

1. Click Start and select Control Panel.
2. Access Add or Remove Programs.
3. Find the undesirable application and click Remove.

Windows 7 and Windows Vista

1. Click on the Windows button in the bottom-left corner and navigate to Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a program.
3. Find the unwanted application and click Uninstall.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

1. Tap Win+X and select Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a program.
3. Right-click on the application and select Uninstall.

Reset your browsers

Google Chrome

1. Launch your browser and simultaneously press Alt+F.
2. Select Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings at the bottom.
4. Scroll down again and press Reset settings.
5. Press Reset.
6. Restart the browser.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Launch your browser and simultaneously press Alt+H.
2. Access Troubleshooting Information.
3. Click Refresh Firefox.
4. In the pop-up click Refresh Firefox. Click Finish.
5. Restart the browser.