Hijacker Removal Expert: How to Remove Ads by My Coupon Buddy Completely

Thursday, January 8, 2015

How to Remove Ads by My Coupon Buddy Completely

Have annoyed about ads by My Coupon Buddy?

Did your computer encounter ads by My Coupon Buddy? According to the users’ report, it can automatically pop up no matter you are doing Google Search or visiting specific websites. It is designed by cyber hackers to increase web traffic and generate pay-per-click revenue from it. How can it do that? Once it gets itself installed on your computer, it can make changes of your default browser settings like DNS setting to make itself automatically pop up every time you launch your computer. To live with so many popup, your computer will run sluggish and oddly.

Why you failed to remove ads by My Coupon Buddy?

They have found ads by My Coupon Buddy showed on the add/remove program list but failed to remove it. Or they even tried to terminate this computer threat via some antivirus but also end up with the same result. Why it is so hard to uninstall? Because it has bundled with the kernel part of the system and disguised its related files with random names, which will add difficulties to easy removal. As we all know, it is designed by cyber hackers to increase web traffic and generate profit, to achieve its purpose, it is capable to collect your search keywords and track down your online traces. It is not suggested to live with it, you are welcome to follow the removal guide listed below:

Solution one:How Do I Manually Get Rid of My Coupon Buddy

1. Disable any suspicious startup items.

For Windows XP:

Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items including those of My Coupon Buddy.

2. Show hidden files

a) open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options;
b) under View tab to tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK;
c) click on the “Start” menu and then click on the “Search programs and files” box, Search for and delete these files created by My Coupon Buddy:

3. Delete all registry values related to My Coupon Buddy your local hard disk C.

4. Remove unwanted plug-ins or extensions from your web browsers:

* Internet Explorer

1) Launch Internet Explorer and tap Alt+T.

2) When you see Tools menu, go to Manage Add-ons >> Toolbars and Extensions.

3) Choose the add-on you want to remove and click on Disable.

* Mozilla Firefox

1) Open Mozilla Firefox and tap Ctrl+Shift+A combination to drag out the Add-ons Manager button.

2) Go to Extensions, find suspicious or related items and delete all of them.

* Google Chrome

1) Launch Google Chrome and tap Alt+F

2) Once you start seeing the menu, select Tools >> Extensions.

3) Select the add-on you want to remove and click on the trash icon.

5. Renew IP Address:

1. Start button
2. Type the letters 'cmd' (no quotes)
3. Type 'ipconfig' (no quotes) to view the status of the computer's IP address(es).
4. Type 'ipconfig /release' (no quotes) to let go of the address.

Solution two: Get rid of My Coupon Buddy by automatic scan of SpyHunter removal tool

SpyHunter is a powerful automatic removal tool which can help users to clean up the infections like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware,etc. It is important to note that SpyHunter removal tool can get along with existing security programs without any conflicts.

Step one: Click the icon to download SpyHunter removal tool