Coupon Alert
What is Coupon Alert?
The Toolbar installs into your Internet browser and allows you to search the Internet with MyWebSearch, a potentially unwanted program changes and redirects all of your search results as well as DNS errors, and modifies your home page to mywebsearch.com or some other webpage. MyWebSearch automatically becomes your default search service which hijacks all your search requests as well as tracks your Internet surfing behavior to send you targeted advertising. Coupons provided by Savings.com
About (from Mindspark Interactive Network)
The Coupon Toolbar gives you the fastest access to the hottest deals on the Web. You’ll be able to find bargains on a host of products and services from the nation’s top retailers. The Coupon Toolbar also provides convenient, money-saving alerts that notify you of the top deals on the Web sites you visit. Once you down... Read more
Overview
Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed.
- Known to reinstall itself
- May modify the web browser's home page
- The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Program details
Displayed publisher: CouponAlert
URL: www.couponalert.com
Help link: search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/default.jhtml
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\CouponAlert_2p\
Uninstaller: rundll32 C:\Program Files2\COUPON~2\bar\1.bin\2pBar.dll,O
How do I remove Coupon Alert?
You can uninstall Coupon Alert from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Coupon Alert, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Coupon Alert.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 62%
Win XP 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 62%
Keep it 38%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #20,098
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
66.36% |
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| Windows Vista |
26.17% |
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| Windows XP |
5.61% |
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| Windows 10 |
1.87% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
59.35% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
21.03% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.61% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.61% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
3.74% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
1.40% |
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Geography
97.28% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
97.28% |
| Canada |
1.36% |
| India |
0.82% |
| United Kingdom |
0.27% |
| Ireland |
0.27% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
39.13% |
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| Dell |
29.81% |
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| Toshiba |
10.56% |
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| Acer |
10.56% |
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| Gateway |
3.11% |
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| Sony |
2.48% |
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| Intel |
1.86% |
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| MSI |
1.24% |
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| GIGABYTE |
0.62% |
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| Compaq |
0.62% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.70% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.96% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L505 |
2.96% |
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| Hewlett-Packard Presario ... |
2.22% |
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| HP G72 Notebook PC |
2.22% |
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| Acer Aspire 7741 |
2.22% |
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About Mindspark Interactive Network
Mindspark is a business unit of IAC that focuses on interactive products and web portals and operates IAC's interactive products and web portals such as Life123, Myway.
Publisher URL: www.mindspark.com