CouponAlert Toolbar
What is CouponAlert Toolbar?
CouponAlert Toolbar installs is a web browser extension and allows provides users the means to search the Internet with MyWebSearch, a potentially unwanted program that changes and redircts 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.
MetroCast Toolbar is an is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner and in-text link advertisements) web browser plugin distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page and search settings.
What the toolbar does:
- Changes the default search engine in your web browser's built-in search box.
- Changes the default home page of your web browser.
- Adds alternative "page not found" functionality.
- Enable search from the address bar of your web browser.
Overview
Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.
- Loads into the web browser
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Program details
URL: search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/default.jhtml
Uninstaller: rundll32 C:\Program Files2\COUPON~2\bar\1.bin\2pBar.dll,O
How do I remove CouponAlert Toolbar?
You can uninstall CouponAlert Toolbar 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 CouponAlert Toolbar, 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 CouponAlert Toolbar.
- 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by CouponAlert Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 69%
Win Vista 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #20,020
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
71.63% |
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| Windows Vista |
16.28% |
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| Windows 10 |
7.91% |
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| Windows XP |
4.19% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
64.02% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
13.08% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
4.67% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.21% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
3.27% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
3.27% |
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Geography
96.74% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
96.74% |
| Canada |
2.17% |
| United Kingdom |
0.54% |
| Costa Rica |
0.27% |
| Netherlands |
0.27% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
36.31% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
34.52% |
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| Acer |
11.31% |
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| Toshiba |
8.33% |
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| ASUS |
2.38% |
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| Samsung |
2.38% |
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| Lenovo |
1.79% |
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| Gateway |
1.79% |
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| Intel |
1.19% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
3.42% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.74% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.74% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.74% |
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| HP G60 Notebook PC |
2.05% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.05% |
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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