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from Mindspark Interactive Network

Remove CouponXplorer Firefox Toolbar by Mindspa...

Installs a potentailly unwanted Ask.com powered toolbr - "As part of the download process for the Toolbar, you may be given the option to reset your homepage and/or reset your new tab page to an Ask® home page and new tab product. This provides relevant links and results when you make a search request in your browser address bar or if your browser address (DNS) request is invalid, misspelled or incorrectly formatted. This is a search box located within the toolbar that will help you search the Internet with search results from our search results partner."

Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is 5zBar.dll. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 61 files and is usually about 8.56 MB (8,980,533 bytes).

URL: support.mindspark.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\CouponXplorer_5z\bar\1.bin

Uninstaller: rundll32 "C:\Program Files\CouponXplorer_5z\bar\1.bin\5zBar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="CouponXplorer_5z" uninstalltype="FF"

Estimated size: 8.56 MB

• 5zmedint.exe connects to ve-in-f105.1e100.net (173.194.75.105 port 80).

5zhighin.exe
Memory:	2.15 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0020603325%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00137664%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00068370%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	7,200	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	13 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	669 Bytes	105.02 KB average
5zmedint.exe
Memory:	2.25 MB
Total CPU:	0.0011411218%
Kernel CPU:	0.00073377%
User CPU:	0.00040735%
CPU cycles/sec:	2,741
I/O reads/min:	30 Bytes
I/O writes/min:	9 Bytes
5zSrchMn.exe
Memory:	925.71 KB
Total CPU:	0.0001043500%
Kernel CPU:	0.00009643%
User CPU:	0.00000792%
CPU cycles/sec:	3,456
I/O reads/min:	2 Bytes

1. 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.
2. When you find the program CouponXplorer Firefox 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).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove CouponXplorer Firefox Toolbar.
4. 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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 51% Win 7 4%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 70% Keep it 30%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	96.91%
United Kingdom	2.06%
India	1.03%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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

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