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Should I remove Coupon Caddy?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
83% remove it17% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #31,956
United States Rank #22,623
Reach 0.0042%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 15.10 days
445.34 days >
Average installed length: 233.99 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.26.152.152 62.20%
1.24.151.151 37.80%

Other programs by 215 Apps

Coupon Caddy

What is Coupon Caddy?

Coupon Caddy from 215 Apps (Amazing Apps/Friendly Apps) installs a web browser extension such as an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object (BHO) in order to view web pages loaded and look for affiliated merchants in order to provide alternative deals on a given product or merhcant. It might also show related coupons in yoru web browser for simular products or merchants when you browse the Internet. Coupon Caddy is a ad supported product and will show you advertisements as you browse the web. When you install the plug-in, it also has a background process that will attempt to disabled other 'conflicting' extensions that might interfere with it, this includes other competing products as well as some security products (in the software's EULA, you actually agreed to this) "By installing the Plugin, you consent to the Plugin in disabling other conflicting software and we understand you have chosen to use our software to customize your social media pages over other available software packages".

About  (from 215 Apps)

Coupon Caddy is ad-supported software and may add coupons, banners, search results, and sponsored links to your web browsing experience. Whenever we have a coupon(s) available for the site you're browsing, you will see the Coupon Caddy tag on the top right corner of your browser window. This tag will also tell you the ...  Read more
Overview
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Loads into the web browser
  • Built on the Crossrider toolbar platform and potentially unwanted
  • May inject ads in the web browser
  • 'Offers' to modify the browser's home and search pages by default
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
  • Generally known to have a low reputation
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Coupon Caddy.
Coupon Caddy.dll (3c911f17f1ee69ffb6fd7b3a112db20c) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Bitdefender 1.0.20.710 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.13.05.22.09 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver
ESET-NOD32 7.8347 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.A
Fortinet FortiGate 5/22/2013 Adware/Fam.NB
F-Secure 11.2013-22-05_4 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
G Data 13.5.22 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.2.0.0.0 Win32.SuspectCrc
MicroWorld-eScan 14.0.0.426 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.142 TROJ_GEN.RCBH1AO
VIPRE Antivirus 17874 GamePlayLabs (v)
Coupon Caddy-bg.exe (d0a09097dfb6a6f96e04fecd06ba4d09) has been flagged by the following 18 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 12.0.163.0 Adware.Agent.NNP
Avira AntiVir 7.11.124.116 Adware/Agent.NNP.8
AVG 13.0.0.3169 MalSign.Skodna.4D3
Bitdefender 7.2.5028.0 Adware.Agent.NNP
Clam AntiVirus 0.97.3.0 Win.Adware.Agent-2199
Comodo Security 17581 UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.14
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 3.0.0.596 Adware.Agent.NNP (B)
ESET-NOD32 9271 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.H
G Data 22 Adware.Agent.NNP
IKARUS anti.virus T3.1.5.6.0 AdWare.Agent
McAfee 5.600.0.1067 Artemis!D0A09097DFB6
NANO AntiVirus 0.28.0.57029 Trojan.Win32.Plugin.crbipj
Panda Antivirus 10.0.3.5 Suspicious file
Symantec 20131.1.5.61 Trojan.ADH.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.R0CBH05JA13
VIPRE Antivirus 25264 GamePlayLabs (v)
ViRobot 2011.4.7.4223 Trojan.Win32.A.Agent.907648
Uninstall.exe (3b91b26c7ecf1f3235ad81a05f77580d) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
avast! 8.0.1489.320 Win32:Crossrider-C [PUP]
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Trojan.Packed.Win32.ScrambleWrapper.B
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4246 HW32.CDB.62f5
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.22
ESET-NOD32 8844 Win32/Packed.ScrambleWrapper.A
Sophos 4.93.0 Generic PUA EL
Symantec 20131.1.5.61 WS.Reputation.1
VIPRE Antivirus 21832 GamePlayLabs (fs)
ButtonUtil.dll (af2905673e2e60e86821424a439e792f) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
ESET-NOD32 8893 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.G
Symantec 20131.1.5.61 WS.Reputation.1
VIPRE Antivirus 22216 GamePlayLabs (v)
       View all 39 all detections
Coupon Caddy has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Coupon Caddy\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Coupon Caddy\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.76 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Coupon Caddy

Program module:Coupon Caddy.dll (Malware detected)
Name:Coupon Caddy
Coupon Caddy BHO
Signed by:Excellent Apps
Path:C:\Program Files\coupon caddy\Coupon Caddy.dll
MD5:3c911f17f1ee69ffb6fd7b3a112db20c
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) Coupon Caddy.dll - Coupon Caddy (Coupon Caddy BHO)
  • Coupon Caddy-bg.exe - Coupon Caddy exe
  • Uninstall.exe - Coupon Caddy Installer
  • ButtonUtil.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • Coupon Caddy.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Coupon Caddy' with the class of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110111271149} (CrossriderApp0012749).

How do I remove Coupon Caddy?

You can uninstall Coupon Caddy from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  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 Coupon Caddy, 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 Coupon Caddy.
  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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Coupon Caddy you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 69%
Win XP 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 83%
Keep it 17%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#31,956

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 77.78%
Windows Vista 8.64%
Windows XP 8.64%
Windows 10 4.94%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 54.32%
Windows 7 Professional 12.35%
Windows 7 Ultimate 8.64%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.64%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.17%
Windows 8 3.70%

Distribution by countryGeography

70.43% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 70.43%
  Canada 10.43%
  United Kingdom 10.43%
  Australia 4.35%
  Iran 3.48%
  Great Britain 0.87%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 31.34%
Hewlett-Packard 28.36%
Lenovo 10.45%
Acer 8.96%
Toshiba 7.46%
GIGABYTE 4.48%
Sony 2.99%
Alienware 2.99%
American Megatrends 1.49%
ASUS 1.49%
Common models
Dell Inspiron N5010 4.05%
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3 2.70%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 2.70%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.70%
Dell XPS 8300 2.70%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.70%

About 215 Apps

215 Apps developes a number of adware driven toolbar programs such as DropinSavings, Vid-Saver, Giant Savings, Savings Sidekick, etc.
Publisher URL: www.215apps.com

comments2 comments

user comment
user comment
Taniaover a year ago
Stacy! could you please tell me how to get rid of it? I already tried by the control panel and it not longer appears there but it's still installed. Tried to uninstalled from my explorer's complements but wasn't able. It's driving me crazy!! I utterly hate it :(
expert comment
Stacy (Expert)over a year ago
This thing will hijack advertisements with its own, specifically for Facebook, eBay, Amazon, Buy.com or pretty much any other site that displays ads such as Adsense. I am a website owner who has some ads and displayed and was shocked to see that this plugin actually overwrite my ads with there custom ones.