Should I remove couponarific?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
83% remove it17% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #14,955
United States Rank #10,724
Reach 0.0187%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.13 days
151.31 days >
Average installed length: 79.50 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
2.0.1 |
79.13% |
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couponarific
from CouponARific
What is couponarific?
couponarific is a potentially unwanted adware program that injects ads into the user's browser. This includes inserting into web pages or displaying ads over parts of existing web page advertisements, banners, coupons or text links that would not otherwise appear. It will communicate with the adware's servers to check for new offers and the placement of offers as well as monitoring and recording the domain name of each page the user views, the advertisements that appear on these pages and the ads the user clicks on.
Overview
It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The main program executable is jilhsymogm.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 16 files and is usually about 2.31 MB (2,423,565 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in couponarific.
jilhsymogm.dll (61cb55d12ef53418dc927a4cb64cbcc3) has been flagged by the following 30 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
807 |
Gen:Variant.Kazy.452395 |
Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.CouponAmazing |
Antiy-AVL |
1.0.0.1 |
GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.AdPeak |
avast! |
2014.9-141120 |
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
AVG |
2015.0.3285 |
Generic5 |
AVware |
1.5.0.16 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Baidu-International |
4.0.3.141120 |
Adware.Win32.AdPeak.AOnc |
Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1620 |
Gen:Variant.Kazy.452395 |
Comodo Security |
19544 |
Application.Win32.CouponAmazing.AA |
Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0324 |
Trojan.Siggen6.23259 |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.14.11.20.02 |
Gen:Variant.Kazy.452395 |
ESET-NOD32 |
8.10433 |
a variant of Win32/AdWare.CouponAmazing.B |
Fortinet FortiGate |
11/20/2014 |
Riskware/CouponAmazing |
F-Secure |
11.2014-20-11_5 |
Gen:Variant.Kazy.452395 |
G Data |
14.11.24 |
Gen:Variant.Kazy.452395 |
IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.1.7.8.0 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Suppad |
K7 AntiVirus |
13.183.13407 |
Adware |
K7GW |
13.183.13407 |
Adware ( 004a0d651 ) |
Kaspersky |
14.0.0.2920 |
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.AdPeak |
McAfee |
5600.6941 |
Artemis!61CB55D12EF5 |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6941 |
BehavesLike.Win32.ProcKill.lm |
MicroWorld-eScan |
15.0.0.972 |
Gen:Variant.Kazy.452395 |
NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.2.62151 |
Riskware.Win32.AdPeak.deskuw |
Panda Antivirus |
14.11.20.02 |
Trj/Genetic.gen |
Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
Win32/Virus.Adware.ccc |
Rising Antivirus |
23.00.65.141118 |
PE:Adware.CouponAmazing!6.4A |
Sophos |
4.98 |
Generic PUA JC |
Symantec |
11/20/2014 rev. 5 |
WS.Reputation |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.324 |
TROJ_GEN.R02KH09IE14 |
VIPRE Antivirus |
33206 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
View all 30 all detections
couponarific has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\eb44d328-0056-4f15-9fc1-a05e7d8194ec
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\EB44D328-0056-4F15-9FC1-A05E7D8194EC\uninstaller.exe -source="EB44D328-0056-4F15-9FC1-A05E7D8194EC" -clean=1 -remove="739027FD-0200-4
Estimated size: 2.31 MB
Files installed by couponarific
Program module: | jilhsymogm.dll (Malware detected) |
Path: | C:\Program Files\eb44d328-0056-4f15-9fc1-a05e7d8194ec\jilhsymogm.dll |
MD5: | 61cb55d12ef53418dc927a4cb64cbcc3 |
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- jilhsymogm.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'CouponArific' with the class of {d428212d-4784-3116-ba39-a01d9028ca59}.
How do I remove couponarific?
You can uninstall couponarific 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 couponarific, 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 couponarific.
- 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 couponarific 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) 49%
Win Vista 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 83%
Keep it 17%
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GLOBAL RANK
#14,955
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
52.16% |
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Windows 10 |
42.70% |
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Windows Vista |
4.05% |
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Windows XP |
1.08% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
31.88% |
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Windows 8.1 |
30.25% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.99% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
8.72% |
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Windows 8 |
5.45% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
3.27% |
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Geography
64.40% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
64.40% |
United Kingdom |
7.60% |
Australia |
5.60% |
Germany |
4.80% |
France |
4.60% |
Canada |
4.60% |
Italy |
2.40% |
Brazil |
2.00% |
Spain |
0.80% |
Sweden |
0.60% |
Turkey |
0.60% |
Iran |
0.40% |
Netherlands |
0.40% |
Poland |
0.40% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
31.77% |
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Dell |
22.02% |
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Acer |
16.97% |
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Toshiba |
10.83% |
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ASUS |
9.75% |
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Lenovo |
3.25% |
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Samsung |
2.17% |
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GIGABYTE |
1.08% |
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Sony |
0.72% |
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Medion |
0.72% |
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MSI |
0.72% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.52% |
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HP 15 Notebook PC |
3.45% |
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HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
3.45% |
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Dell Inspiron 3521 |
2.76% |
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ASUSTeK X551MA |
2.07% |
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Dell Inspiron 3847 |
2.07% |
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