Should I remove Coupon Champ?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

81% remove it19% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

What do people think about it?

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0	100.00%

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What is Coupon Champ?

This adware injects advertising in the user's Internet browser by running as an extension and/or add-on. Ads are delivered in the form of search-related ads, banner and video ads, and text-links (roll-overs) as well as some popup ads. These ads are typically injected in the header of footer are of the web page. It will also convert words on pages you view into hyperlinks that are linked to advertisements. This application is classified as adware and/or a PUP based on its behavior. The software is distributed through third party installers.

Overview

Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 4 files.

Possible malware installed by this program
Loads into the web browser
Installed as part of a co-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 Champ.

SoftwareDetector.exe (978f45df5fc28f83f9fa82905757720e) has been flagged by the following 7 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Agnitum Outpost	7.1.1	PUA.SmartApps
AVG	2015.0.3497	Generic5
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0112	Trojan.Crossrider.8812
ESET-NOD32	8.9701	a variant of Win32/AdWare.SmartApps.B
McAfee	5600.7153	Artemis!978F45DF5FC2
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7153	Artemis!978F45DF5FC2
VIPRE Antivirus	28430	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Coupon Champ 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

Displayed publisher: Smart Apps

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Coupon Champ

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Coupon Champ\uninstall.exe

Files installed by Coupon Champ

gpedit.exe
(Malware detected) SoftwareDetector.exe
uninstall.exe
sqlite3.exe

How do I remove Coupon Champ?

You can uninstall Coupon Champ 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 Champ, 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 Champ.
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.