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Should I remove Coupon Marvel?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
United States Rank #40,002
Reach 0.0012%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.12 days
210.09 days >
Average installed length: 110.39 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.2 100.00%

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Coupon Marvel

What is Coupon Marvel?

This is a unwanted web browser extensions that displays various coupons on a web page. It is also known as Charm Savings.

About  (from Social Growth Technologies, Inc)

Coupon Marvel gives you the best coupons and deals as you browse the web. If you shop at one of our participating merchants, Coupon Marvel will alert you with all the relevant coupons and deals. Coupon Marvel appears as a small badge showing the amount of discounts we detect at the website you're browsing. Interested? ...  Read more

Overview

Coupon Marvel is a software program developed by Social Growth Technologies, Inc. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named coupon-marvel.dll. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 6 files and is usually about 3.46 MB (3,631,497 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 70% of users of Coupon Marvel come from the United States, it is also popular in India and United Kingdom.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Integrates into the web browser
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Coupon Marvel.
coupon-marvel.dll (04396cc9f1670ec99377b6962532f76b) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Malwarebytes v2014.11.20.03 PUP.Optional.CouponMarvel.A
Symantec 11/20/2014 rev. 5 WS.Reputation
Coupon Marvel 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

Displayed publisher: Coupon Marvel
URL: www.coupon-marvel.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\coupon marvel
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Coupon Marvel\Uninstall.exe" /S
Estimated size: 3.46 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Coupon Marvel

Program module:coupon-marvel.dll (Malware detected)
Name:Coupon Marvel
Path:C:\Program Files\coupon marvel\coupon-marvel.dll
MD5:04396cc9f1670ec99377b6962532f76b
Additional files:
  • Uninstall.exe - Coupon Marvel
  • CouponMarvel.exe
  • CouponMarvel32.dll
  • CouponMarvel64.dll
  • setup.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • coupon-marvel.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Coupon Marvel' with the class of {b3e3f753-ef08-4a62-9fb9-43a83cb0818b}.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • CouponMarvel.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Coupon Marvel.

How do I remove Coupon Marvel?

You can uninstall Coupon Marvel 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 Marvel, 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 Marvel.
  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 Marvel you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 10 52%
Win Vista 4%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 52.17%
Windows 7 39.13%
Windows Vista 8.70%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8.1 26.09%
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.39%
Windows 7 Ultimate 13.04%
Windows 8 8.70%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 8.70%
Windows 8.1 Connected 8.70%

Distribution by countryGeography

69.70% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 69.70%
  India 9.09%
  United Kingdom 9.09%
  Australia 3.03%
  Iran 3.03%
  Germany 3.03%
  Italy 3.03%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 44.44%
Dell 16.67%
Samsung 11.11%
ASUS 11.11%
Toshiba 5.56%
Lenovo 5.56%
Acer 5.56%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 10.00%
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... 10.00%
YiFang NXM1012BCP 5.00%
TOSHIBA Satellite L670D 5.00%
Microsoft Corporation Sur... 5.00%
LENOVO Lenovo 3000 ... 5.00%

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