Get Rid of VIPCoupon Virus from My Browser

How to Remove VIPCoupon from IE/Chrome/Firefox

Do you feel annoyed when VIPCoupon pops up on the screen? If so, you can read the following article to remove it from your browser step by step and stop being redirected to unwanted websites.

Introduction of VIPCoupon

VIPCoupon is an infamous browser redirect virus which will fully control every web browser of computer users. It is quite common to see that VIPCoupon is bundled with infected game programs and unrecognized freeware. The moment it sneaks into your system, it will show up together with bothersome pop-ups on each browser including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer etc. This redirect virus will stop you from restoring your browsers by changing browser settings. And you may want to uninstall it to restore your browsers, however, it isn’t listed on Control Panel. Then you have to reinstall all you browsers, but after you set up your new browsers, you still see VIPCoupon appearing repeatedly. 

Apart from annoying you in this way, VIPCoupon will keep redirecting your search results to its affiliated websites and presenting you innumerous ads, after you reluctantly make search through its domain. Unluckily, your computer may be entangled with some other threats from its affiliated malign websites. Indeed, having VIPCoupon inside you system is quite dangerous and risky. Hence, you should cleanly eliminate it in a quick way. Otherwise, your network activities will be monitored, and your personal information will be stolen as well. For permanently getting rid of this infamous redirect virus, we suggest you carefully conduct the manual removal guide as below.

Major symptoms of VIPCoupon

a.       The search engine and start page are changed to an unfamiliar website.

b.      The search results have nothing to do with what you have looked for.

c.       The browser default settings are modified and cannot be restored.

d.      The PC operation gets slower and slower.

e.       The browsers like Chrome, IE, and Firefox are always hijacked.

Solution to uninstall VIPCoupon efficiently

Commonly, this kind of adware can use rootkit technology to hide inside the system. So many antivirus programs cannot detect it and remove it completely. For this reason, you should carry out a manual removal. Please read the following guide carefully and remove VIPCoupon right now.

Step one : make all vicious items disabled.

1.      Press Window+R at the same time, then type “msconfig” in the box of “Run” and click OK

2.      Select Startup and look for all malicious items that are related to VIPCoupon, and stop them

Step two: Uninstall this program from Control Panel

For Win7 and Win Vista

Click Start menu, choose Control Panel, then double click Programs( and Features). Go to find out VIPCoupon, and uninstall it.

For Win XP

Go to Start menu, Select “Settings”, and then go to Control Panel. After that, open “Add or Remove Programs”. In there, find out VIPCoupon and remove it.

Step three: Get rid of extensions and add-ons and restore the browser

For Internet Explorer users

1.      Go to “Tools”

2.      Select Manage Add-ons

3.      Select “Search Providers”, then choose Google or Bring from the list to set it as your default search engine.

4.      Go to Tools, go to Internet Options. Then, click General tab to choose a website like Google.com and don’t forget to save the modifications by clicking OK.

For Google Chrome users

1.      Go to “Customize and control”>Settings

2.      Select “Basic Options”

3.      Set Google.com as your homepage, or you also can click “Manage Search Engines…”to select other website.

4.      Choose Google as your default search engine

5.      Select the “Search Result” and click “X” to remove it.

For Mozilla Firefox users

1.      Click magnifier, then select “Manage Search Engine…”

2.      Find out Search Result from that list and remove it, and then click OK.

3.      Go to “Tools”>click Options. Then, in General Tab, reset the homepage and search engine to your favorite site

Step four: Remove all files and registry entries related to VIPCoupon

To open the Registry Editor, you can click start menu and click run. Then, type regedit in the box and click ok.

%System Root%\Samples
%User Profile%\Local Settings\Temp

C:\ProgramData\[random numbers]\

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore “DisableSR ” = ’1′

Attention: you need to be careful when perform the above steps, for every mistake will result in other complicate system problems.