A warning and a question. Couponarific

[Alpha Nerd]

A warning to everyone out there. If you see the name couponarific, turn and run. It installed it self on my computer as a trojan. I don't know what it used as a cover up. And ill update this with a link to a adware scanner for free that you can use when i get home. And my question is, where can I report adware? Is there any company or service that i can tell to try and shut them down?

 

[koolrambo]

the answer to your question is yes you need to report it to google and there look in to it and remove it if they find it to be true https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/

 

[Alpha Nerd]

the answer to your question is yes you need to report it to google and there look in to it and remove it if they find it to be true https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/

Thank you. Now that I looked for there website, It isn't even listed on google. thankyou i will report it.

 

[mdd1963]

The 'gold standards' in anti-adware removal/scanners are:

Go to www.bleeping computer.com

in downloads, find AdwCleaner and JunkwareRemovalTool (JRT)

 

[sshguy]

That will be difficult. Couponarific mainly was/is distributed via CNET downloader (from cnet.com) they are not distributing it via website. You may complain to CNET so they stop partnering with such a company (not sure this will work). Also, reporting installer to main antivirus labs is a good idea - but it is almost there - Microsoft detects it now:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/threat/encyclopedia/entry.aspx?Name=Adware:Win32/Couponarific

http://www.free-uninstall.org/how-to-uninstall-remove-couponarific/

 

[Alpha Nerd]

That will be difficult. Couponarific mainly was/is distributed via CNET downloader (from cnet.com) they are not distributing it via website. You may complain to CNET so they stop partnering with such a company (not sure this will work). Also, reporting installer to main antivirus labs is a good idea - but it is almost there - Microsoft detects it now:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/threat/encyclopedia/entry.aspx?Name=Adware:Win32/Couponarific

http://www.free-uninstall.org/how-to-uninstall-remove-couponarific/

Couponarific may handle there downloads through cnet but they do have a web site. http://couponarific.com/