Coupilation

Posted by Max Lehmann on September 25, 2015

What is Coupilation?

Whatever Coupilation has promised, you can forget about it because this advertisement-supported program uses bogus benefits only to trick you into installing it onto your Windows operating system. According to our researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com, this adware is installed onto the PC and such popular web browsers as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Once installed, this program can fulfill its true purpose, which is to showcase third-party ads. It is unknown whether this program was built by advertisers to alleviate their work or by parties who earn money by supporting advertisers, but it is obvious that they do not have your best interest in their minds. If you do not remove Coupilation from your operating system, you could become a victim of schemers, and this is something you have to prevent from happening.

How does Coupilation work?

Coupilation is not the kind of infection that will slither in without permission. This ad-supported program – despite being extremely suspicious – is unlikely to slither in illegally. Regardless, it could be camouflaged as a reliable program, and this should be enough to lose all trust in this adware. Unfortunately, not all computer users realize that this program is unreliable because it is likely to show attractive deals. Whether you encounter deals that should help you save money or ads that promote freeware and free services, you have to be extremely careful when interacting with them. Remember that schemers know what interests computer users, and they could use this knowledge to hide corrupted links and scams using convincing disguises. According to our research team, Trunk Of Saving, BuyTheApp, RotaryMasteRs, and hundreds of other Coupilation clones are just as unreliable and misleading. These programs are identical because they were created using the same engine, Justplugit.

Based on the information we have gathered while researching Justplugit adware, Coupilation and its clones are primarily spread by third-party distributors. This is why these programs always travel packaged with third-party programs. In most cases, this adware travels along with LightningDownloader (potentially unwanted program), the Oursearching.com hijacker – also known as Oursurfing.com – and Websearch hijackers. Of course, Amonetize, Vittalia, and other installers responsible for the distribution of this adware could modify their bundles and attach different unreliable programs and infections. In the worst case scenario, your operating system will be infected with malware, and that might be difficult to figure out.

How to get rid of Coupilation

If you do not have a lot of experience with unreliable programs, identifying them, or cleaning your operating system, the removal of Coupilation might pose some problems. In order to eliminate this advertisement-supported program from your operating system, you need to uninstall it, delete it from browsers (except for Internet Explorer that is cleaned after uninstalling), and you need to eliminate all remaining leftovers. Are you up for the task? If you are, you also need to consider the removal of other threats that are likely to be active on your operating system. If you do not have the skills or experience to clean your system manually, why not install a tool that was created to delete Coupilation along with other threats automatically? If you install this tool, the responsibility of your Windows protection will be taken off your shoulders as well.