What is Coupon Cactus?
Coupon Cactus is a browser add-on which displays coupons, advertisements and various offers. Those users who find this application on their browsers may think that this adware or even a virus. Do not panic if you have just realized that this plug-in is installed as you can remove it easily. There are two ways for this application to get to your PC. Like other price comparison applications, Coupon Cactus can be downloaded from coupon-cactus.com, or, needless to say, it can be bundled with other programs. The same goes for Deal Spy, Savings Explorer, Supreme Saving and other applications. It has been noticed that these applications mentioned has very similar websites and are published by 215 Apps.
What does Coupon Cactus do?
Once Coupon Cactus is installs, it starts monitoring what websites you browse and what items you are interested in. It is claimed that there are thousands of online merchants whose offers may be provided for you. The online sellers include Expedia, Walmart, Zales, Best Buy and many more.
However, even if you are a savvy customer but do not want third parties record your browsing habits, you can remove Coupon Cactus from the PC. We advise to remove this plug-in so that the risk of getting the PC infected with viruses is minimized. The offers and coupons appears in a form of pop-up message, and if you click on, for example, fictitious offers which is provided by a malicious website, your computer might be infected with computer threats:
The World Wide Web changes constantly, and no technique can ever index all pages accessible on the Web. As a result, Licensor cannot guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the websites or URLs to which the Plugin links to or operates on.
Additionally, we tested the application and found that if it is downloaded from the official website, no additional applications that change the interface of the browsers were installed. However, as the terms of use of this service suggests, the plug-in may be bundled with third-party software.
How to remove Coupon Cactus?
Some applications which are compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox sometimes have to be removed from the browsers manually. However, in case of Coupon Cactus, it is enough to uninstall it as it is removed from the browsers, too. If do not know how to uninstall a program, follow our removal instructions.
Coupon Cactus removal
Windows XP
- Click Start - > Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Mark Coupon Cactus (publisher – 215 Apps) and click the Remove button.
Windows Vista and Windows 7
- Click Start - > Control Panel.
- Under the heading Programs, click Uninstall a program.
- Double-click Coupon Cactus.
Windows 8
- Move the mouse over the bottom left corner of the screen.
- Right-click a minimized version of your Start menu or desktop pops up.
- Select Control Panel - > Uninstall a program.
- Double-click Coupon Cactus.
We also suggest that you scan your computer with our free scanner. It is advisable to do so in order to determine whether any computer threats are running surreptitiously.
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