CouponBuilder

Posted: October 23, 2014

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	7

First Seen:	October 22, 2014
Last Seen:	January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

CouponBuilder is an advertising add-on for your browser that justifies its advertisements by promoting them as coupons for discounted online purchases. Since CouponBuilder's advertisements may cause poor loading times or other quality of life issues, along with possible lapses in browser security, malware researchers have categorized this adware as a Potentially Unwanted Program. Using specialized anti-adware tools for uninstalling CouponBuilder (and any other adware) will optimize your chances of removing any unwanted changes CouponBuilder has made to your Web browser.

Building Bridges Between Your Browser and Advertisements

Despite its development process being ongoing since 2013, CouponBuilder only recently came under the inspection of malware researchers, who found CouponBuilder to be another example of shopping-themed adware. A lack of marketing by its company and a website lacking in providing numerous details of the CouponBuilder software's functions and specifications, are details indicative of CouponBuilder's being a simple clone of prior adware. A minority of PC security institutions have rated CouponBuilder's website, Couponbuilder.info, as threatening, although malware researchers have found no evidence of hostile content being hosted on this domain.

For PC users who choose to take the site at its word and download CouponBuilder, this add-on may make changes to your browser to facilitate the loading of additional advertisements. CouponBuilder's advertisements bear the description of coupons that allow you to input codes to access special discounts and deals, although malware experts have found severely limited evidence of any benefits to CouponBuilder's content. This automatic display of coupon advertisements, which may inject directly into your browser or display as pop-ups, may cause your browser's performance to suffer from stuttering, lengthened loading times and other, common issues.

Deconstructing an Adware Add-On

As adware that displays its content automatically, CouponBuilder may force your browser to load threatening materials (such as exploits) or, simply, be a performance and accessibility problem for your Web-browsing experience. Under normal circumstances, malware researchers advise you to try to remove CouponBuilder through any necessary means – as you should do with all similar adware with poor business reputations. However, CouponBuilder does not need to be treated as threatening software, and will not intentionally attack your PC or try to disrupt its security features.

While you can find CouponBuilder at its website, malware researchers also see adware programs installed through secondary methods, such as by being bundled with unrelated programs on free software sites. If you have a suspicion that a file may try to install CouponBuilder non-consensually, scanning the file with anti-adware tools will give you an opportunity to identify the software prior to its installation. This simple, preventative step can offer your browser increased safety and performance integrity in lieu of the issue of guaranteeing CouponBuilder's complete deletion after its arrival on your hard drive.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\CouponBuilder%PROGRAMFILES%\CouponBuilder%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CouponBuilder