DigiCoupon

Posted: January 13, 2014

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Ranking:	9,996
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	9,879

First Seen:	January 13, 2014
Last Seen:	October 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

DigiCoupon is a form of shopping assistant adware that displays advertisements in your browser and is designed to prevent you from uninstalling DigiCoupon easily. As if that last attribute weren't enough to paint DigiCoupon as an unwanted program, malware experts officially categorize DigiCoupon as a Potentially Unwanted Program, due to the difficulty of disabling its advertisements and the dubious benefits they provide to DigiCoupon's audience. Deleting DigiCoupon completely and without any unnecessary frustration necessitates that you use at least one good PC security program that's designed to remove PUPs and/or harmful software.

The Coupons that Do Everything Possible to Stay on Your Computer

DigiCoupon is an adware program that tips its hand rather forcefully; although DigiCoupon is marketed as a beneficial program with positive features for its users, everything about DigiCoupon's structure, behavior and distribution makes it obvious that its real benefits to its users are, at best, extremely questionable. From the point of view of malware researchers, the most significant of DigiCoupon's characteristics are its use of randomized folder names and persistence after any attempted uninstallation. These traits make removing DigiCoupon far more difficult than it needs to be, confounding PC users who are unequipped with strong PC security software.

As befitting its classification as an adware product, DigiCoupon also loads advertising content directly into the Chrome Web browser. DigiCoupon's advertisements, which are formatted as online shopping coupons, usually will not include unsafe content but aren't sorted for preferable prices that would have a high benefit to its users. Other browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, aren't modified by DigiCoupon's advertising changes, although they may be vulnerable to effectively identical adware.

Instead of launching pop-ups, DigiCoupon's advertisements are inserted into any Web pages that you already are browsing, either as overlays or injected content. Since these modifications may make it difficult to participate in all of a Web page's content, malware analysts often discourage using programs that modify a Web page in this manner.

Doing Digital with Less DigiCoupon Coupons in the Way

DigiCoupon's advertisements aren't meant to harm your computer, which doesn't undoubtedly ward them off from being exploited for distributing PC threats. With its built-in security concerns and its overall poor handling of uninstallation, DigiCoupon is classified as a PUP whose extermination should be considered best for your PC in all circumstances. Just as with any program that makes an obvious effort to hide its files and settings changes from deletion, deleting DigiCoupon should be done with dedicated anti-malware applications that can detect DigiCoupon without being confused by its stealth use of gibberish file paths.

DigiCoupon was widely seen in 2013, though malware researchers have observed other variants of adware for quite a few years prior to DigiCoupon's first appearance. Defenses against all of the standard distribution tactics in use by DigiCoupon and other PUPs usually requires a mix of both good behavior on the part of the PC user and the presence of reliable anti-malware protection. Avoiding sites with adware-riddled histories and scanning files prior to launching them are the simplest ways to keep DigiCoupon from being saddled on your browser through a compromised installer.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DIgICoupeona\kOmMa9.x64.dll

File name: kOmMa9.x64.dll
Size: 477.18 KB (477184 bytes)
MD5: a3b22dfa3a17e2619f2a3f2b7cc65f33
Detection count: 501
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DIgICoupeona
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 6, 2014

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DigiCoupon\VMgXn.x64.dll

File name: VMgXn.x64.dll
Size: 474.62 KB (474624 bytes)
MD5: c9e28dc16079bf0fd48c91d186134366
Detection count: 98
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DigiCoupon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DiGiCoupoon\_cY.dll

File name: _cY.dll
Size: 424.44 KB (424448 bytes)
MD5: 4dd7448a8bb40edd1761f4f2690bf5ff
Detection count: 98
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DiGiCoupoon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DigiCoUpon\6vkM5RXyu.dll

File name: 6vkM5RXyu.dll
Size: 426.49 KB (426496 bytes)
MD5: 8b3e1843a68c9b0d06cd118210daadad
Detection count: 47
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DigiCoUpon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Datos de programa\DIGiCouPon\awFYcJ4m3.dll

File name: awFYcJ4m3.dll
Size: 424.44 KB (424448 bytes)
MD5: b992bc4ef35dd2274ce4a535b60e273c
Detection count: 47
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Datos de programa\DIGiCouPon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\DigiCoupon%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DigiCoupon%PROGRAMFILES%\DigiCoupon%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\DigiCoupon

The following URL's were detected:

DIgiCoupDiGiCoupDigiCOupDigiCoUpDigiCoup