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CheapDealCoupon

Posted: October 21, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 5
First Seen: October 21, 2014
Last Seen: July 21, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows

CheapDealCoupon is an adware-related browser extension that is designed to improve users' online shopping experience in terms of saving money and time for the ones willing to take advantage of CheapDealCoupon's services. In reality, this ad-supported Browser Helper Object may get installed on your computer indirectly via marketing method called bundling. The concept of bundling is quite simple, free software is widely-spread, so there are pay-per-install applications added that are considered potentially unwanted programs. In this case,once CheapDealCoupon is already installed on your PC, it starts making changes. For example, CheapDealCoupon may inject your browser with advertisements that can be displayed each time you visit an online shopping website. On the other hand, CheapDealCoupon may cause your computer to run slower with often crashes of applications. Moreover, CheapDealCoupon may attract more unwanted programs to your system, putting your computer at risk.

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