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Cooking Up Coupons

Posted: June 4, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 73
First Seen: June 2, 2015
Last Seen: May 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Cooking up Coupons is a Potentially Unwanted Program with adware capabilities mainly distributed using questionable delivery methods. Users may download the Cooking up Coupons applications from their official website or find it bundled with other free software. Cooking up Coupons claims to provide users with the best coupons and deals related to online shopping. However, computer security experts deemed that this unwanted application automatically collects information from your browsing history. Consequently, all deals presented by Cooking up Coupons are considered unreliable as they are tailored according to users' online preferences. Cooking up Coupons may also display plenty of advertising materials that consume a large portion of CPU and might cause your computer to run rather sluggishly. It also became clear that adware applications such as Cooking up Coupons might attract more unwanted products and adware to your system, and this is why it is advised to remove it using a trusted anti-malware tool.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{36e9a343-65bb-499a-969c-b6a98a8f689f}

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Cooking up Coupons%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cooking up Coupons
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