Easily Remove PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A From Your Computer, Virus Removal

PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A is identified as a dangerous adware that sneaks into your system without your knowledge or permission. It is a Potentially Unwanted Program by MalwareBytes Anti-Malware because it inflicts and acts as a malicious threat into your computer system. Once infected, PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A will be appended to your browser as a plugin. When you start your system, you homepage will be changed into other unknown websites with numeral pop up ads. Most of this suspicious websites connect to unreliable websites which contain potential threats. It is not easy to uninstall this malware because this type adware is able to avoid the deletion via modifying system settings. As a tricky adware, it injects its codes to the registry, and it is able to drop other malware onto your computer. It slows down your system performance to make your computer freezing easily during web browsing tasks. Since your security applications are affected by the adware, they just perform badly and fail to catch any type of computer threats entirely. In addition, the infected computer will be at risk because the adware creator has ability to collect user’s confidential information and records. Therefore, it is important to remove PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A as soon as possible to make sure your machine is running in safe network environment.

PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A can be displayed by the following features

1. PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A is a Trojan horse that will cause great chaos.

2. PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A could disable the installed antivirus tools.

3. PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A displays lots of annoying commercial advertisements.

4. PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A would allow additional risky malware to enter the system.

5. PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A may prove difficult or impossible to remove.

6. PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A steals your privacy and compromises your security.

Remove PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A as quickly as possible

Solution A: Manual Removal Guide

1. To stop all PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A processes, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Task Manager.

Click on the "Processes" tab, search for PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A, then right-click it and select "End Process" key.

2. Navigate to directory of PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A and delete the infected files manually.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe

%ProgramFiles%\random.exe

3. Click "Start" button and selecting "Run." Type "regedit" into the box and click "OK."

Once the Registry Editor is open, search for the registry key 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ’0′

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = ’0′

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop “NoChangingWallPaper” = ’1′

Solution B: Automatic Removal Guide

1. Download SpyHunter freely by clicking on the below button.

2. Double click SpyHunter-Installer.exe to install SpyHunter and finish the installation step by step.

3. After the installation is complete, open SpyHunter and click Scan Computer Now! to start scan your computer.

4. When the scan is completed, you can see that all the threats including PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A are detected successfully. Then click Fix Threats button to clean your computer.

Friendly Reminded:
Manual removal of PUP.Optional.CouponScout.A is known as the most effective way. Anyway, it refers to key parts of computer system, and is recommended only for advanced users. If you don's have sufficient expertise on doing that, it is recommended to use the later removal suggestion so that SpyHunter can help you get rid of your problems directly and completely.