How to Get Rid of Search.coupons-bar.com Virus from IE/Firefox/Chrome

Search.coupons-bar.com has somehow become my browser’s homepage. I thought this webpage was a regular search engine just like Google and Bing, so I keep it in my browser. However, this Search.coupons-bar.com site gives rise to lots of troubles to my machine instead. This malicious domain triggers many pop-ups, and my computer runs quite slow now. Please help me!

What is Search.coupons-bar.com Virus?

Search.coupons-bar.com Virus is classified as a disgusting browser hijacker which hijacks your search results to different kinds of commercial websites and does harm to your compromised computer by installing lots of risky viruses and malware. This troublesome hijacker virus can sneak into the targeted computers unknowingly. Like other browser hijackers such as Isearch.safefinder.net Virus and Tuvaro.com Virus, this nasty browser hijacker will disguise itself as a functional search engine which seemingly commits to provide Internet users with quicker and more accurate information like Google and Yahoo. However, it turns out to be a malicious domain which brings multiple troubles to the victims. After breaking into your computer, this Search.coupons-bar.com virus will immediately tamper with some crucial settings of your web browser without your consent. Consequently, your favorite homepage as well as default search engine will be changed into Search.coupons-bar.com. Whenever you do a online search with this bogus search provider, you cannot get any useful and helpful information. You just find that the search result pages are full of a bunch of annoying ads and sponsored links. Moreover, your personal information online like your search queries and browsing history will be at the risk of being leaked to unknown third parties. Hence, this Search.coupons-bar.com virus is a dangerous computer threat which you should remove from your infected computer as early as possible.

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Search.coupons-bar.com Virus will do much harm to the infected computer:

1) Search.coupons-bar.com Virus evades the detection of antivirus programs and hides itself deeply.
2) Search.coupons-bar.com Virus replaces your current homepage and search engine with its own site.
3) Search.coupons-bar.com Virus makes you upset about a range of unstoppable pop-up promotion ads.
4) Search.coupons-bar.com Virus gives rise to unexpected URL redirects which is out of your control.
5) Search.coupons-bar.com Virus causes your computer to run slowerer than usual and often freeze up.
6) Search.coupons-bar.com Virus downloads various hazardous viruses and malware from remote servers.
7) Search.coupons-bar.com Virus causes your privacy leaks and sends your financial details to hackers.

How to Remove Search.coupons-bar.com Virus from your PC?

1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del at the same time to open Windows Task Manager and end Search.coupons-bar.com process.

3. Go to Computer Control Panel from Start menu and open Folder Options. Click View and then tick “Show hidden files and folders” and uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”. Press OK.

4. Press Winkey+R together then enter “regedit” to start your registry editor. Delete the following registry keys.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
 

5. Delete the following and related system files.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\serial.sys
C:\Users\user account\Appdata\Roaming
C:\windows\system32\services.exe\rnd

Note: Search.coupons-bar.com virus is rather stubborn and malicious. It requests certain computer skills when you dealing with it in manual way. Any incident action could lead your machine to a more terrible situation.