Coupon Companion

Coupon Companion

Known Adware

by 215 Apps

What is Coupon Companion?

Coupon Companion is software application developed by 215 Apps. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 75.72% of installations running this operating system. Coupon Companion's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 6 files. The most common release is 1.24.151.151 with 75.10% of all installations currently using this version.

Coupon Companion is most popular in the United States with 90.68% of installations residing in this country.

About Coupon Companion?

Coupon Companion, developed by Awesome Apps (a subsidiary of 215 Apps and operated by 50OnRed), is a Browser Helper Object designed for Internet Explorer. Its primary function is to monitor web pages for potential affiliate merchant partners and to alert users to available coupons through a counter displayed in the top-right corner of websites. However, it has been identified as adware and has been known to significantly impact the performance of PCs by installing numerous browser plug-ins and add-ons, as well as injecting ads into web pages based on the user's browsing habits. The ads displayed by the plugin include sponsored links, banner ads, pop-unders, interstitial ads, coupons, and video-targeted ads.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Coupon Companion.

ButtonUtil.dll (MD5: 15107281c0f1ff6adb07feab7651da0a) has been flagged by 15 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG MalSign.Skodna.4D3
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.Crossid (Not a Virus)
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.14
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.G
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee Artemis!15107281C0F1
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!15107281C0F1
Sophos Generic PUA AH
Symantec Adware.Crossid
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0CBH05JB13
VIPRE Antivirus GamePlayLabs (v)
PC Tools Adware.Crossid!rem
Trend Micro ADW_GAMEPLAYLABS
Coupon Companion-bg.exe (MD5: b340fa59f69258d6760e5c68381d2d32) has been flagged by 30 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.Agent.NNP
AVG MalSign.Skodna.4D3
Bitdefender Adware.Agent.NNP
Bkav FE W32.Clod78f.Trojan.e564
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Agent-2199
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.14
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Agent.NNP (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.H
F-Secure Adware.Agent.NNP
G Data Adware.Agent.NNP
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Agent
K7GW Riskware ( 0040f01a1 )
McAfee Artemis!B340FA59F692
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!B340FA59F692
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Agent.NNP
Panda Antivirus Suspicious file
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1H0AID13
Vba32 AntiVirus Trojan.Agent
VIPRE Antivirus GamePlayLabs (v)
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.A.Agent.907648
Avira AntiVir Adware/VidSaver.1.83
F-Prot W32/VidSav.A.gen!Eldorado
K7 AntiVirus Adware
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Heur.KVMF58.hy.(kcloud)
PC Tools Adware.Crossid!rem
Symantec Adware.Crossid
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OIT13
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.Crossid (Not a Virus)
Sophos Generic PUA AH
Coupon Companion.exe (MD5: 9ccfd55f97ee0c7addb3a010a8655e5b) has been flagged by 7 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.24
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.E
PC Tools Adware.Crossid!rem
Symantec Adware.Crossid
Trend Micro ADW_GAMEPLAYLABS
TrendMicro-HouseCall ADW_GAMEPLAYLABS
VIPRE Antivirus GamePlayLabs (v)
Coupon Companion.dll (MD5: 084d56d0a52603a72ae9b25854068c91) has been flagged by 24 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Avira AntiVir Adware/VidSaver.1.83
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Vidsaver
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.24
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider
F-Prot W32/VidSav.A.gen!Eldorado
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Win32.Toolbar
K7 AntiVirus Adware
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Heur.KVMF58.hy.(kcloud)
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
PC Tools Adware.Crossid!rem
Symantec Adware.Crossid
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OIT13
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OIT13
VIPRE Antivirus GamePlayLabs (v)
AVG MalSign.Skodna.4D3
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.Crossid (Not a Virus)
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
McAfee Artemis!15107281C0F1
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!15107281C0F1
Sophos Generic PUA AH

Software Details

URL:
https://coupon-companion.com
Support:
–
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Coupon Companion
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Coupon Companion\Uninstall.exe
Size:
2.00 MB
Language:
English

Coupon Companion Executable Details

Primary executable:
Coupon Companion-bg.exe
Name:
Coupon Companion
Path:
C:\Program Files\Coupon Companion\Coupon Companion-bg.exe
MD5:
b340fa59f69258d6760e5c68381d2d32
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by Coupon Companion
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
uninstall.exe
56f3cb6f835f69e9e972c081d643e1a8
DLL
ButtonUtil.dll
Malware
15107281c0f1ff6adb07feab7651da0a
EXE
Coupon CompanionGui.exe
b6812b291e5e1e6c5e1141f1112366a1
EXE
Coupon Companion-bg.exe
Malware
b340fa59f69258d6760e5c68381d2d32
EXE
Coupon Companion.exe
Malware
9ccfd55f97ee0c7addb3a010a8655e5b
DLL
Coupon Companion.dll
Malware
084d56d0a52603a72ae9b25854068c91