What is "couponsandoffers" and why can I not uninstall it?

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Smiley Central, Xupiter,
Bonzai Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately
(but without understanding the consequences) installed, two products
that are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of
scumware) are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search &
Destroy from www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions.
It's even possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your
system against most future intrusions. I use both and generally
perform manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml


Bruce Chambers

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[Rick Blackthorn]

There is a folder in Program Files named "couponsandoffers" that
has a lot of "stuff" in it. Add/Remove Programs refuses to
uninstall it. A google search tentatively links it to
Helpexpress, which is some adware that hijacks your print
dialogue and adds advertisements for toner and ink to it. I got
rid of Helpexpress a while back, and am tryingt o find out what
couponsandoffers is all about.

Rick

 

[Rick Blackthorn]

[snip]

I use both of those adware removal products, and neither of them
recognize couponsandoffers.

Rick

 

[rrose selavy]

http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/c/couponsandoffers.asp