Coupon Alert is an adware, a new version of a group of unwanted problems we have nicknamed the “alert-adware” We can find among them, Health Alert, Zombie Alert, Storm Alert, Finance Alert, etc… All of them created by the same company, that is more than happy to recycle their own program changing only the theme.
In the specific case of Coupon Alert, they promise to help you save money by warning you in real time of the latest coupons available online. As the rest of the “alert-adware”, the software website shows a Norton logo as an attempt to calm down the users, they even go as far as telling that thousands of users have installed Coupon Alert.
Obviously all their claims are false, Coupon Alert’s real mission is to remain active all the time in your PC showing ads based on information tracked by them. This detail makes Coupon Alert very similar to a spyware, because once installed it will spy and save even the smallest thing you do, either on or off line. All this data might not remain anonymous and could be saved in huge databases that are afterwards sold to other companies.
A lot of resources will be used in order to accomplish all these actions, thus Coupon Alert will block your PC an your web browser. By removing it you’ll notice a huge improvement in your computer’s performance.
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