Unfortunately my laptop fell victim to the JoniCoupon malware, not sure where it came from as I had not downloaded and installed anything for months. In fact I only use my laptop for streaming movies from my main pc, and I also watch those movies on my PC and that has not ever been infected so I have no idea where or how my laptop got this JoniCoupon malware!
As soon as I noticed the malware I immediately checked my Google Chrome extensions, it showed me an extension names JoniCoupon, I had never heard of it before and there was an option to remove it so thats what I did, however once Chrome restarted JoniCoupon had returned!
I immediately started searching the internet for a resolution . Unfortunately I could not find any solution that would work! Eventually though I found out how to remove it for good, you can do the same by following these simple steps:
Step 1:
Open Chrome, click on the Customize menu, Tools, Extensions.
Step 2:
On the extensions page tick "Developer Mode". This will show you the install paths of all your extensions.
Step 3:
find the path to the extensions you wish to remove, delete the folder for the extension and delete any other folders that seem suspicious, I found these:
- jonicoupon
- installmate
- downloada keeper
- Ddigoi Couupon
- DigiiSaaver
Step 4:
Once all these folders are deleted, return to Chrome and click "Remove" next to the extension and close down Chrome.
Congratulations, the malware has now been removed from your machine!