Deal Spy
What is Deal Spy?
Deal Spy from 215 Apps (Amazing Apps, Friendly Apps, and a bunch of other names 50onRed goes by) installs an extension within all the major browsers to view web pages loaded and looks for affiliated merchants in order to possibly provide better pricing or alternative deals on a given product or merchant. It injects ads as well as affiliate links directly by modifying web page. In addition, it has been seen to display non-embedded pop-up advertisements that are non-attributed to the application making this program adware. Not only does it hijack the user's browser and settings, it hijacks visited web sites by injecting its own advertising over the web sites ads.
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Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
- Built on the Crossrider toolbar platform and potentially unwanted
- May inject ads in the web browser
- 'Offers' to modify the browser's home and search pages by default
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- Generally known to have a low reputation
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Deal Spy.
| Deal Spy.dll (02d3e1f19487ad10a2a1d6f5844a51bc) has been flagged by the following 6 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.730 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.8172 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.A |
| F-Secure |
11.2013-26-05_1 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 |
| G Data |
13.5.22 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
14.0.0.438 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
16356 |
GamePlayLabs (v) |
| Deal Spy-bg.exe (166ee584f35166d0ffe9f6f2b133ac8c) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:Installer-M [Adw] |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8985 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.E |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
22860 |
GamePlayLabs (v) |
Deal Spy has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\deal spy
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Deal Spy\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.91 MB
Files installed by Deal Spy
| Program module: | Deal Spy.dll (Malware detected) |
| Name: | Deal Spy |
| Deal Spy BHO |
| Signed by: | Innovative Apps |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\deal spy\Deal Spy.dll |
| MD5: | 02d3e1f19487ad10a2a1d6f5844a51bc |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) Deal Spy.dll - Deal Spy (Deal Spy BHO)
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Deal Spy64.exe - Deal Spy exe
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(Malware detected) Deal Spy-bg.exe
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Uninstall.exe - Deal Spy Installer
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ButtonUtil.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- Deal Spy.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Deal Spy' with the class of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110211621176} (CrossriderApp0026276).
How do I remove Deal Spy?
You can uninstall Deal Spy from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Deal Spy, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Deal Spy.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Deal Spy you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 66%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #20,601
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
68.47% |
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| Windows 10 |
14.29% |
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| Windows Vista |
10.84% |
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| Windows XP |
6.40% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
47.29% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
13.30% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
9.36% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.88% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.40% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.40% |
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Geography
74.23% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
74.23% |
| Australia |
14.43% |
| Canada |
7.56% |
| United Kingdom |
2.41% |
| Italy |
0.34% |
| JE |
0.34% |
| Korea |
0.34% |
| Turkey |
0.34% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
31.54% |
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| Dell |
27.52% |
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| ASUS |
11.41% |
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| Acer |
10.74% |
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| Toshiba |
4.70% |
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| Intel |
4.03% |
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| Lenovo |
4.03% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.68% |
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| Samsung |
2.01% |
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| Gateway |
0.67% |
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| Apple |
0.67% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.17% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.17% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1525 |
3.33% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.50% |
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| ASUSTeK K54C |
2.50% |
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| ASUSTeK K53E |
1.67% |
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About 215 Apps
215 Apps developes a number of adware driven toolbar programs such as DropinSavings, Vid-Saver, Giant Savings, Savings Sidekick, etc.
Publisher URL: www.215apps.com