Deal Spy
What is Deal Spy?
Deal Spy from 215 Apps (Amazing Apps, Friendly Apps, and a bunch of other names this company 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.
About Deal Spy (from 215 Apps)
“By installing the Plugin, you consent to the Plugin in disabling other conflicting software and we understand you have chosen to use our software to customize your social media pages over other avai”
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
- Deal Spy.dll - Deal Spy (Deal Spy BHO)
- Deal Spy64.exe - Deal Spy exe
- Deal Spy-bg.exe
- Uninstall.exe - Deal Spy Installer
- ButtonUtil.dll
- ButtonUtil64.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer extension added
- Deal Spy.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (browser helper object) with the CLSID of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110211621176}.
(Note, behavior information is not collected by the "Should I Remove It?" software.)
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 75%
Win 7 2%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%
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Which Windows versions does it run on?
| OS version | OS install distribution |
| Windows 7 |
76.42% |
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| Windows Vista |
11.32% |
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| Windows 8 |
8.49% |
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| Windows XP |
3.77% |
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Which countries install it?
United States installs about 79.84% of Deal Spy.
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| PC Manufacturer | OEM distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
31.63% |
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| Dell |
20.41% |
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| Toshiba |
9.18% |
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| Acer |
8.16% |
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| ASUS |
7.14% |
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| Lenovo |
6.12% |
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| Sony |
6.12% |
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| Intel |
5.10% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.04% |
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| Samsung |
2.04% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.02% |
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| Gateway |
1.02% |
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How do I remove Deal Spy?
Quickly and completely remove Deal Spy from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).
Or, 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: 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: 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.
About 215 Apps
215 Apps developes a number of adware driven toolbar programs such as DropinSavings, Vid-Saver, Giant Savings, Savings Sidekick, etc., simply referred to as the plugin. The plugin will displaying rele
About (from 215 Apps)
“215Apps builds fun apps to help users supercharge their browser! Save money with our coupon apps. Create a universal wishlist of your most-wanted items and share it with your friends so they will buy ”
Publisher URL: www.215apps.com