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Should I remove Deal Vault?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #19,132
United States Rank #9,410
Reach 0.0119%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 17.88 days
527.34 days >
Average installed length: 277.08 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.26.153.1 0.43%
1.26.152.152 61.97%
1.26.151.151 5.56%
1.24.151.151 32.05%

Other programs by 215 Apps

Deal Vault

What is Deal Vault?

Deal Vault from 215 Apps (Amazing Apps/50onRed) installs a web browser extension (Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object) 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. Basically if Deal Vault has a pre-arranged affiliate relationship with a similar merchant it will alert you when you visit through your web browser. Deal Vault is an adware type program that has causes serious performance issues to your PC by installing a number of plug-ins and add-ins to your web browser and Windows. It injects ads directly by modifying web pages based on your surfing habits. It is a ad supported product and will show you advertisements as you browse the web.

When you install the plug-in, it also has a background process that will attempt to disabled other 'conflicting' extensions that might interfere with it, this includes other competing products as well as some security products (in the software's EULA, you actually agreed to this) "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 available software packages".

About  (from 215 Apps)

With Deal-Vault, you don't go anywhere to find savings, and we apply coupons for you with a single click. Stop spending time searching for coupons. Deal-Vault removes the time it takes to find a coupon online. Instead of having to read e-mails or visit coupon sites, Deal-Vault just displays the available coupons right ...  Read more
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
  • Installed as part of a co-bundle
  • Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
  • Generally known to have a low reputation
  • The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Deal Vault.
Deal Vault.dll (7eab2115853ea177a359b409bb0e8663) has been flagged by the following 14 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Comodo Security 17154 ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.13.11.03.10 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver
ESET-NOD32 7.8963 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.A
Fortinet FortiGate 11/3/2013 Adware/Fam.NB
F-Secure 11.2013-03-11_1 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
G Data 13.11.22 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver
Kingsoft AntiVirus 331020.49267 Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee 5600.7248 Artemis!7EAB2115853E
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.7248 Artemis!7EAB2115853E
MicroWorld-eScan 14.0.0.921 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
Sophos 4.94 AppRider
Symantec 11/3/2013 rev. 1 WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.307 TROJ_GEN.R0C1H0AJL13
VIPRE Antivirus 22702 GamePlayLabs (v)
Uninstall.exe (da7eceb20fcabb25cdb24727f1ffb50f) has been flagged by the following 13 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
avast! 8.0.1489.320 Win32:Crossrider-C [PUP]
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Trojan.Win32.Packed.aw
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4613 HW32.CDB.D5ed
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.22
ESET-NOD32 9244 Win32/Packed.ScrambleWrapper.A
Fortinet FortiGate 5.1.147.0 W32/Generic
K7 AntiVirus 9.174.10720 Trojan ( 0048c4b81 )
K7GW 9.174.10720 Trojan ( 0048c4b81 )
McAfee 5.600.0.1067 Artemis!DA7ECEB20FCA
McAfee-GW-Edition 2013 Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-SFX.G
Sophos 4.96.0 AppRider
Symantec 20131.1.5.61 WS.Reputation.1
VIPRE Antivirus 25042 GamePlayLabs (fs)
Deal Vault-bg.exe (821e246ba711eb80abc10e72564e7d69) has been flagged by the following 9 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
ESET-NOD32 9149 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.E
K7 AntiVirus 9.174.10446 Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW 9.174.10446 Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus 2013.04.09.267 Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee 6.0.4.564 Artemis!821E246BA711
McAfee-GW-Edition 2013 Artemis!821E246BA711
Sophos 4.95.0 AppRider
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700-1001 TROJ_GEN.R0C1H0AIQ13
VIPRE Antivirus 24166 GamePlayLabs (v)
ButtonUtil.dll (0d98a360d0395fee3d77f8ef28ab0cff) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.14
VIPRE Antivirus 20724 GamePlayLabs (v)
       View all 38 all detections
Deal Vault has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: deal-vault.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\deal vault
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Deal Vault\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.97 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Deal Vault

Program module:Deal Vault.dll (Malware detected)
Name:Deal Vault
Deal Vault BHO
Path:C:\Program Files\deal vault\Deal Vault.dll
MD5:7eab2115853ea177a359b409bb0e8663
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) Deal Vault.dll - Deal Vault (Deal Vault BHO)
  • (Malware detected) Deal Vault-bg.exe - Deal Vault exe
  • (Malware detected) Uninstall.exe - Deal Vault Installer
  • ButtonUtil.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • Deal Vault.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Deal Vault' with the class of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110111981166} (CrossriderApp0019866).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

Deal Vault-bg.exe
Total CPU:0.1273304605%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.02816945%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.09916101%
0.015104% average

How do I remove Deal Vault?

You can uninstall Deal Vault from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program Deal Vault, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Deal Vault.
  4. 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 Vault you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 66%
Win Vista 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#19,132

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 70.94%
Windows 10 11.97%
Windows Vista 10.68%
Windows XP 6.41%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 60.94%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 8.15%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.44%
Windows 8 6.01%
Windows 7 Professional 4.72%
Windows 7 Ultimate 4.29%

Distribution by countryGeography

98.53% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 98.53%
  Germany 0.49%
  Austria 0.24%
  Philippines 0.24%
  Romania 0.24%
  Paraguay 0.24%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 38.04%
Dell 28.26%
Acer 13.59%
Toshiba 8.70%
Lenovo 4.35%
ASUS 3.80%
Sahara 1.09%
GIGABYTE 1.09%
Samsung 0.54%
Intel 0.54%
Common models
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 4.86%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 4.17%
Dell Inspiron 1545 3.47%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655D 2.78%
Hewlett-Packard Presario ... 2.78%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.78%

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

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