Should I remove Giant Savings Extension?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #4,957
United States Rank #6,864
Reach 0.1262%
Installation trends (last 30 days)
Uninstallation trends (last 30 days)
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.71 days
168.37 days >
Average installed length: 88.47 days
Versions of Giant Savings Extension
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.26.153.1 |
12.41% |
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| 1.26.152.152 |
46.72% |
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| 1.24.151.151 |
40.88% |
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Giant Savings Extension
What is Giant Savings Extension?
Giant Savings Extension from 215 Apps installs a web browser plugin that displays coupon deals and other advertisements when users visit various online shopping sites. When a user visits an online shopping site and the program has a pre-arranged affiliate relationship with a similar merchant it will alert the user that other deals or prices exist, or in many cases just shows adverts. It injects ads and affiliate codes in product links directly by modifying web pages HTML content. In addition, it has been seen to display non-embedded pop-up advertisements that are non-attributed to the application making this program adware. This software is detected by various anti-malware programs that typically flag it as adware or a potentially unwanted program. It is typically included in various 3rd party software bundles. Warning, this program is very aggressive 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 including Adsense.
About Giant Savings Extension (from 215 Apps)
“The sad truth about online shopping is the most people are spending money they don't have to. All of the big name retailers are putting out multiple coupons and discount codes every week, but if you”
Giant Savings Extension 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
URL: giant-savings.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\giant savings extension
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Giant Savings Extension\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 5.74 MB
Files installed by Giant Savings Extension
| Program executable: | Giant Savings ExtensionGui.exe |
| Name: | Giant Savings Extension |
| Giant Savings Extension exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\giant savings extension\Giant Savings ExtensionGui.exe |
| MD5: | 0d095bef1dbf64d15174f855fa943702 |
Additional files:
- Giant Savings Extension.dll - Giant Savings Extension (Giant Savings Extension BHO)
- Giant Savings Extension-bg.exe - Giant Savings Extension exe
- Giant Savings ExtensionGui.exe
- Uninstall.exe - Giant Savings Extension Installer
- ButtonUtil.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- Giant Savings Extension.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Giant Savings Extension' with the class of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110211181110} (CrossriderApp0021810).
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 56%
Win 8 6%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #4,957
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
68.61% |
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| Windows XP |
15.33% |
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| Windows Vista |
10.22% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.84% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
45.99% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.33% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.22% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.03% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.30% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.38% |
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Geography
21.90% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
| Germany |
21.90% |
| United States |
18.25% |
| Italy |
12.41% |
| Canada |
11.68% |
| United Kingdom |
10.95% |
| France |
10.22% |
| MA |
2.92% |
| TN |
2.92% |
| Netherlands |
2.19% |
| LA |
1.46% |
| SN |
1.46% |
| Australia |
0.73% |
| Belgium |
0.73% |
| Greece |
0.73% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
25.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
20.97% |
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| Dell |
20.16% |
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| American Megatrends |
6.45% |
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| Toshiba |
6.45% |
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| Samsung |
4.84% |
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| ASUS |
4.03% |
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| Medion |
4.03% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.23% |
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| Lenovo |
3.23% |
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| Intel |
0.81% |
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| Sahara |
0.81% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 531 |
1.71% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7616 |
1.71% |
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| Dell Inspiron 620 |
1.71% |
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| Acer Aspire X3950 |
1.71% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
1.71% |
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| HP ProBook 4340s |
0.85% |
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How do I remove Giant Savings Extension?
Quickly and completely remove Giant Savings Extension from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).
Or, you can uninstall Giant Savings Extension 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 Giant Savings Extension, 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 Giant Savings Extension.
- 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 Giant Savings Extension 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