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Should I remove Lucky Savings?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
87% remove it13% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #22,100
United States Rank #11,102
Reach 0.0090%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.09 days
238.75 days >
Average installed length: 125.44 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.26.153.1 85.88%
1.26.152.152 3.95%
1.24.151.151 10.17%

Lucky Savings

What is Lucky Savings?

Lucky Savings from 50onRed 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. Lucky Savings 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)

Whenever we have a coupon(s) available for the site you're browsing, you will see the Lucky Savings tag on the top right corner of your browser window. This tag will also tell you the number of coupons available for the site you are on. In addition, the Plugin may be bundled with, or require the installation of, third-...  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
  • 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 Lucky Savings.
Lucky Savings.dll (fbbfdab12ce6f8e9e1baa9d6e483e226) has been flagged by the following 6 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1100 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.13.08.08.02 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver
ESET-NOD32 7.8548 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.A
F-Secure 11.2013-08-08_5 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1
G Data 13.8.22 Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver
VIPRE Antivirus 19452 GamePlayLabs (v)
Uninstall.exe (59f6fce58a5949478917f18d247494aa) has been flagged by the following 14 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
avast! 8.0.1489.320 Win32:Crossrider-C [PUP]
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Trojan.Win32.ScrambleWrapper.ADGG
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4613 HW32.CDB.623d
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.22
ESET-NOD32 9277 Win32/Packed.ScrambleWrapper.A
Fortinet FortiGate 5.1.147.0 W32/Generic
K7 AntiVirus 9.175.10807 Trojan ( 0048c4b81 )
K7GW 9.175.10807 Trojan ( 0048c4b81 )
McAfee 5.600.0.1067 Artemis!59F6FCE58A59
McAfee-GW-Edition 2013 Artemis!59F6FCE58A59
Symantec 20131.1.5.61 WS.Reputation.1
The Hacker 6.8.0.5.391 Trojan/OnLineGames.tgma
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.RCBH2CH
VIPRE Antivirus 25306 GamePlayLabs (fs)
ButtonUtil.dll (8849a933bad1df8768c24b4f9b80898a) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
ESET-NOD32 8790 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.G
Kingsoft AntiVirus 2013.4.9.267 Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee 5.600.0.1067 Artemis!8849A933BAD1
McAfee-GW-Edition 2013 Artemis!8849A933BAD1
PC Tools 9.0.0.2 Adware.Crossid!rem
Symantec 20131.1.5.61 Adware.Crossid
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.RCBH1CH
VIPRE Antivirus 21402 GamePlayLabs (v)
Lucky Savings-bg.exe (e9abbac632e551a94962e492acfac6a2) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
ESET-NOD32 8892 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.E
PC Tools 9.0.0.2 Adware.Crossid!rem
Symantec 20131.1.5.61 Adware.Crossid
VIPRE Antivirus 22204 GamePlayLabs (v)
       View all 32 all detections
Lucky Savings 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: www.50onred.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\lucky savings
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Lucky Savings\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.91 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Lucky Savings

Program module:Lucky Savings.dll (Malware detected)
Name:Lucky Savings
Lucky Savings BHO
Path:C:\Program Files\lucky savings\Lucky Savings.dll
MD5:fbbfdab12ce6f8e9e1baa9d6e483e226
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) Lucky Savings.dll - Lucky Savings (Lucky Savings BHO)
  • (Malware detected) Lucky Savings-bg.exe - Lucky Savings exe
  • (Malware detected) Uninstall.exe - Lucky Savings Installer
  • (Malware detected) ButtonUtil.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • Lucky Savings.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Lucky Savings' with the class of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110111271159} (CrossriderApp0012759).

How do I remove Lucky Savings?

You can uninstall Lucky Savings 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 Lucky Savings, 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 Lucky Savings.
  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 Lucky Savings you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 72%
Win 8.1 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#22,100

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 76.84%
Windows 10 11.30%
Windows XP 6.21%
Windows Vista 5.65%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 53.11%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.73%
Windows 8 6.78%
Windows 7 Professional 6.78%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.21%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.65%

Distribution by countryGeography

97.42% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 97.42%
  Iran 0.65%
  Dominican Republic 0.32%
  VI 0.32%
  Indonesia 0.32%
  Canada 0.32%
  Saudi Arabia 0.32%
  Malaysia 0.32%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 38.52%
Dell 23.77%
Acer 15.57%
Toshiba 7.38%
Lenovo 4.92%
ASUS 3.28%
GIGABYTE 1.64%
Samsung 1.64%
Sony 1.64%
Gateway 1.64%
Common models
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.51%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.63%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.63%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655 2.63%
Dell Inspiron 5423 1.75%
Acer Aspire 5733Z 1.75%

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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expert comment
Steve (Expert)over a year ago
Its developers amazing apps uses deceptive methods to promote Lucky Savings - most commonly this browser add-on gets installed on user's PCs together with some free software downloaded from the Internet. The installed web browser add-on shows coupon ads when it's users visit various merchant web sites like Best Buy, Walmart and Expedia as well as other online shopping sites. It's strongly recommended to uninstall the Lucky Savings from your computer.