Should I remove Savings Champion?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

79% remove it21% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0	100.00%

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What is Savings Champion?

This adware injects advertising in the user's Internet browser by running as an extension and/or add-on. Ads are delivered in the form of banners and text-links (roll-overs) as well as some popup ads. These ads are typically injected in the header of footer are of the web page. This application is classified as adware and/or a PUP based on its behavior. The software is distributed through third party installers.

Overview

The main program executable is SoftwareDetector.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 1.06 MB (1,113,260 bytes).

Possible malware installed by this program
Installed as part of a co-bundle
The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Savings Champion.

SoftwareDetector.exe (978f45df5fc28f83f9fa82905757720e) has been flagged by the following 7 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Agnitum Outpost	7.1.1	PUA.SmartApps
AVG	2015.0.3497	Generic5
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0112	Trojan.Crossrider.8812
ESET-NOD32	8.9701	a variant of Win32/AdWare.SmartApps.B
McAfee	5600.7153	Artemis!978F45DF5FC2
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7153	Artemis!978F45DF5FC2
VIPRE Antivirus	28430	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Savings Champion 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:\users\user\appdata\Local\Savings Champion

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Savings Champion\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 1.06 MB

Files installed by Savings Champion

Program executable:	SoftwareDetector.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Savings Champion\SoftwareDetector.exe
MD5:	978f45df5fc28f83f9fa82905757720e

Additional files:

gpedit.exe
(Malware detected) SoftwareDetector.exe
uninstall.exe
sqlite3.exe

How do I remove Savings Champion?

You can uninstall Savings Champion 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 Savings Champion, 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 Savings Champion.
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.