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Should I remove Video-Saver?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
86% remove it14% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #19,945
United States Rank #19,474
Reach 0.0110%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.59 days
164.83 days >
Average installed length: 86.61 days

Video-Saver

What is Video-Saver?

This toolbar/web browser extension is ad/search-supported that is typically installed as an optional offer, users generally have this bundled with 3rd party software. During setup, this toolbar will modify the home page and new tab pages to an affiliate search portal using a primary search engine in order to collect shared search revenue. It will also modify the default search provider as well.

Overview

During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The primary executable is named 136.dll. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 24 files and is usually about 1.11 MB (1,165,878 bytes).
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Integrates into the web browser
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • Hijacks the web browser's home page
  • Hijacks the browser's default search provider
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Video-Saver.
Video-Saver.exe (dbc7f5737d6051c01f2fa9ba20379b14) has been flagged by the following 26 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 1120 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.5
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 Trojan.Adware
AhnLab-V3 2013.12.31 Adware/Win32.AddLyrics
Avira AntiVir 7.11.122.188 TR/AddLyrics.A.35
avast! 2014.9-140111 Win32:Agent-ASKS [PUP]
AVG 2015.0.3598 Skodna.Generic_r
Baidu-International 4.0.3.14111 Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.X
Bitdefender 1.0.20.55 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.5
Comodo Security 17523 Application.Win32.AddLyrics.X
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.14.01.11.05 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics
ESET-NOD32 8.9190 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.X
Fortinet FortiGate 1/11/2014 Riskware/AddLyrics
G Data 14.1.22 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.2.2.29 Trojan.Win32.AddLyrics
K7 AntiVirus 13.174.10656 Adware
K7GW 13.174.10661 Adware ( 004910ef1 )
Malwarebytes v2014.01.11.05 Trojan.Agent.ED
McAfee 5600.7254 Artemis!DBC7F5737D60
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.7254 Artemis!DBC7F5737D60
Microsoft Security Essentials 1.10201 Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
MicroWorld-eScan 15.0.0.33 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.5
Panda Antivirus 14.01.11.05 Trj/CI.A
Symantec 1/11/2014 rev. 7 Trojan.Gen
Trend Micro 10.465.11 TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0DLM13
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.11 TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0DLM13
VIPRE Antivirus 24910 Adware.AddLyrics
video-saver_wd.exe (799faebe2f65e30eb2ca258476f868c6) has been flagged by the following 7 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
AVG 13.0.0.3169 Generic5.AOPO
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.AD150.A
Comodo Security 18036 Application.Win32.Adware.WDUnlocker.A
ESET-NOD32 9627 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AD150.A
McAfee 6.0.4.564 Adware-AddLyrics!799FAEBE2F65
McAfee-GW-Edition 2013 Adware-AddLyrics!799FAEBE2F65
Panda Antivirus 10.0.3.5 Trj/Genetic.gen
136.dll (7c23a04728e5f77429652accde942715) has been flagged by the following 6 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.AA
Dr.Web 7.00.7.12100 Trojan.Revizer.1
ESET-NOD32 9601 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.AG
K7 AntiVirus 9.176.11566 Adware ( 0040f6c91 )
K7GW 9.176.11567 Adware ( 0040f6c91 )
Microsoft Security Essentials 1.10401 Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
150.dll (0facf5720d322be3e87250ca1f21f696) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Dr.Web Trojan.Revizer.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.F47V1224
       View all 41 all detections
Video-Saver 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

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\video-saver
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Video-Saver\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 1.11 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Video-Saver

Program module:136.dll
Path:C:\Program Files\video-saver\136.dll
MD5:d28aa1fda7422feaef3b58186fe97333
Additional files:
  • 150.dll
  • Uninstall.exe
  • Video-Saver.exe
  • video-saver_wd.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Internet Explorer BHOs
  • 136.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Video-Saver' with the class of {cdb94272-6b98-475e-b6f5-0f82ace6d0ff}.
  • 150.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Video-Saver' with the class of {e8ca4a50-bc0e-4058-b2de-3b3b148fbed1}.
2 Scheduled Tasks
  • video-saver_wd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Video-Saver_wd' (runs daily at 3:23 PM).
  • Video-Saver.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Video-Saver Update' (runs daily at 3:12 PM).
2 Scheduled Tasks (Boot/Login)
  • video-saver_wd.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Video-Saver_wd.
  • Video-Saver.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Video-Saver Update.

How do I remove Video-Saver?

You can uninstall Video-Saver 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 Video-Saver, 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 Video-Saver.
  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 Video-Saver you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 86%
Keep it 14%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.99%
Windows 10 30.41%
Windows XP 7.83%
Windows Vista 2.76%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 34.88%
Windows 7 Professional 11.63%
Windows 8.1 10.23%
Windows 7 Ultimate 9.30%
Windows 8 8.37%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.98%

Distribution by countryGeography

46.22% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 46.22%
  Germany 6.72%
  Italy 6.72%
  Saudi Arabia 5.88%
  Belgium 5.46%
  France 4.20%
  United Arab Emirates 2.94%
  DK 2.52%
  Spain 2.10%
  United Kingdom 2.10%
  Netherlands 2.10%
  South Africa 2.10%
  Australia 1.68%
  Austria 1.26%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 33.57%
Acer 20.00%
Dell 15.00%
ASUS 10.00%
Toshiba 7.86%
Lenovo 5.00%
Samsung 3.57%
GIGABYTE 1.43%
Medion 1.43%
Gateway 1.43%
Alienware 0.71%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 6.50%
HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC 2.44%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.44%
TOSHIBA Satellite L755 2.44%
Dell Inspiron 1525 1.63%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 1.63%

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