Should I remove Vid-Saver?
What are others doing?
81% remove it19% keep it
Removal sentiment (last 30 days)
What do people think about it?
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Warning, Vid-Saver has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this on your PC, you should be safe uninstalling it.
(Reported by 23 people)
How common is it?
Ranked #3,355
Versions of Vid-Saver
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.24.151.151 |
17.10% |
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| 1.23.151.151 |
7.25% |
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| 1.22.150.150 |
1.55% |
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| 1.21.150.150 |
1.04% |
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| 1.20.150.150 |
2.07% |
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| 1.19.150.150 |
2.59% |
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| 1.18.149.149 |
58.03% |
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| 1.14.149.149 |
10.36% |
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Vid-Saver
What is Vid-Saver?
Vid-Saver is an advertising support video dowload utility that allows for downloading streaming files such as YouTube to the user's local hard drive for playback in the Vid-Saver player or other compatable players. Vid-Saver 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. Vid-Saver is a ad supported product and will show you advertisements as you browse the web. 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 Vid-Saver (from 215 Apps)
“With Vid-Saver, you can quickly download and save your favorite streaming videos for offline watching! Transfer videos to your mobile devices to watch on the go, or watch from your computer without th”
Program details
URL: vid-saver.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Vid-Saver
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Vid-Saver\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.36 MB
Files installed by Vid-Saver
- Uninstall.exe - Vid-Saver (Vid-Saver Installer)
- Vid-Saver.dll - Vid-Saver BHO
- Vid-Saver.exe - Vid-Saver exe
- Vid-Saver-bg.exe
- Vid-SaverGui.exe
- ButtonUtil.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer extension added
- Vid-Saver.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (browser helper object) with the CLSID of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110011341191}.
(Note, behavior information is not collected by the "Should I Remove It?" software.)
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 64%
Win Vista (SP1) 1%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 81%
Keep it 19%
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Which Windows versions does it run on?
| OS version | OS install distribution |
| Windows 7 |
72.25% |
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| Windows Vista |
13.61% |
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| Windows XP |
12.57% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.57% |
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Which countries install it?
United States installs about 50.93% of Vid-Saver.
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| PC Manufacturer | OEM distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.14% |
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| Acer |
20.00% |
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| Dell |
15.43% |
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| Toshiba |
8.57% |
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| ASUS |
7.43% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.43% |
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| Sony |
3.43% |
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| Lenovo |
2.86% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.29% |
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| Samsung |
2.29% |
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| Sahara |
1.71% |
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| Compaq |
1.14% |
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| Alienware |
0.57% |
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| Plus 8 more PC manufacturers |
How do I remove Vid-Saver?
Quickly and completely remove Vid-Saver from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).
Or, you can uninstall Vid-Saver 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 Vid-Saver, 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 Vid-Saver.
- 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 Vid-Saver 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