Should I remove BrowseToSave?
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 #29,241
United States Rank #40,123
Reach 0.0051%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 28.27 days
833.88 days >
Average installed length: 438.14 days
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BrowseToSave 1.66
What is BrowseToSave?
BrowseToSave is an adware program installed into Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. The programs collects and stores information about web browsing habits and sends this information to its remote servers in order to provide injected advertising in search results and various other places. Search Assistant will also modify the browser's home page and search provider. It displays various pop-up advertisements and tracks and reports your web surfing behavior. It displays targeted search results and pop-up advertisements based on terms that the user enters for Web searches. It bundles the 'malware' identified file called SProtector which is classified as malware with vaious antivirus products inclduing DrWeb, QuickHeal, Trend and Avast. It bundles the 'malware' identified file called SProtector which is classified as malware with vaious antivirus products inclduing DrWeb, QuickHeal, Trend and Avast.
About (from Search Assistant SProtector)
Surfing the web and saving money is made possible with the new BrowseToSave browser extension. BrowseToSave notifies you of coupons as you browse the net and visit the website of one of the thousands of merchants available online and that are supported by us. The coupons will show inside your browser as you enter the o... Read more
Overview
- Malware detected in the program
- Delivered through a thrid-party offer
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- 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 BrowseToSave.
sprotector.dll (413e76d3534b8bd2256d9816f8d1f5fb) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
avast! |
2014.9-130526 |
Win32:SProtector-B [PUP] |
AVG |
2014.0.3449 |
Sprotect.B |
Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0146 |
Adware.BGuard.11 |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.05.26.01 |
Trojan.Win32.SProtector.AMN |
ESET-NOD32 |
7.8360 |
a variant of Win32/SProtector.A |
uninstall.exe (5cad4c7916d7e47dbdf05fc4a853e275) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
ESET-NOD32 |
8944 |
a variant of Win32/SProtector.B |
Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Hack.Huigezi.sd.(kcloud) |
Rising Antivirus |
24.84.06.04 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic.14BDB127 |
Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.24.3 |
Backdoor.Hupigon |

BrowseToSave 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: browsetosave.info
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\browsetosave
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\BrowseToSave\uninstall.exe" /FULLPATH="C:\Program Files\BrowseToSave"
Estimated size: 1.47 MB
Files installed by BrowseToSave 1.66
Program module: | sprotector.dll (Malware detected) |
Name: | SProtector 1.66.1133 |
Path: | C:\Program Files\browsetosave\sprotector.dll |
MD5: | 413e76d3534b8bd2256d9816f8d1f5fb |
| SProtector has been detected as 'malware' by multiple antivirus products. TrendMicro classifies it as TROJ_GEN.RCBH1L8. ESET calls it a variant of Win32/SProtector.A. QuickHeal identifies SProtector.dll as Worm.SProtector.A3. Avast... |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) uninstall.exe
How do I remove BrowseToSave?
You can uninstall BrowseToSave 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 BrowseToSave 1.66, 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 BrowseToSave.
- 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 71%
Win XP 1%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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GLOBAL RANK
#29,241
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
77.00% |
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Windows XP |
15.00% |
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Windows Vista |
6.00% |
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Windows 10 |
2.00% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
39.00% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
24.00% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
15.00% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
9.00% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.00% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.00% |
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Geography
26.61% of installs come from Taiwan
Which countries install it?
Taiwan |
26.61% |
United States |
21.10% |
Brazil |
4.59% |
Germany |
4.59% |
United Kingdom |
3.67% |
India |
3.67% |
Italy |
3.67% |
Australia |
2.75% |
Mexico |
2.75% |
Greece |
1.83% |
Hong Kong |
1.83% |
Malaysia |
1.83% |
Netherlands |
1.83% |
Thailand |
1.83% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer |
29.85% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
25.37% |
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ASUS |
16.42% |
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Dell |
13.43% |
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GIGABYTE |
7.46% |
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Lenovo |
2.99% |
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American Megatrends |
2.99% |
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Gateway |
1.49% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
5.13% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.13% |
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Acer Aspire V3-571G |
2.56% |
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ASUSTeK K53SV |
2.56% |
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Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.56% |
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HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.56% |
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About Search Assistant SProtector
Alias distribution of the SProtector class of malware.