84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove BrowseToSave?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #5,282
United States Rank #12,918
Reach 0.0936%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 33.70 days
994.25 days >
Average installed length: 522.40 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

Other programs by BrowseToSave.info (Amazing Apps)

BrowseToSave

What is BrowseToSave?

This program is related to other adware browser extensions created by 215 Apps, a known adware developer. It is also a variant of the BrowseToSave program just renamed to help confuse users.

BrowseToSave installs the Savings Apps Browser Add-on, a web browser extension for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. The program monitors the web sites a user visits in order to display coupons, deals, discounts, special offers, promotional codes, or sales offered by affiliate stores or other merchants based on the context of the user's web browsing activities. The browser add-on is a self updating downloadable toolbar, or, in some browsers, an extension or add-on, that provides you access to coupons based on a search conducted by the user or that are offered based upon sites you visit or searches you conduct in your browser where the Browser Add-on is installed and is enabled.

About  (from BrowseToSave.info (Amazing Apps))

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
  • Installed as part of a co-bundle
  • The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
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 detailsProgram details

URL: browsetosave.info
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\barowwsoe2save
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files3\INSTAL~1\{F5643~1\Setup.exe /remove /q0
Estimated size: 55.63 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by BrowseToSave

Program executable:jre-7u15-windows-i586-iftw.exe
Name:Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U15
Java(TM) Platform SE binary
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Temp\jre-7u15-windows-i586-iftw.exe
MD5:5cc163324a11091c975b686ef4c52c73
Additional files:
  • aswV5Hlp.dll (by ALWIL Software) - avast! antivirus (avast! v5 upgrade support library)
  • bpuninstall.exe (by Yahoo!) - Y! BrowserPlus (BrowserPlus Uninstaller)
  • drm_dialogs.dll (by Sony DADC Austria AG) - SecuROM DRM Dialog
  • drm_dyndata_7380014.dll (by Sony DADC Austria AG) - SecuROM dynamic-data module
  • drm_dyndata_7400009.dll
  • drm_dyndata_7410004.dll
  • FastDownload.exe
  • FP_PL_PFS_INSTALLER_32bit.exe (by Adobe Systems) - Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.1 r102)
  • hifree_Setup.exe (by Indigo Rose http://www.indigorose.com) - setup (Setup Factory 6.0 Setup Launcher)
  • htmlayout.dll (by Terra Informatica Software,, British Columbia, Canada) - HTMLayout (HTMLayout - embeddable HTML rendering and layout component)
  • jre-6u29-windows-i586-iftw-rv.exe (by Sun Microsystems) - Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U29 (Java(TM) Platform SE binary)
  • jre-6u31-windows-i586-iftw-rv.exe (by Sun Microsystems) - Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U31
  • jre-6u33-windows-i586-iftw.exe - Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U33
  • jre-7u11-windows-i586-iftw.exe (by Oracle) - Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U11
  • jre-7u13-windows-i586-iftw.exe (by Oracle) - Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U13
  • jre-7u17-windows-i586-iftw.exe - Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U17
  • jre-7u21-windows-i586-iftw.exe - Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U21
  • jre-7u7-windows-i586-iftw.exe - Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U7
  • jre-7u9-windows-i586-iftw.exe - Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U9
  • KMP_3.3.0.33.exe (by Softonic) - Softonic Downloader
  • KMP_3.4.0.59.exe (by Softonic)
  • KMP_3.5.0.77.exe
  • KMP_3.6.0.87.exe
  • PIPInstaller_PTV_.exe (by Ask.com) - Offercast - APN Install Manager
  • SecuExp.exe - SecuROM Launch Analysis.
  • setup.exe (by Ask) - Ask Toolbar (Wrapper Application)
  • stubhelper.dll (by RealNetworks) - RealDownloader (RealDownloader Application)
  • uninst1.exe (by Babylon) - Uninstaller (Uninstaller Application)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • bpuninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CE5AAB69-722B-47B2-BD81-9F8DD3B75F90}' (runs on registration).

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.
  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 BrowseToSave, 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 BrowseToSave.
  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.

USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#5,282
 
REACH
~0.09%
PC installation base

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 76.74%
Windows XP 10.68%
Windows 10 9.16%
Windows Vista 3.42%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 38.83%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.53%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.51%
Windows 7 Professional 8.22%
Windows 7 Enterprise 2.72%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 2.67%

Distribution by countryGeography

24.00% of installs come from Taiwan
Which countries install it?
  Taiwan 24.00%
  United States 12.26%
  France 6.66%
  Italy 4.81%
  Germany 4.23%
  Spain 3.28%
  Mexico 3.01%
  United Kingdom 2.33%
  Brazil 2.22%
  Poland 2.22%
  Japan 2.01%
  Hong Kong 1.80%
  Israel 1.74%
  Argentina 1.48%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 22.31%
Hewlett-Packard 19.06%
ASUS 18.07%
Dell 15.00%
GIGABYTE 10.21%
Toshiba 5.51%
Samsung 4.70%
Lenovo 2.62%
American Megatrends 1.63%
Intel 0.90%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.92%
Dell Inspiron N5110 4.22%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.75%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.58%
ASUSTeK K53SV 2.11%
HP G62 Notebook PC 2.11%


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