Should I remove Coupon Savings?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
77% remove it23% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #16,727
United States Rank #7,934
Reach 0.0152%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 18.18 days
536.25 days >
Average installed length: 281.76 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.0 |
100.00% |
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Coupon Savings
from Savings Apps
What is Coupon Savings?
Coupon Savings from Savings Apps (signed by) installs a web browser extension to view web pages loaded and looks for affiliated merchants in order to possibly provide better pricing or alternative deals on a given product or merchant. It is a ad supported product and will show you advertisements as you browse the web. Warning, this program is very aggressive adware. 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.
Overview
The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named toolbar.dll. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 5 files and is usually about 764.82 KB (783,178 bytes).
- Integrates into the web browser
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\coupon savings chrome
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Coupon Savings Chrome\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 764.82 KB
Files installed by Coupon Savings
Program module: | toolbar.dll |
Path: | C:\Program Files\coupon savings\toolbar.dll |
MD5: | 9870417a317a4d33165d91fca7005217 |
Additional files:
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uninst.exe
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setupu.exe
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uninstu.exe
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couponprinter.exe (by Coupons.com) - Coupon Printer (Coupon Printer Installer)
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- toolbar.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Coupon Savings' with the class of {C3F62D94-EEBB-11E1-B88F-CBBD4CC15727}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- toolbar.dll is installed as an Internet Explorer Toolbar with the class of {DFEFCDEE-CF1A-4FC8-89AF-189327213627}.
How do I remove Coupon Savings?
You can uninstall Coupon Savings 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 Coupon Savings, 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 Coupon Savings.
- 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 Coupon Savings 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 72%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
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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 77%
Keep it 23%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
74.67% |
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Windows Vista |
14.00% |
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Windows 10 |
7.33% |
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Windows XP |
4.00% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
63.88% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
13.04% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
5.35% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.02% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
3.68% |
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Windows 10 Home |
2.68% |
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Geography
99.81% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
99.81% |
Canada |
0.19% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
43.72% |
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Dell |
32.47% |
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Toshiba |
12.55% |
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Acer |
7.36% |
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Intel |
1.73% |
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American Megatrends |
1.30% |
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Lenovo |
0.87% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.52% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.95% |
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HP G72 Notebook PC |
3.39% |
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HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
3.39% |
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HP 2000 Notebook PC |
2.82% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite L655 |
2.82% |
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