Should I remove Save Sense?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
84% remove it16% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #14,913
United States Rank #16,043
Reach 0.0188%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 9.22 days
271.98 days >
Average installed length: 142.91 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
6.4.1.0 |
100.00% |
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Save Sense
from savesense.com
What is Save Sense?
From the Terms of Service: "SaveSense provides you with its services, which is a shopping comparative service that includes a downloadable browser add-on ("Software"), banners ads, and coupons that provide you with relevant Offers while you shop online, in order to help you compare prices and products while shopping online through third party websites (the "Service"). The Offers provided through the Service may contain Third Party Content therefore SaveSense cannot warrant that they are accurate, relevant or that they are actually the lowest prices available world-wide."
About (from savesense.com)
As you browse for a product, SaveSense will show you different online stores where you can find the same product at the lowest prices. SaveSense allows you to choose from a wide array of relevant coupons, deals and, flights and hotels special offers on the spot. Think of SaveSense as your personal online shopping assis... Read more
Overview
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). Once installed, it will add an extension to both the Firefox and Chrome web browsers. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 6 files and is usually about 1.27 MB (1,332,508 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Adds a toolbar to IE and an extension to Chrome and Firefox
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Save Sense.
SaveSenseIE.dll (1fc0aefcbc3824234566ba4ec96019d7) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
avast! |
2014.9-140807 |
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
AVG |
2015.0.3390 |
Generic |
Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0219 |
Adware.SaveSense.1 |
Malwarebytes |
v2014.08.07.06 |
PUP.Optional.SaveSence.A |
McAfee |
5600.7046 |
Artemis!1FC0AEFCBC38 |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7046 |
Artemis!1FC0AEFCBC38 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.219 |
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0705 |
VIPRE Antivirus |
31410 |
Adware.SaveSense (fs) |
SaveSenseUpdateVer.exe (75ed33031a4905b1a75f34b5257c460e) has been flagged by the following 7 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
AVG |
13.0.0.3169 |
MalSign.Generic.81E |
ESET-NOD32 |
9412 |
a variant of Win32/DealPly.M |
McAfee |
6.0.4.564 |
Artemis!75ED33031A49 |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Artemis!75ED33031A49 |
Trend Micro |
9.740-1012 |
ADW_SAVESENSE |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700-1001 |
ADW_SAVESENSE |
VIPRE Antivirus |
26380 |
Adware.SaveSense (fs) |
View all 15 all detections
Save Sense 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
Displayed publisher: SaveSense
URL: support.savesense.com
Help link: www.savesense.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\savesense
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\SaveSense\uninst.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 1.27 MB
Files installed by Save Sense
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(Malware detected) SaveSenseIE.dll - http://www.savesense.com/ (SaveSense for IE)
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SaveSense.xpi
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(Malware detected) SaveSenseUpdateVer.exe
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uninst.exe
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SaveSense.crx
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- SaveSenseIE.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'SaveSense' with the class of {71e129ff-6c2a-4984-818c-7e2c998b8d99}.
Scheduled Task
- SaveSenseUpdateVer.exe is scheduled as a task named 'At4' (runs daily at 15:17).
How do I remove Save Sense?
You can uninstall Save Sense 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 Save Sense (remove only), 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 Save Sense.
- 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 Save Sense 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) 55%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 84%
Keep it 16%
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GLOBAL RANK
#14,913
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
62.70% |
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Windows 10 |
27.84% |
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Windows XP |
5.68% |
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Windows Vista |
3.78% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.96% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.65% |
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Windows 8.1 |
11.65% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
10.03% |
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Windows 8 |
8.67% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
5.69% |
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Geography
38.11% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
38.11% |
Germany |
12.38% |
Italy |
9.95% |
India |
8.25% |
France |
7.04% |
Brazil |
5.58% |
United Kingdom |
3.64% |
Canada |
2.18% |
Sweden |
1.94% |
Spain |
1.70% |
Mexico |
1.46% |
MA |
0.97% |
Australia |
0.73% |
Netherlands |
0.73% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
35.18% |
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Acer |
24.51% |
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Dell |
16.60% |
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ASUS |
4.74% |
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Samsung |
3.95% |
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Toshiba |
3.95% |
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GIGABYTE |
2.77% |
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Lenovo |
2.77% |
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Medion |
2.77% |
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Intel |
1.98% |
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American Megatrends |
0.79% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.00% |
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HP 2000 Notebook PC |
4.67% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.00% |
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HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.00% |
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HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
2.67% |
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HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.67% |
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