Should I remove Savings Wizard?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
87% remove it13% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #26,630
United States Rank #35,046
Reach 0.0061%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 6.95 days
204.95 days >
Average installed length: 107.69 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0 |
100.00% |
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Savings Wizard
from Smart Apps
What is Savings Wizard?
This software injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups. These ads are aimed to promote the installation of additional questionable content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other products, all so the publisher can generate pay-per-click revenue.
Once infected by this common symptoms include:
- Random web page text is turned into hyperlinks.
- Browser popups appear which recommend fake updates or other software.
- Other unwanted adware programs might get installed without the user's knowledge.
This program is also related to adware by the same company known as 215 Apps, Awesome Apps, Amazing Apps and others.
About (from Smart Apps)
The Toolbar interacts with your computer by: Displaying advertisements, including without limitation by inserting into web pages or displaying over parts of such web pages advertisements, banners or coupons that would not otherwise appear; Converting words on pages you view into hyperlinks that are linked to advertisem... Read more
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Savings Wizard.
| SoftwareDetector.exe (978f45df5fc28f83f9fa82905757720e) has been flagged by the following 7 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.SmartApps |
| AVG |
2015.0.3497 |
Generic5 |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0112 |
Trojan.Crossrider.8812 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.9701 |
a variant of Win32/AdWare.SmartApps.B |
| McAfee |
5600.7153 |
Artemis!978F45DF5FC2 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7153 |
Artemis!978F45DF5FC2 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
28430 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Savings Wizard 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
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Savings Wizard
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Savings Wizard\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 1.04 MB
Files installed by Savings Wizard
| Program executable: | SoftwareDetector.exe |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Savings Wizard\SoftwareDetector.exe |
| MD5: | 8f02a03b8c6eb39800d4366513cd798b |
Additional files:
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repair_data.json
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(Malware detected) SoftwareDetector.exe
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uninstall.exe
How do I remove Savings Wizard?
You can uninstall Savings Wizard 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 Savings Wizard, 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 Savings Wizard.
- 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 10 42%
Win Vista 2%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #26,630
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
44.63% |
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| Windows 10 |
42.15% |
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| Windows Vista |
9.09% |
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| Windows XP |
4.13% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.58% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
22.31% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
8.26% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.44% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.79% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.79% |
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Geography
28.83% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
28.83% |
| France |
19.82% |
| Germany |
18.02% |
| Italy |
12.61% |
| United Kingdom |
7.21% |
| Australia |
5.41% |
| Canada |
4.50% |
| Spain |
1.80% |
| Iran |
1.80% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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| Acer |
19.75% |
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| Dell |
12.35% |
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| Toshiba |
7.41% |
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| Samsung |
7.41% |
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| ASUS |
6.17% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.70% |
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| Medion |
3.70% |
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| Lenovo |
2.47% |
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| Gateway |
1.23% |
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| Apple |
1.23% |
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| Alienware |
1.23% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite C855 |
2.83% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.83% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
1.89% |
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| MSI MS-7816 |
1.89% |
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| Hewlett-Packard Presario ... |
1.89% |
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| RS480_ AWRDACPI |
1.89% |
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