84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove Solid Savings?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #48,224
United States Rank #30,896
Reach 0.0016%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.93 days
174.90 days >
Average installed length: 91.90 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

Solid Savings

What is Solid Savings?

This potentially unwanted ad-supported (adware) software is developed and distributed by International Web Services/ 50onRed and is typically included as an offer in a 3rd party installation.

About  (from Smart Apps)

The Plugin is supported by third-party advertising, and when you download the Plugin you will see various types of advertisements displayed through your browser as you visit locations on the Internet. The Plugin currently displays several basic types of advertising: sponsored links, traditional display advertisements, ...  Read more

Overview

The primary executable is named SoftwareDetector.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 13 files and is usually about 856.94 KB (877,503 bytes).
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Solid Savings.
SoftwareDetector.exe (978f45df5fc28f83f9fa82905757720e) has been flagged by the following 7 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
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
Solid Savings 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

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Solid Savings
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Solid Savings\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 856.94 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Solid Savings

Program executable:SoftwareDetector.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Solid Savings\SoftwareDetector.exe
MD5:978f45df5fc28f83f9fa82905757720e
Additional files:
  • chrome_installer.js
  • gpedit.exe
  • repair_data.json
  • (Malware detected) SoftwareDetector.exe
  • uninstall.exe

How do I remove Solid Savings?

You can uninstall Solid Savings 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 Solid 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Solid Savings.
  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.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 52%
Win Vista (SP2) 3%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#48,224

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.06%
Windows XP 22.58%
Windows 10 16.13%
Windows Vista 3.23%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 43.33%
Microsoft Windows XP 20.00%
Windows 7 Professional 10.00%
Windows 8 10.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.67%
Windows 8.1 6.67%

Distribution by countryGeography

91.11% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 91.11%
  Canada 6.67%
  Australia 2.22%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 34.48%
Acer 20.69%
Dell 17.24%
ASUS 6.90%
Toshiba 6.90%
Gateway 6.90%
GIGABYTE 3.45%
American Megatrends 3.45%
Common models
HP 2000 Notebook PC 7.14%
TOSHIBA Satellite L775D 3.57%
TOSHIBA Satellite A665 3.57%
TOSHIBA Satellite A110 3.57%
HP Pavilion 061 RC652AA-A... 3.57%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.57%

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