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Should I remove Solid Savings?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,712
United States Rank #6,454
Reach 0.0283%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 19.77 days
583.09 days >
Average installed length: 306.37 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.26.153.1 88.33%
1.26.152.152 11.67%

Solid Savings

What is Solid Savings?

Solid Savings (50onRed) is a web browser plugin that displays coupon deals and other advertisements when users visit various online shopping sites. When a user visits an online shopping site and the program has a pre-arranged affiliate relationship with a similar merchant it will alert the user that other deals or prices exist, or in many cases just shows adverts. It injects ads and affiliate codes in product links directly by modifying web pages HTML content. In addition, it has been seen to display non-embedded pop-up advertisements that are non-attributed to the application making this program adware.

This software is detected by various anti-malware programs that typically flag it as adware or a potentially unwanted program. It is typically included in various 3rd party software bundles. Solid-Savings is a ad supported product and will show you advertisements as you browse the web by directly modifying the web pages visited and injecting new ads or adding advertisements over existing banner or text ads.

About  (from 215 Apps)

After you install Solid-Savings our install screen should pop-up, if it does not, search your download location for Solid-Savings.exe. Once our installer loads, follow the on-screen instructions to install Solid-Savings. After installation all you have to do is restart your browser. How do I know I can use Solid-Saving...  Read more
Overview
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Integrates into the web browser
  • Uses the Crossrider toolbar framework
  • During install it may hijack/modify the browser's homepage and search provider
  • Runs disconnected from the browser as a background process
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
  • This program has a poor reputation
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Solid Savings.
Solid Savings.dll (e4235370640c1f8d11af5e511b61fadd) has been flagged by the following 7 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.13.05.26.02 Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.CrossRider.AMN
ESET-NOD32 7.8371 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.A
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.2.0.0.0 AdWare.Win32.CouponCompanion
McAfee 5600.7087 Artemis!E4235370640C
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.7087 Artemis!E4235370640C
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.146 TROJ_GEN.F47V0318
VIPRE Antivirus 18064 GamePlayLabs (v)
Uninstall.exe (760b2c15222c80736df06cef24a4d7fb) has been flagged by the following 13 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
avast! 8.0.1489.320 Win32:Crossrider-C [PUP]
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Trojan.Win32.Agent.aoi
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4613 HW32.CDB.14dd
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.22
ESET-NOD32 9239 Win32/Packed.ScrambleWrapper.A
Fortinet FortiGate 5.1.147.0 W32/Generic
K7 AntiVirus 9.174.10689 Trojan ( 0048c4b81 )
K7GW 9.174.10689 Trojan ( 0048c4b81 )
McAfee 5.600.0.1067 Artemis!760B2C15222C
McAfee-GW-Edition 2013 Artemis!760B2C15222C
Sophos 4.96.0 AppRider
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.RCBH2D3
VIPRE Antivirus 25004 GamePlayLabs (fs)
Solid Savings-bg.exe (93d3763e7269cdb4aa2582310b291649) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
avast! 8.0.1489.320 Win32:Installer-M [Adw]
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4613 W32.Clod4da.Trojan.3433
ESET-NOD32 9257 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.E
Sophos 4.96.0 AppRider
VIPRE Antivirus 25172 GamePlayLabs (v)
       View all 25 all detections
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

URL: solid-savings.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\solid savings
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Solid Savings\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.91 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Solid Savings

Program module:Solid Savings.dll (Malware detected)
Name:Solid Savings
Solid Savings BHO
Path:C:\Program Files\solid savings\Solid Savings.dll
MD5:e4235370640c1f8d11af5e511b61fadd
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) Solid Savings.dll - Solid Savings (Solid Savings BHO)
  • (Malware detected) Solid Savings-bg.exe - Solid Savings exe
  • (Malware detected) Uninstall.exe - Solid Savings Installer

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • Solid Savings.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Solid Savings' with the class of {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110211621178} (CrossriderApp0026278).

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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Solid Savings you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 63%
Win XP 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#11,712

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 68.04%
Windows 10 14.90%
Windows Vista 10.41%
Windows XP 6.64%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 53.97%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 8.30%
Windows 8 7.76%
Windows 7 Professional 7.76%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.32%
Windows 7 Ultimate 4.87%

Distribution by countryGeography

85.35% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 85.35%
  United Kingdom 6.86%
  Canada 4.30%
  Australia 2.56%
  Singapore 0.12%
  Pakistan 0.12%
  Philippines 0.12%
  Romania 0.12%
  PR 0.12%
  Israel 0.12%
  Iran 0.12%
  GD 0.12%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 34.22%
Dell 23.37%
Acer 13.25%
Toshiba 12.29%
ASUS 5.06%
GIGABYTE 3.13%
Lenovo 2.89%
Samsung 2.17%
Intel 0.96%
Sahara 0.96%
Sony 0.96%
American Megatrends 0.72%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 5.58%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 5.58%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 5.15%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 4.29%
Dell Inspiron 1545 3.86%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655 3.43%

About 215 Apps

215 Apps developes a number of adware driven toolbar programs such as DropinSavings, Vid-Saver, Giant Savings, Savings Sidekick, etc.
Publisher URL: www.215apps.com

comments7 comments

user comment
user comment
jenncalmiaover a year ago
Used Solid Savings to purchase something, didn't get the discount!!!
expert comment
Stan R. (Expert)over a year ago
Solid Savings adware is a web browser plugin that displays coupon deals and other advertisements when users visit various online shopping sites. Solid Savings adware should be removed as early as possible. I run a web site with various ads on it and I noticed a user who was infected with this had ads that were not from my site, so I assume the program was hijacking my ads.
user comment
Swordover a year ago
Use decrapifier, its free and works well.
user comment
RyaCover a year ago
I downloaded a program, and then something called "Solid Savings," "whitesmokeb, conduit LTD" installed, instead of the program I was looking for, then Norton Antivirus after it was installed, it told me it was unsafe. Now I can't get rid of this and the other things.
user comment
ABover a year ago
If you use firefox, you can remove it from your add ons.
user comment
Joel Werenichover a year ago
Someone please help with this, it's really annoying and I accidentally got it from an ad disguised as my download for Slender
user comment
Hugh Jaegerover a year ago
Solid Savings Plugin has installed itself on my PC but there is no C:\Program Files\solid savings folder. I can't find where it's hidden or how to uninstall it. The adverts are intrusive and irritating. How do I uninstall this uninvited plugin from my PC and prevent it from returning?