Should I remove Vid-Saver?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.26.153.1	0.10%
1.24.151.151	9.02%
1.23.151.151	5.60%
1.22.150.150	1.87%
1.21.150.150	0.73%
1.20.150.150	1.14%
1.19.150.150	3.01%
1.18.149.149	65.18%
1.17.149.149	0.10%
1.14.149.149	12.95%
1.9.146.147	0.31%

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Remove Vid-Saver by 215 Apps

Vid-Saver is an advertising support video dowload utility that allows for downloading streaming files such as YouTube to the user's local hard drive for playback in the Vid-Saver player or other compatable players. Vid-Saver is an adware type program that has causes serious performance issues to your PC by installing a number of plug-ins and add-ins to your web browser and Windows. It injects ads directly by modifying web pages based on your surfing habits. Vid-Saver is a ad supported product and will show you advertisements as you browse the web. 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. The software is built on the CrossRider cross-web browser application platform used to develope and distributed monitized browser extensions that inject coupon and price comparison ads.

URL: vid-saver.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Vid-Saver

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Vid-Saver\Uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 3.36 MB

Vid-Saver-bg.exe
Memory:	1022.4 KB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.3523107331%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.27283954%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.07947119%	0.015104% average

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 Vid-Saver, 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 Vid-Saver.
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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 75% Win XP 0%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 81% Keep it 19%

GLOBAL RANK #8,215

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	52.72%
Australia	6.97%
Netherlands	4.54%
Canada	4.46%
Italy	3.73%
United Kingdom	2.84%
Spain	2.51%
Germany	2.43%
Sweden	2.35%
France	2.35%
Brazil	1.62%
Belgium	1.54%
India	1.30%
Finland	0.97%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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

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