Savings Hen - How to remove

Savings Hen

Savings Hen is described as a helpful app which provides users with coupons and promo codes while whey are surfing e-commerce websites by its designers. However, in reality this program is more harmful than useful. All those ads and coupons are annoying and will drive you crazy after some time of surfing. In addition to that, if you click on one of those you will be redirected to third party websites which may be infected. You should not keep Savings Hen adware on your computer as it is listed as a PUP (potentially unwanted program). It works as a browser plugin and can be added to all most popular web browsers like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. By installing this program that can seem useful at a first sight, you agree to be shown all those ads, because there is a line in terms and conditions that says “As mentioned above, the Plugin (Savings Hen) 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.”. Thats why you need to be extra careful when downloading and installing something from the Internet for free.

Savings Hen is distributed via freebies that can be found on the Internet. If you want to avoid this adware, avoid visiting suspicious looking websites and downloading anything from it. If it is too late and your computer is already infected, try to scan your system with a good anti-malware program like Spyhunter or malwarebytes and it will detect and remove all threats like Savings Hen automatically. If you are an advanced user, you can do it yourself – just use our removal guide and delete Savings Hen manually.

Using Control Panel to remove the main Savings Hen components and installers

  1. Go to Control Panel. On Windows XP/Vista/7 open Start -> Control Panel , Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall . On Windows 8 enter Control Panel in the search box, then look for Uninstall a program. You may need to confirm that you are the administrator on this PC, in both cases.
  2. Look for Savings Hen and /or similar looking items on the list of programs. By default, I recommend removing Yontoo, WebCake, anything “savings” or “coupon” related. Scanning with Anti-Malware programs like Spyhunter or Stopzilla might give a good idea of what programs you should remove from there as well.
  3. Close Control Panel.

Removing Savings Hen from Internet Explorer

  1. Press Wench icon->Manage Add-ons.
  2. Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Savings Hen and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  3. Close the Options.

Removing Savings Hen from Firefox

  1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
  2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Savings Hen related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe probably you do not need it.
  3. Optionally, reset Firefox: go to Firefox ->Help (Help in menu for OSX users) -> Troubleshooting Information. Then Reset Firefox.

Removing Savings Hen from Chrome

  1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
  2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Savings Hen. If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  3. Restart Chrome.

Optionally, you can enter chrome://settings in URL bar , press Advanced settings, scroll to the bottom of the list and press Reset browser settings.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Download Spyhunter for Malware detection
(Win)

Note: Spyhunter trial provides detection of parasites and assists in their removal for free. limited trial available, Terms of use, Privacy Policy, Uninstall Instructions,

Download Combo Cleaner for Malware detection
(Mac)

Note: Combo Cleaner trial provides detection of parasites and assists in their removal for free. limited trial available, Terms of use, Privacy Policy, Uninstall Instructions, Refund Policy ,

Manual removal

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