WebSaver - How to remove

WebSaver adware virus is similar to other ad-displaying infections: Coupons Free and Grocery Coupons. From these titles, you can already predict the type of software these tools represent. All of these applications pledge to serve printable and mail coupons, together with weekly flyers, surveys and rewards. Tools are classified as adware parasites (AVG) that influence browsers and display online advertisements during users’ online activities. WebSaver rogue extension has been around for a decade and still receives regular updates.

Review of WebSaver adware

To be perfectly clear, we cannot state that some surfers won’t find this utility useful; online-shoppers might enjoy seeing low-priced deals or goods from rivalry vendors. However, we have figured out that propositions to try out this service or get coupons can be presented without agreement from users. Stealthy installations of third-party software often occur, leading people to have their computer devices influenced by vicious or low-quality apps (HowToGeek).

Ads by WebSaver will be mostly targeting people from Canada, but can also receive some web traffic from United States of America. MyCouponize, The Coupon Store, Shopperify and a bunch of other third-party services could display fraudulent material. We found out that many reviewers indicated WebSaver adware to present convenient and money-saving coupons, but we have to remind our readers that not all of this content could be completely reliable. Even some browser hijackers have adopted the strategy of luring people with coupons: Ultimate Shopping Search is one of them.

By registering to services of this WebSaver adware, your email inbox will be filled with weekly and daily newsletters, together with sponsored/special offers, digital advertisements and other offers. To present more relevant content, the service might start tracking users’ online activities, interactions with websites and similar info. All of these strategies are well-known and widely used by hackers, aiming to infect people via email accounts (Labsblog F-secure).

Adware parasites have also been infamous for initiating redirection to sponsored websites. Unluckily for users, these domains might not always be looking after users privacy and cybersecurity. Operating systems cannot function properly and without any issues if users continue to install risky software tools. Furthermore, if people from other locations than Canada receive this tool, they will find very little advantages from these services as most of the offers could be modeled for Canadians. In addition, some of the content that the adware promotes could have originated from hackers, designing malvertising schemes. RarGenie adware virus is one of the sneaky applications that had been noticed to initiate sneaky attacks, displaying dangerous advertisements and spying on users browsing activities.

WebSaver is a malicious program listed as an adware and a PUP (potentially unwanted program) that gets installed onto users computers without their knowledge. It works as a browser add-on and can be added to all most popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Even though developers of this adware state that it would enhance your browsing experience by providing you with some valuable coupons and deals, they are completely useless. Furthermore, it can be harmful both to your personal information and computer.

Ads by WebSaver most of the time appear on e-commerce websites like Amazon or eBay. However, you should not click on them as they are fake and you will get no benefit of it and you will be redirected to a third parties websites that may be infected and do harm to your computer.

If that’s not enough malicious activities by this adware, we can mention that it also gathers users’ personal data like search queries, top visited sites and browsing history. This information is transferred to third parties. They use it to make ads more attractive to you by adjusting them according to given information. WebSaver can be detected by most anti-malware programs, so if you noticed it on your computer, you should take action right now.

WebSaver is distributed via freebies. When you download some software from the Internet for free, there is a possibility that WebSaver is bundled with it. In order to avoid this malicious program being installed on your computer, be very careful running the installation wizard of software that has been downloaded from a suspicious looking website. Do not skip any steps and opt out for a custom or advanced install mode to make sure you are aware of what are you installing. Pay close attention to terms and conditions as well.

In case your computer is already infected with this adware, we highly recommend to scan your PC with a trustworthy anti-malware program like Spyhunter or malwarebytes and it will remove it automatically. If you prefer to perform this manually, feel free to follow our WebSaver removal guide given below.

Using Control Panel to remove the main WebSaver 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 WebSaver 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 WebSaver from Internet Explorer

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

Removing WebSaver from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything WebSaver 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 WebSaver from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to WebSaver. 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.

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