SaveNShare
Posted: September 11, 2013
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 6,075 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 775 |
First Seen: | September 11, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 16, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
SaveNShare is an adware program that displays coupons and other shopping-related offers in your browser, theoretically to help you find good prices on your online purchases. While its external intentions may seem to be beneficial, SaveNShare has been found guilty of having many attributes associated with low-level PC threats, including preventing its easy uninstallation and being installed without your acknowledgment. Because SaveNShare often is installed along with several other types of unwanted and distrustful programs, SpywareRemove.com malware experts find it optimal to use anti-malware software for removing SaveNShare and any other questionable browser add-ons that could have been installed along with SaveNShare.
SaveNShare: Sharing All the Advertisements You Could Ever (not) Want in Your Browser
SaveNShare is an adware program that markets its advertising functions as enhancements to your ability to shop online, similar to Coupon Pigeon, Coupon Buddy or Lucky Leap. While SaveNShare does provide shopping-related advertisements that may offer you useful deals, malware researchers warn that SaveNShare is unlikely to sort its advertisements according to the best possible bargains or perform any extensive sorting of coupons to filter legitimate ones from expired or fraudulent ones. SaveNShare also offers limited controls for determining how its content is displayed and by default injects its advertisements into various popular sites, such as Ebay and Amazon. This behavior is sufficient to classify SaveNShare as an adware program that usually should be deleted.
However, additional browser problems often accompany any normal SaveNShare installation. SaveNShare also may be installed along with Websearch.simplesearches.info hijackers and the SearchNewTab PUP (or Potentially Unwanted Program). Most installation methods for these three programs may install them without warning, and avoiding sites known for distributing unwanted an unwanted browser add-on like SaveNShare is the most reliable way to keep SaveNShare at a safe distance from your computer.
Saving Yourself the Bother of Dealing with SaveNShare
Because SaveNShare's history has a tendency to include multiple infections consisting of several additional PUPs and other PC threats besides itself, any means of uninstalling SaveNShare also should take into account the possible presence of several other unwanted and potentially damaging programs. The use of anti-malware software obviously is the easiest way to remove SaveNShare while still being certain of detecting any other PC threats. With respect to the advertisements on display by SaveNShare, SpywareRemove.com malware experts have not classified them as hazardous but do continue to recommend all of the normal precautions regarding participating in online offers from third party sources. Such advertisements often are used to promote scamware or phishing attacks that may cause extra problems for you besides those directly related to SaveNShare.
SaveNShare and many other adware programs may install themselves through the use of software bundles that require your consent but request it in a disingenuous way. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend being particularly cautious about browser add-ons that claim to enhance your shopping experience, your search results or your overall browser performance, all of which often are part of tactics designed to install adware, browser hijackers and various other PUPS.
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