Savings Plugin
Posted: July 17, 2014
Threat Metric
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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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 237 |
First Seen: | July 17, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | May 29, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Savings Plugin is a browser extension that may generate random advertisements on your computer. The Savings Plugin may also install after loading random freeware programs or bundled software onto your system downloaded from the internet. The Savings Plugin may reduce performance of web browser applications due to it loading random ads on the screen while you are surfing the internet. The various Savings Plugin ads may be related to ones that attempt to offer various online savings deals or coupons through shopping online and on popular shopping websites. Removal of the Savings Plugin may require finding any other related components and removing each of them. Automatically eliminating Savings Plugin may take use of an updated antispyware application in some instances.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:SavingsPlugin.exe
File name: SavingsPlugin.exeSize: 4.03 MB (4032512 bytes)
MD5: c0023c258f375c42e182d27861246cbf
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 17, 2014
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\Savings Plugin-bg.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\Savings Plugin-bg.exe
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