Remove Save Box Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Save Box has nothing to do with boxes. If this pest of a program manages to spend enough time on your computer, you will find out that it has nothing to do with safety either. However, the sole fact that our article and the removal guide below exist should be enough of a proof that Save Box is malicious and should be deleted. This parasite is a potentially unwanted adware program which invades your system in silence and start wreaking havoc almost immediately. Long story short, the Save Box virus is yet one more pest to look out for when browsing the Web because it is highly malicious and incredibly undesirable. Of course, according to its developers, Save Box saves you time and money and enhances your overall online shopping experience. Do you really think you could possible believe anything hackers tell you? Why so? If you make the rookie mistake to keep this nuisance on board instead of deleting it, you’re exposing yourself to numerous dangers and threats. Not only does Save Box modify your browsers completely behind your back, it also floods your PC screen with useless advertisements, potentially malicious web links and very unreliable software updates. It goes without saying that this parasite enhances nothing and you truly have no reason to keep dealing with its shenanigans. As if the pile of pop-ups, pop-unders, interstitials and banners wasn’t enough to make you angry, you should also keep in mind that Save Box steals personal information. Where do you think your IP addresses, email addresses, search queries, pages visited, usernames and passwords end up? That is correct, straight into the hands of hackers. Now, even if for some reason they don’t sell your private data to questionable third parties (which they probably will), crooks simply cannot miss such a golden opportunity to gain profit at your expense. Therefore, they will use some other illegal monetizing platform and you could never be sure what exactly will happen to your private information after that. It’s pretty obvious that such a tricky technique puts you in a very vulnerable position and even though financial scams and, the absolute worst case scenario – identity theft, happen relatively rarely, they are not a threat to be taken lightly. If you don’t insist of becoming a sponsor to crooks, you should get rid of the parasite before it manages to get out of control. Remember, the sooner you eliminate the parasite from your PC system, the better.

How did I get infected with?

Do you have any memories of the moment when Save Box asked for your permission to get installed and you agreed to it? Probably not. Adware-type parasites usually don’t bother to search for your consent as they apply mainly secretive and sneaky techniques in order to get downloaded. That means, unless you’re very attentive and always careful when surfing the Web, you could accidentally infest your very own machine with malware. Our advice for you is to never skip installation steps, especially when dealing with freeware or shareware bundles because they offer an extremely convenient infiltration method for all kinds of parasites. Furthermore, adware might be relatively easy to remove but Trojans, for example, travel the Web using the same tactic. Opt for the Custom or Advanced option in the Setup Wizard instead of the Basic one and make sure you’re aware of the programs included in the bundle. Otherwise you might accidentally give green light to a whole bunch of cyber threats attached to the safe software as some sort of bonuses. Only this is the kind of bonuses which causes a massive headache later on. Also, stay away from unverified websites, avoid clicking spam messages or spam email-attachments and never install software that you don’t trust.

Why are these ads dangerous?

To begin with, Save Box was originally supposed to save you time and money, right? It does none of that. As you’re soon to be convinced, the only thing this virus has to offer you, is its never-ending pile of lies and deceit. Once Save Box successfully tricks you into installing it, your browsers will be the first ones to experience the parasite’s constant manipulations. Having in mind that the virus is perfectly compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, it’s pretty clear that whatever browser you attempt to use, your Internet activity will be seriously disrupted by the infection’s trickery. Thanks to the malicious browser extension that Save Box installs (again, without your permission), you will be seeing an impressively rich parade of coupons, discounts, deals, offers, etc. on every single web page you click open. As we mentioned, the virus doesn’t discriminate between safe and corrupted ads so you could be more than certain some of the “useful” commercials currently on your PC screen are malicious and very harmful. Clicking the wrong ad might automatically install malware on your already compromised machine but as you can see, this is not a risk worth taking. There is no doubt that Save Box will drag you into trouble if given the opportunity so don’t hesitate. If you decide to uninstall the parasite manually, please follow the detailed removal guide that you will find down below.

How Can I Remove Save Box Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Save Box infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Uninstall Save Box from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Save Box from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Save Box from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Save Box from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Save Box program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Save Box from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
• Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
• If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
• go to settings – Add person

• choose a preferred name.

• then go back and remove person 1
• Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable and remove any unknown add on
• Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

• Open IE
• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Go to Toolbars and Extensions
• Disable any suspicious extension.
• If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
• On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
• Click on Internet options

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

• Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Save Box Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.