Remove MySafeSavings Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Long story short, MySafeSavings saves you nothing. Don’t let this program’s tricky name mislead you; MySafeSavings has nothing to do with your online shopping experience. On the other hand, it does have quite a lot to do with viruses. Classified as adware as well as a potentially unwanted program (PUP), this application starts wreaking havoc the minute your PC gets infected. Did you honestly believe MySafeSavings could be beneficial for you? Unfortunately, this thing is only beneficial for its developers as it helps them gain illegitimate profit online. The virus will help you save neither time nor money despite of what it promises. Therefore, it gives you absolutely no reason to be kept on board. Do the right thing. Uninstall the parasite and make sure you do so quickly. Adware is famous for its unpredictable behavior so MySafeSavings only becomes more dangerous as time passes. First of all, the virus infiltrated your machine behind your back. Secondly, it began messing with your browser settings immediately after installation. You will notice that your settings have been altered in order to serve hackers’ questionable purposes. Obviously, your own preferences and opinions are irrelevant. MySafeSavings also adds a browser extension which generates commercials. Now that your browsers are infected, you stumble across various advertisements in various shapes on every single website you visit. The never-ending pile of ads includes questionable pop-ups, questionable pop-unders, questionable banners, questionable interstitials… Well, you get the picture. None of the web links displayed by the virus is reliable simply because MySafeSavings is ad-supported. That means its developers wouldn’t hesitate to bombard you with corrupted web links if they get paid enough. What may happen to your computer once you click such a dangerous commercial is not hackers’ problem. It’s yours. Therefore, it’s highly recommended that you stay away from all pop-ups this sneaky infection brought to you. Don’t fall victim to hackers’ trickery because you might either end up on a compromised website filled with malware or get involved in some financial scam and lose money. Both options sound equally bad, don’t they? Behind the harmless facade of a shopping helper, MySafeSavings sneakily modifies your browser settings and even steals some personal data. Even though this virus usually collects IP addresses, email addresses, passwords, usernames, browsing history and search queries, it might spy on some bank account information as well. It goes without saying how dangerous that is because your private life online is not private anymore. There is no doubt that MySafeSavings has to be deleted as soon as possible.

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How did I get infected with?

PC infections are nothing but computer programs; they need to get installed properly before they start causing damage. You see where this is going, don’t you? If MySafeSavings is on board, that means at some point in the recent past it asked for permission and you agreed to download the parasite. A rule of thumb for the future – don’t trust unverified websites. The bundled software offered there is extremely unreliable as it might include various bonus infections. Unless you pay close attention to the process, you will end up installing the entire bundle with all parasites it contains. Does that sound like a fun experience? Adware applies the stealthy technique of freeware/shareware bundling but some much more harmful types of parasites (hijackers, ransomware, Trojans) travel the Web the same way. It’s definitely worth it to keep an eye out for potential threats unless you’re willing to jeopardize your very own safety. Opt for the advanced or custom option in the Setup Wizard and pay attention to the programs you give green light to. Avoid third-party commercials, spam email-attachments and spam messages from unknown senders. It’s much easier to prevent virus installation than to uninstall some nasty infection later on.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Apart from being absurdly useless, the MySafeSavings ads are also incredibly harmful. As we mentioned already, all web links this program generates are sponsored. That means none of them is safe. Once it invades your machine, the virus installs a malicious browser extension or an add-on which works just fine with three of the most commonly used browsers out there. MySafeSavings effectively infects Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer so there’s no escaping its shenanigans. Keep in mind that this program was originally developed to generate web traffic towards some questionable websites, not to enhance your browsing experience. As you could imagine, surfing the Web is no longer fun when you have to avoid intrusive and irritating commercials all the time. You will lose absolutely nothing by removing this nuisance; on the other hand, you will undoubtedly gain a lot. To delete the nasty MySafeSavings virus manually, please follow the detailed removal guide that you will find down below.

How Can I Remove MySafeSavings Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the MySafeSavings 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 MySafeSavings from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete MySafeSavings from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove MySafeSavings from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall MySafeSavings from Your Computer

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

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Type “Appwiz.cpl

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Locate the MySafeSavings 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 MySafeSavings 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

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

  • choose a preferred name.

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  • 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

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  • Then Troubleshoot information
  • Click on Reset Firefox

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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

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  • Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

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

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  • Close IE

Permanently Remove MySafeSavings 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.

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