Remove SavingsCool Adware

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SavingsCool is a malicious adware application. With a name like SavingsCool, the tool’s agenda is no surprise. It claims to help you save money. If you wonder how it manages that, it’s simple! The program offers information on the best deals and bargains online. It provides news of the latest sales. As well as, give you a variety of coupons, you can use. And, that all sounds amazing! Too bad it’s not true. It’s one big lie. The application spins a web of lies, and sells it as convincing sad it can. Make site NOT to fall for its deception! The program does NOT save you money! It ends up costing you – time, and energy. And, given enough time, even money. So, the question is, will you grant it the time it needs to throw you into a whirl of grievances? Or, will you protect yourself from its hazardous touch? Do what’s best for you, and your system, and pick the latter. As soon as you become aware of the infection’s presence on your PC, act! Find its exact hiding place. And, get rid of it as soon as you do. Do NOT delay the adware’s deletion! The longer it remains, the worse your predicament gets. So, get rid of it. ASAP.

How did I get infected with?

The adware duped you into installing it yourself. Oh, yes. Tools, like SavingsCool, need user’s permission to enter. No adware can access a system, without user’s consent. The program has to ask whether you agree to install it. Only if you comply, can it proceed with admission. Do you recall the exchange? Do you remember saying YES to the adware? Well, you did. Odds are, you have no memory of doing it. And, that’s not surprising. Don’ be too hard on yourself. After all, don’t think the adware is straightforward. It’s anything but! It doesn’t outright pop up to seek consent. If it did, it risks rejection. And, it can’t have you denying it. So, instead, it turns to the covert approach. It uses slyness and finesse to fool you, and slither in, unnoticed. The usual methods, it turns to, include the following. It hitches a ride with freeware or spam emails. Or, hides behind corrupted links, and sites. Or, pretends to be a system or program update. Like, Adobe Flash Player or Java. Do you spot the common denominator? Neither method can prove successful without a key component. Your carelessness. Infections prey on it. They need you to rush, and give into distraction, and gullibility. SavingsCool is no different. Don’t oblige! Do yourself a favor, and go the opposite direction. Instead of trowing caution to the wind, be extra careful. Don’t rush, but take your time. Double-check everything. And, remember! Even a little extra attention goes a long way.

Why is this dangerous?

SavingsCool claims to offer you with money-saving tools. How do you imagine it provides you with the supposed coupons, sales, and so on? Well, simple! It bombards you with ads. You get flooded with in-text, banner, and pop-up ads. But it’s not only advertisements that appear on screen. Oh, no. You also get redirected to a bunch of suspicious-looking sites. The adware forces these intrusions on you with the pretext of assistance. It claims they’re essential for your money-saving. Well, they’re not. They offer no assistance. In fact, all they do, is worsen your situation. Everything, the adware, trows at you, is malicious and unreliable. Trust nothing you see! And, what’s more important, click nothing you see! To press even a single pop-up, is to invite further damages into your PC. So, don’t. Do your best to ignore the intrusions. That may prove a difficult feat, considering you suffer ads and redirects, at every turn. If you so much as touch your browser, your screen gets showered with interference. And, that’s not only a huge annoyance. It brings more issues your way. The incessant disruptions cause frequent system crashes. As well as, slow down your computer to a crawl. The adware makes going online utter hell. And, that’s not even the worst part. These are the minor inconveniences that get forced on you. You encounter worse. The absolute worst of which is the security issue. The SavingsCool tool threatens to steal and expose your sensitive data. Yes, it spies on your browsing habits from the moment it invades. And, it doesn’t only observe. It also records. And, when it deems it has gathered enough data, proceeds to send it. To whom? Well, to the unknown individuals, who published it. Strangers with agendas. Don’t allow that. Protect your PC. Protect your privacy. Delete the SavingsCool adware. ASAP.

How to Remove SavingsCool virus

The SavingsCool infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the SavingsCool 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: Track down SavingsCool in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate SavingsCool startup location

STEP 3: Delete SavingsCool traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down SavingsCool in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate SavingsCool startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean SavingsCool virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean SavingsCool traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the SavingsCool by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by SavingsCool

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for SavingsCool, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove SavingsCool argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove SavingsCool Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.