Threat Database Adware Safe Save Ads

Safe Save Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 60 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 2
First Seen: March 28, 2017
Last Seen: December 8, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Adware on your system may generate the ads by Safe Save in your browser, which appear as banners, ad boxes, pop-up windows, hyperlinks in bold and overlays. The Safe Save adware may have entered your system as an optional component to a free program installer, which many users may handle with the 'Express' and 'Typical' option that does not allow users to make a careful selection of the components they want to be installed. The Safe Save adware functions may drop its files to the Temp folder and works similarly to the Savings Play and the Browse to Save adware. The Safe Save adware may be compatible with modern Web browsers like Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Pale Moon and Internet Explorer. Computer security experts alert that the Safe Save adware may inject insecure code into the browsers that employ the Trident, Gecko and WebKit rendering engines. The Safe Save adware may not be represented by an add-on in the Extensions Manager of your browser because it is designed to work in the system's background.

The advertisements provided by Safe Save may be presented as a panel on the right side of your browser window that can be dragged and pops up when you open online stores like Amazon and eBay. Additionally, the Safe Save adware is reported to scan the pages you open, highlight words in a text and hyperlink those words to products on untrusted online stores. When you explore sites dedicated to computer security and optimization, the Safe Save adware may bring up a banner that is located on the bottom of your browser window and suggest the user's PC has critical errors and there is software that can improve your system's performance. The Safe Save adware may invite users to install system optimizers like Junk Cleaner and DailyPCClean, which are classified as riskware. The marketing materials provided via Safe Save may include links to corrupted software and phishing pages. The Safe Save adware may record your input on search services like Google and Bing and improve its targeted advertising. It is possible that users affected by the Safe Save adware may experience redirects to insecure pages. You can eliminate the Safe Save adware with the help of a trusted anti-malware utility.

File System Details

Safe Save Ads may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. C:\ProgramData\safe save\51b9f69153a80.dll 0f449a5256bcfd0c8d914040735f55de
2. "C:\ProgramData\safe save\uninstall.exe" /path=C:\ProgramData\safe save
3. 51b9f69153a80.dll

URLs

Safe Save Ads may call the following URLs:

safesaver.net

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