Savings Sidekick
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| Ranking: | 7,389 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 6,552 |
| First Seen: | January 7, 2013 |
| Last Seen: | September 20, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Savings Sidekick is an adware application that penetrates into a vulnerable PC without a computer user's consent. Savings Sidekick can be unknowingly downloaded together with software such as browser programs and download enhancers. Cybercrooks use such supposedly required tools to dupe web users into downloading Savings Sidekickm. Online users corrupted by Savings Sidekick are sustained on doubtful websites by forcing them to download dangerous applications in order to keep on surfing the website. When PC users installs software, they may not spot at once that Savings Sidekick has been also installed on the machine. Savings Sidekick will display pop-up advertisements and huge coupon discounts offers coming from deceptive websites. Savings Sidekick controls and records the affected PC user's Internet surfing activities, for instance, visited online marketplaces, to distribute ads and offers based on recent interests.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Savings Sidekick
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Savings Sidekick.dll.vir | 07b84c35ff02c056951a5118e853f2cb | 1,780 |
| 2. | Savings Sidekick.dll | 8c1ee1300250e100fcc72c1d9f7fcfe2 | 263 |
| 3. | Savings Sidekick.dll | 1eb7176a1cda5dd1876311c6dedad5f5 | 238 |
| 4. | Savings Sidekick.dll | 54f21be914de1f82359224a6a51f8b5f | 227 |
Registry Details
Directories
Savings Sidekick may create the following directory or directories:
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\Savings Sidekick |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\Savings Sidekick |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Savings Sidekick |
| %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Savings Sidekick |
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