How to Remove Dollar Saver Virus (Chrome/Edge/Firefox) | Updated

Dollar Saver is presented as a decent application which helps you save money. The program is meant to provide you with coupons and shows you various deals and bargains you can take advantage of. Though, this is not what Dollar Saver actually does.

In fact, this application is categorized as a potentially unwanted program which floods your monitor with tonnes of useless pop-up advertisements every time you try to browse the web. Or, in other words, Dollar Saver is a typical adware application. As soon as you realize this fact, it becomes crystal clear that the negatives far outweigh the positives.

The truth is that Dollar Saver does only provide you with unreliable pop-ups, which are capable of bringing more malware on the system, but it also threatens your personal security by spying on your browsing activity and stealing your private information. In case you want to avoid all the aforementioned, you should erase Dollar Saver from your PC as soon as possible.

Dollar Saver uses various methods for distribution to infiltrate your virtual machine undetected. The most common of these methods is by using freeware bundles which provide the easiest access point. Most computer users often skip reading the terms and conditions during the freeware’s installation process and simply agree to everything in a hurry. However, what they don’t know is the fact that freeware is usually bundled with malware, thus they should be extremely careful during its installation.

Actually, Dollar Saver doesn’t only rely on freeware to sneak on your PC. Very often, the application uses corrupted websites, corrupted links, and spam email attachments to get in. Also, it can pose as a bogus system or program update. Considering these facts, you can see that there are many ways Dollar Saver can trick you into allowing its installation. Though, one thing is absolutely certain – you must be very careful while setting up new software on your computer in order to avoid letting any malware in.

Just like every advertising-supported application, Dollar Saver has to generate pay-per-click revenue for the third parties behind it, in order to continue its operations. That is the reason why the unwanted program floods your monitor with so many pop-up advertisements. Every ad that you click on, equals profits for the people hiding behind the tool. Nevertheless, the intrusive adverts will be the least of your concerns compared to everything else which Dollar Saver might cause you.

The adware application has the ability to keep track of your browsing activities and record every move you make online. Once the program has collected enough information about you, it sends it to the aforementioned third parties, who can use it for malicious purposes. To avoid this, the only thing you should do is to remove Dollar Saver from your virtual machine immediately. As soon as the program is removed, the ads which it displays will be terminated.

Dollar Saver Virus Uninstall

STEP-1 Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you know how to do this, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.
Safe Mode with Networking
For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌
Windows 8 Safe Mode with Network
Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.
win10 safemode 1
While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.
win10 safemode 2

STEP-2Please, follow the steps precisely to remove Dollar Saver Virus from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.
firefox extensions
Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).
chrome extensions

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.
ie gear
Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

STEP-3

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

ff shortcut

STEP-4

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

appwiz

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

STEP-5

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

task manager

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

STEP-6

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

msconfig

Go to the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still cannot remove Dollar Saver Virus from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.

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