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Adware:Win32/SaveShare
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
This adware program displays advertisements when you use search engines without asking for your consent.
We detect Adware:Win32/SaveShare because it opens advertisements that appear independently outside the context of the program, website, or other source the advertisements are promoting. You can see examples of these ads on the Technical information tab.
Our evaluation criteria resource page has more information on how and why we identify unwanted software.
This program might create an uninstaller called "syaveNsHaRue a" that can be accessed from the Control Panel.
- For Windows 8, open the Start screen, type Uninstall and then go to Settings. In the search results, go to Uninstall a program.
- For Windows 7 and Vista, open the Start menu and navigate to Control Panel>Programs>Uninstall a Program
- For XP, open the Start menu and navigate to Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs
You can use the following scanning and removal tools to detect and prevent this program and other unwanted software from installing onto your computer:
- Microsoft Security Essentials or, for Windows 8, Windows Defender
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
