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Published Feb 26, 2013 | Updated Jul 11, 2017

Adware:Win32/Gisav

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider (ESET) Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 (BitDefender) AppRider (Sophos) Adware.Plugin.14 (Dr.Web)

Summary

Adware:Win32/Gisav is an adware program that displays offers related to your web browsing habits. It can be downloaded from the program's website.

You can use the following scanning and removal tools to detect and remove Adware:Win32/Gisav and other unwanted software from your computer:

When this adware is installed it also creates an uninstaller in Control Panel. However, running this uninstaller causes more unwanted software to be installed on your computer.

After removal, you will also need to remove the browser extensions, as explained in the recovery section below.

We detect Adware:Win32/Gisav because it opens advertisements that appear independently outside the context of the program, website, or other source the advertisements are promoting.

For more information about how and why we identify unwanted software, such as Adware:Win32/Gisav, please see our evaluation criteria resource page.

You can use the following scanning and removal tools to detect and remove Adware:Win32/Gisav and other unwanted software from your computer:

When this adware is installed it also creates an uninstaller in Control Panel. However, running this uninstaller causes more unwanted software to be installed on your computer.

This can be seen in the screenshot below:

This adware also makes changes to your web browser.

More information about how to remove these browser extensions can be found below:

Removing Internet Explorer browser extensions:

Disabling third-party tools and Browser Helper Objects in Internet Explorer

Removing Chrome browser extensions:
  1. Open Chrome, click on the settings icon, and navigate to Tools > Extensions
  2. Select "Giant Savings" from the list of extensions, and click Uninstall.

 Removing Firefox browser extensions:

  1. Open Firefox and navigate to Tools > Add-ons
  2. Select "Giant Savings" from the list of add-ons, and click Uninstall.
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