Savings Wizard

Posted by Sarah Stewart on February 24, 2014

What is Savings Wizard?

Savings Wizard is one of those adware applications that display a lot of coupon deals and discount offers. It may seem like useful application that functions like a browser extension, especially if you are an avid online shopper. Nevertheless, computer security experts do not recommend keeping Savings Wizard on your computer, because this adware application displays a lot of this party content that cannot be reviewed or trusted. Therefore, it would be for the best if you remove Savings Wizard from your computer and then run a full system scan with a powerful antimalware tool. test test

Where does Savings Wizard come from?

We have encountered the home page for Savings Wizard at savings-wizard.com. Judging by its layout Savings Wizard is closely related to such applications a Savings Shield, Savings Scout and others. However, should you click the Download button on the site you will be told that the download is currently unavailable.

Nevertheless, there are a lot of users who report having Savings Wizard installed on their computers! This shows that Savings Wizard is distributed in more than just one method. It is clearly downloaded and installed on various computers worldwide with other freeware applications. Hence, if you download a freeware application from a third party file hosting page, follow the installation wizard carefully, because it may be bundled with additional (i.e. unnecessary) applications.

What does Savings Wizard do?

Savings Wizard says that it can “keep more money in your pocket”. It means to say that this application gathers information on various deals and offers from over a thousand online shopping malls and then provide you with the information that is based on your overall browsing history. Savings Wizard works with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers and it constantly displays pop-ups that are embedded with third party content.

The biggest problem with Savings Wizard is that this application does review the third party content it displays. In other words, it may accidentally expose you to corrupted links and suspicious websites that might be involved in shady marketing schemes or worse – malware distribution. It is very unlikely that you will get infected with malware with Savings Wizard, but such a possibility exists and you should not overlook it.

How to remove Savings Wizard?

It is very likely that you have not intended to install Savings Wizard on your computer. Therefore, remove the application and then run a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner to detect other potentially unwanted programs Savings Wizard might have arrived with. Delete all the unwanted applications and then invest in a computer security tool that will guard your system from dangerous threats. Also, if you have any further questions Savings Wizard or your computer security in general, please do not hesitate to contact us by leaving a comment in the box below.