2014年8月21日星期四

What is Savings Bull? - How to remove Savings Bull?

What is Savings Bull?

Savings Bull is one application that you should not trust because of its’ malicious activities. It is listed as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) and an adware. You can visit its’ official website at www.Savings Bull.com to get an all-around view about this application. You can find Terms of Use and Privacy policy of this application at that same website. Please notice, that there is no valid contact information, therefore you can’t be sure who is responsible for this piece of software and this fact makes both Terms of Use and Privacy policy completely null and void. However, after a little bit of research we found out that Savings Bull was developed and published by WebPick Internet Holdings Ltd. This company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel (found in 2010) and provides its’ clients with various solutions of online advertising in order to grow web traffic and monetise various websites.  I bet you have already noticed that it is not possible to download Savings Bull from its’ official website. Why? Because it is distributed using fishy distribution methods. Usually this application comes bundled with other free software downloaded from the Internet. So there is a chance that you are not even aware that Savings Bull is operating on your computer. By the matter of fact, if your system is infected with Savings Bull, this application will automatically start every time you turn on your computer.


If you look through the Private Policy of this application, you will see the line stating “We may collect certain information about your web usage and websites you have visited, which may be shared with third parties and used for advertising.”. I.e. that Savings Bull will collect your private information. If that is not enough, it will be transferred to third parties. And if you are wondering what those “third parties” could be, let me answer this quick – anyone! That means that various cyber criminals, like scammers or developers of malicious software can be using Savings Bull as a channel to advertise their products or services and they will be able to see your private information, such as browsing history or search queries. It is not big deal as this information can’t be used against you, but they will make changes to their ads based on given information. That means, that all those ads displayed on your web browser by Savings Bull will be extremely relevant to your browsing habits and it will be tough not to click on them. However, you should stay strong and not click on ads by Savings Bull for one elementary reason – you click on ad, you get redirected. And no one knows where you are going to end up. There is a chance that you will face a malicious website that will infect your computer with even more malware.

Lets get back to the Savings Bull application as an object a little bit. It is a browser add-on that can be added to all most popular web browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Don’t forget that in case your computer was infected with Savings Bull, you need to remove this adware from all web browsers that are installed on your OS (see removal instructions below). Once installed, it will display various advertisements on your web browsers. They can come in a form of pop-up or banner ads of various websites. By the definition at Savings Bull official website, it should be an useful application that would help you to save both your time and money when shopping online by providing you with various coupons, deals and commercial offers. There is a glimpse of truth – it will display various offers in a form of pop-up ads (especially on an e-commerce websites like Amazon or eBay) but it will not save nor your time or money. All those offers from third parties can be fake and you already know that you should not click on them.

A lot of users think that it is a virus because they don’t remember installing it. It is not a dangerous virus that can cause a lot of damage itself, but you should be aware that it can lead you to some more serious cyber security problems, therefore it needs to be uninstalled as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the higher is the possibility that your computer will get infected with other malware.

As mentioned before, Savings Bull is distributed bundled with other free software. That being said, if you want to avoid installing this malicious application, you should be very careful during the installation of free software downloaded from a suspicious looking websites. Do not skip any steps and opt out for a custom or advanced install mode if possible (this will allow you to see all available options). Look for various checkboxes as they can be already checked for you and make sure that you don’t allow any additional software that you are not aware of to be installed alongside. If it too late for advise and your computer is already infected with Savings Bull malware, we highly recommend to scan your computer with a trustworthy anti-malware, such as Spyhunter or malwarebytes. It will detect and remote virus automatically. Moreover, your computer will be protected from similar malware in the future as well. In case you don’t want to use any additional software and perform this all by yourself, you can follow our step-by-step Savings Bull removal instructions given below. It is really simple and you will be able to accomplish it even if you are just a beginner computer user.

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