SaveClicker or Save Clicker is an adware program that distributes advertisements on the major search engines like Google by modifying the search results. SaveClicker positions its own results in the best spots so that its victims will click on them.
Even though SaveClicker’s “official” website basically states that the add-on will save you time by offering you discounts on awesome products, the search results that are highlighted are anything but trustworthy and it’s better to avoid messing around with them so that you don’t cause even more privacy issues for your computer.
SaveClicker can also create banners or pop-ups on the pages of websites you visit with your browser. Please note that SaveClicker can affect Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
How to remove SaveClicker ?
Reset your browser (if necessary)
If you still see traces of SaveClicker after following all the steps above you can reset your browser performing this operation:
- Open Chrome.
- Click on the Chrome menu button
on the browser toolbar. - Select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page, search for Show advanced settings.
- Scroll down once again to the end of the page and click Reset browser settings button.
- Click Reset once more.
- Open Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button.
- Go over to the Help sub-menu, then select Troubleshooting Information.
- Click on the Repair Firefox button and confirm.
- Mozilla Firefox will automatically restart.
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on the gear icon
, in the upper right part of your browser, then click again on Internet Options.. - Click on the Advanced tab, then click on the Reset button.
- Enable the checkbox Delete personal Settings and click on the Reset button.
- When Internet Explorer has completed its task, click on the Close button in the confirmation dialogue box.
Remove SaveClicker with AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner is a useful tool made to delete unwanted toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner needs no set up and can be ran in a instantaneous to examine your system.
- Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop :
Download AdwCleaner - Double-click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool (Windows Vista/7/8 users : right-click and select Run As Administrator).
- Click on the Scan button.
- After the scan has finished, click on the Clean button..
- Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.
Remove SaveClicker with Junkware Removal Tool
Junkware Removal Tool is a security utility that searches for and removes common adware, toolbars, and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) from your computer. A common tactics among freeware publishers is to offer their products for free, but bundle them with PUPs in order to earn revenue. This tool will help you remove these types of programs.
- Download Junkware Removal Tool (Official link and direct-download) :
Download Junkware Removal Tool - Select JRT.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator
- If User Account Control asks you to allow JRT.exe to make changes to your computer, press Yes to continue..
- Close all your browsers, save any work and then press any key to continue.
- When Junkware Removal Tool is done scanning and removing malicious items from your computer a logfile will open.
Remove SaveClicker with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is an important security program for any computer user to have installed on their computer. It is light-weight, fast, and best of all, excellent at removing the latest infections like SaveClicker.
- Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection) - Double-click mbam-setup-consumer.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for SaveClicker.
- When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
- Reboot your computer if prompted.
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