SaveForYou is an adware program that is commonly bundled with other free programs that you download off of the Internet.
Unfortunately, some free downloads do not adequately disclose that other software will also be installed and you may find that you have installed SaveForYou without your knowledge.SaveForYou is advertised as a programs that displays coupons for sites you are visiting and competitive prices when you are viewing product pages at sites like Amazon. Though this may sound like a useful service, the SaveForYou program can be intrusive and will display ads whether you want them to or not.
The SaveForYou adware infection is designed specifically to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.
SaveForYou it’s technically not a virus, but it does exhibit plenty of malicious traits, such as rootkit capabilities to hook deep into the operating system, browser hijacking, and in general just interfering with the user experience. The industry generally refers to it as a “PUP,” or potentially unwanted program.
SaveForYou is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner, search, pop-up, pop-under, interstitial and in-text link advertisements) cross web browser plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome, and distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. SaveForYou is typically added when you install another free software (video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators) that had bundled into their installation this adware program. When you install these free programs, they will also install SaveForYou as well. Some of the programs that are known to bundle SaveForYou include “Youtube Downloader HD”, “Fast Free Converter”, “Video Media Player 1.1″ and “DVDX Player 3.2″.
When installed, SaveForYou browser extension will display advertising banners on the webpages that you are visiting, stating that they are brought to you by “SaveForYou”.
SaveForYou may also display pop-up advertisements, in-text ads and as you browse Internet, it will show coupons and other deals available on different websites. Warning, this program is very aggressive adware. Not only does it hijack the user’s browser and settings, it hijacks visited web sites by injecting its own advertising over the web sites ads including Adsense.
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