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What is Plain Savings?

Plain Savings is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) claiming to enhance the Internet browsing experience by enabling features such as coupons or comparison shopping. This plug-in may appear legitimate and useful, however, Plain Savings is classed as adware.

These associations are made due to a deceptive free software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of third-party apps together with the chosen software) employed by this adware to install on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox) without users' permission.

Once installed, Plain Savings displays numerous intrusive online advertisements including banner, pop-up, transitional, interstitial, search, and full-page ads. It is highly probable that clicking these generated advertisements will cause high-risk adware or malware infections.

Plain Savings is regular adware and continually monitors and records various information regarding Internet browsing. For example: IP addresses, unique identifier numbers, websites visited, pages viewed, search queries, etc.

This collected data may include personally identifiable details, and therefore, the behavior of this PUP can result in serious privacy issues or identity theft. Plain Savings is one of several hundred rogue applications developed by SuperWeb LLC.

This company releases identical browser add-ons under different names (for example, Coupon Time, Ski Search, Edu App, etc.) to avoid detection by legitimate anti-virus and anti-spyware suites.

These apps provide no significant value for the user - their purpose is to display advertisements and share collected data with third parties to generate revenue. You are strongly advised to eliminate Plain Savings from your system immediately.

Close examination of Plain Savings reveals that it is mostly distributed via small programs called 'download clients' on freeware download websites such as download.com, softonic.com, etc.

Download clients are used to monetize these websites' free services and traffic by offering installation of advertised (according to the developers, '100% legitimate and virus-free') browser plug-ins together with the chosen free software. Despite these statements, reckless download and installation of freeware often results in adware or malware infections.

To prevent this situation, closely analyse each step of the free software download procedure and decline all offers to install additional apps. Furthermore, installation of downloaded programs should be performed using the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' options - this will reveal any hidden applications listed for installation and allow you to opt-out.

If you have installed Plain Savings, and you observe intrusive ads while surfing the Internet, follow the instructions below to uninstall this adware from your system.

Plain savings adware installer setup:

Plain Savings adware generating intrusive online ads (marked as 'Ads by Plain Savings'):

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Quick menu:

• What is Plain Savings?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Plain Savings application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Plain Savings adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Plain Savings ads from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Plain Savings' from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Plain Savings ads from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Plain Savings adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Plain Savings", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Plain Savings ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Plain Savings adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for "Plain Savings", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the plain savings adware, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Plain Savings", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the plain savings adware, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plugins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove "Plain Savings".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with plain savings adware removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the plain savings adware, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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