savenow.exe – Here is the scoop on Spreda.B Virus as it pertains to computer network security. The big question: what is savenow.exe and is it spyware, a trojan and if so, how do I get rid of Spreda.B Virus?
savenow.exe (Spreda.B Virus) – Details
If a process named savenow.exe is running on your computer, you may have been infected with a strain of the Spreda.B virus.
savenow.exe is considered to be a security risk, not only because antivirus programs flag Spreda.B Virus as a virus, but also because a number of users have complained about its performance.
Spreda.B Virus is likely a virus and as such, presents a serious vulnerability which should be fixed immediately! Delaying the removal of savenow.exe may cause serious harm to your system and will likely cause a number of problems, such as slow performance, loss of data or leaking private information to websites.
Savenow and WhenU
Although we have never associated SaveNow.exe with WhenU, we recently received the following email and thought it only fair to post it. The message seems to come from WhenU legal affairs department and they seem to be writing websites claiming that information about savenow.exe is inaccurate. WhenU is assuming that anyone referring to SaveNow is associating it with WhenU.
Do a search for savenow.exe and you’ll find an incredible number of websites containing information
about savenow used as a virus, trojan and more. If WhenU is attempting to contact all these site, then they are taking on a daunting task. It would be far easier to use a different filename!
Regardless, here is a copy of the email appearing to be from WhenU. Contact information has been
edited to prevent unwanted solicitations.
Dear Sir or Madame:
I am WhenU’s [edited] of Business & Legal Affairs and oversee legal compliance and consumer privacy protection at WhenU. I am writing to inform you that you have inaccurate information on your website. I have attached a snapshot of the page in question. The application savenow.exe is no longer distributed by WhenU (the current application is save.exe), and when it was, it presented no risk to the user’s computer.
WhenU Save and SaveNow are advertising programs that show consumers an average of three ads per day. Our software can only be installed with complete user consent to receive the ads and full disclosure of WhenU’s industry leading privacy protection standards. We are fully supportive of the TRUSTe Trusted Download Certification Program, and our applications fully comply with TRUSTe criteria. We are confident that we will be among the first companies certified with the TRUSTe Trusted Download Certification Program.
As our software is client-side software, we do not track user’s clickstream data, collect or sell user profiles or cause any of the symptoms common to virus/spyware programs (i.e. identity theft, keylogging, browser hijacking, home page changes, system slow down, excessive numbers of pop-up ads, redirects, etc.). We do not distribute via affiliate networks due to the difficulty in monitoring compliance with our strict distribution guidelines. WhenU has been recognized for our consumer privacy protection standards by leading consumer advocates. You can read more about our best practices at http://www.whenu.com/overview_of_practices.html.
Certain programs detect our software simply because we show advertisements. We often find that the publishers of these applications have never installed our software and are not aware of the great care we take in fully educating consumers and requiring consent. When these publishers take the time to educate themselves about WhenU, our software is quickly de-listed (as was the case with Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware). I invite you to review distribution of our software via a distribution bundle at http://www.singerscreations.com/AboutWeatherWatcher.asp.
Your classification of SaveNow is inaccurate and damaging. As our software presents no risk, I trust that you will rectify this situation immediately.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Regards.
SAVENOW.EXE – Disclaimer
Every attempt has been made to provide you with the correct information for savenow.exe or SPREDA.B VIRUS. Many spyware / malware programs use filenames of usual, non-malware programs. If we have included information about savenow.exe that is inaccurate, we would greatly appreciate your help by leaving a comment with the correct information below and we’ll do our best to correct it.
You should verify the accuracy of information we provided about savenow.exe.
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