What is save.exe? Is save.exe spyware or a virus?

How to fix save.exe related problems?
1. Run Security Task Manager to check your save process
2. Run SpeedUpMyPC to fix related speed issues
3. Run Spyware Doctor to remove persistent malware

Process name: Save

Product: Save

Company: WhenU.com among others

File: save.exe

Security Rating: 5


The most common file with the name "save.exe" is an adware program:http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/save.exe.html 

The "save"-adware displays advertisements in pop-up windows whenever certain websites are visited.
It creates the folder Save inside the system's Program Files directory, then drops certain files into this folder in order to perform its adware routine.
It also uninstalls the software SaveNow from the infected machine.
You have to check the full path and the properties of this file to decide if it is dangerous or not.

If you can not remove save.exe (because you can not locate it, or it is in use), download Security Task Manager. This program can kill the process, delete or quarantine this file, or just list all security related information about this file and all other running background processes.


Click to Run a Free Malware Scan for the save.exe worm.


Users Opinions

Average user rating of save.exe: 3 based on 99 votes. Read also the 63 reviews.

535 users ask for this file. 24 users rated it as not dangerous. 6 users rated it as not so dangerous. 17 users rated it as neutral. 26 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 26 users rated it as dangerous. 9 users didn't rate it ("don't know").


All comments about save.exe:
rate3 SAVE!/SAVENOW is installed on your computer as a module that comes with WeatherCast or ClockSync or other software that you downloaded from the Internet. At that time, you accepted a SAVE!/SAVENOW license agreement as part of the download process you completed.   Chris Currie
rate4 adware  
rate4 Nechutný hnusák. Evil shit.   jocha
rate0 comes also with kazaa...   Seb
rate5 Comes with free download manager & acuires CPU resources. The PC gets slow.   kapil
rate4 Sometimes it uses a lot of memory from my pc, very annoying, I ended up uninstalling bearshare and all related files. One mistake I'll never make again :P   p00Pman
rate1 dont worry it saves your data and notes everything   Alex raptor
rate4 Pop-up irratator& Profiler   Drew
rate3 comes with bear share too but I couldn't resist  See also: Link   paul
rate1 Comes with bearshare   Dazza
rate3 comes with BearShare for examp.   Tiny
rate1 save.exe is also the name of the client that ships with the professional backup software Legato Networker. Killing that process will kill an in-progress backup.  See also: Link   Lee
rate4 This file is an adware. It comes with useless ClockSync software.   Cesar C.A.
rate4 anything that asks for internect connection cant be good bear share runs fine without it  
rate5 Well, it comes with bearshare has some of the nastyest ad's i've ever seen _  See also: Link   Aaron5367
rate3 It slowed my computer down. If you find it, don't bother to keep it.   Piwee
rate5 irritating as phuck. makes the pc slow. i look at it as ad-ware.   Nemui Neko
rate4 My employee downloaded it. Caused problems.   George Foreman
rate5 comes with bearshare   Ivona
rate2 Die Datei save.exe kommt mit Bareshare lassen sie die Datei einfach nich starten so is es kein Problem und der CPU ist nich überlastet   dani
rate2 Bearshare   venom
rate2 it came with bearshare and slowed my computer far to slow   jethro
rate1 This is also an executable run by Legato Networker backup  See also: Link  
rate0 comes with realplayer or edonkey   dirk
rate5 annoying leads to many pop ups  
rate4 It comes as a condition of operating bearshare for free....the trick is that bearshare only requires that it be installed on your computer, you can quarantine, deactivate, etc. as long as the file itself is on your system somewhere. Not a problem once you stop it from doing everything it's supposed to --- then you got bearshare for free. If anybody knows a better psp system let me know.   Zen82
rate4 Die Datei "Save.exe" wird. u.a. bei der Installation des Downloadprogramms "Bearshare" zusammen mit "Weather Cast" installiert. Sie können es unter systemsteuerung - Software deinstallieren. Ich empfehle aber noch, den "Spybot Search and Destroy" zu installieren um es endgültig zu beseitigen.   Karl-Heinz
rate3 Adware. downloaded with a trashy prog 'fastmind' wasnt thinking too fast at the time!   Bob
rate1 It doesn't really do anything if you have like a Windows XP, it's just an annoying program. This is why I use Limewire.  See also: Link   Xavier
rate5 WhenUSaveNow adware. Bearshare "safe" people, Bearshare is "ad-supported". Hello Mr. Adware.   Kisara
rate5 It's your common run of the mill adware and profiler, comes with most file sharing and P2P Network software, commonly bundled with freeware.   Sean
rate4 just be on system process and consume some memory/cpu... when I install BSPlayer.. it install "whenU Save" (save.exe) as supporting   HFelix
rate2 Not going to render your computer useless like malware. Comes with bearshare and may slow down performance a bit.  
rate3 Now bundled with Daemon tools  
rate1 Comes with free BSplayer.  See also: Link   Chris
rate5 it conected to the internet and i din't know about it except later   ABLS
rate1 Comes with BSplayer , consumes lot of CPU when browsing the net   Tovarnik
rate4 bearshar, slow down pc, popups   trushy
rate5 comes with BSplayer   Rick
rate3 I got it with BSplayer   Leo
rate4 comes with bsplayer  
rate2 it comes with When Usave in bsplayer   didu
rate1 i got this annoying "offline-popup-crap-thing" from http://themexp.org ... it is within every file that you download there ... together with "NewDotNet" ... another annoying and dangerous tool. but it is easy to delete ... you just need to find it, stop the process with taskmanager and delete the whole folder ... and done ^^   brisc
rate4 Downloaded it with "Amazing CD & DVD Burner". NOD32 didn't find it, nor did Lavasofts' Ad-Aware SE Personal. It has created a folder in Program Files named "Save" with *.exe and some other files, and made some registry edits, which can be found if trying to find "WhenU".   taraCkaans
rate5 WhenUSaveNow adware. Bearshare "safe" people, It's your common run of the mill adware and profiler, comes with most file sharing and P2P Network software, commonly bundled with freeware Bearshare is "ad-supported".   suhail
rate4 When You Save - Some Freeware applications Install this. This is spyware that when you visit some sites you will get a popup to a site with a better price. Should remove  
rate5 when i try to open certains site the program starts and it apears lots of advertisments  
rate4 bundled with Daemon tools  
rate3 Comes with BSplayer...just prohibit its access to the internet   Seed
rate2 'when U' spyware file, comes with BSplayer etc..   mike
rate1 Also part of Legato Backup - corporate backup software   John
rate1 O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WhenUSave] "C:\Program Files\Save\Save.exe" - its distributed by WhenU, an advertisement company. The software they use for this adverts are called Save and SaveNow. They don't cause any security threats but they are responsible for pop-ups. The only questionable thing is the way they are installed, they come bundled with other useful programmes.   IBRAHIM
rate5 It tried to terminate my Visual C++ 6.0 Runtime Libraries and also deleted some of my Dreamweaver 8 software files. (Application log)   CheeseDude781
rate1 comes with BSplayer, shows ads. Not dangerous but uses CPU and shows you adds. To uninstall, just uninstall the program it came with (in ads, whenU specifies the software it came with as 'in support of some software '.  See also: Link   juz
rate0 BearShare exe  
rate5 Maybe not only adware. I didnt try to sisasseble it and understand what exactly it is doing, but according to "netstat -b" data it's connecting to some hosts that I would'n like to be connected to. Security rating = 5. Evil shit.   MuToGeN
rate1 Does not belong to Windows XP. EMC or Legato Networker backup software does contain a legitimate file named "save.exe"   The Duke
rate0 makes it sometimes difficult to start the computer  
rate5 Hard to uninstall. Launches a website to uninstall...   Hacktor
rate3 This look like Spyware/Bot/keylogger. Stuff to slllooowws your comp down.   Just a dude
rate1 Belonged to Legato backup in my case. Slow and annoying but not dangerous and shouldn't be removed.   Klas
rate1 EMC NetWorker (backup application)  See also: Link   RickyT
rate0 Application 8.0.0.4 NetWorker EMC Corporation 216 KB   FrankB

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