What is Lightning Savings?

Lightning Savings – a browser extension that comes bundled with other free downloads without user consent. Lightning Savings is not a virus, but this program carries a greater potential threat to the security of your computer. After penetration, Lightning Savings displays advertisements, banners and coupons, which may contain information of popular online stores. Lightning Savings «helps” the user to find the cheapest deals on the Internet. It is not! Most of these offers are not true. The main task at Lightning Savings – is to make money and make you pay for nothing. Also Lightning Savings change your browser can change your homepage and send your personal information to third parties. Lightning Savings – this is a potentially unwanted program, and if you find it on your PC, then you need to remove it right away.

Lightning Savings Ads

How Lightning Savings gets on your PC?

Most of the penetrations of adware or malware occur without user’s consent. Often, programs as it come bundled with free programs and applications. For example, when you download the player, converter, or anything else, then you run the risk of catching Potentially Unwanted Program. To avoid infecting your computer, you should remember a few rules. Always read the user agreement. Don’t rush to press the “Next” button until you have verified that the program is safe. Choose the Advanced installation type to see all of the additional software that installer offers you. Read reviews about obscure and suspicious programs. In addition, there are many programs in the Internet, which can help you to protect your PC. If your computer is already was attacked by Lightning Savings, use our instructions which are specified below.

How to remove Lightning Savings from your computer?

To uninstall Lightning Savings remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

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Or uninstall Lightning Savings manually.

Removing from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find Lightning Savings.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find Lightning Savings and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find Lightning Savings, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

After that remove Lightning Savings from your browser.

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find Lightning Savings.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose Lightning Savings.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable Lightning Savings.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove following registry entries:


no information

Then remove following files:


Lightning Savings.dll

And following folders


%PROGRAMFILES%Lightning Savings

Written by Rami Douafi

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