What is savman.exe?
savman.exe is usually located in the 'c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\savman\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected savman.exe.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on savman.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product version | 1.0.0.1 |
| File version | 1.0.0.1 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product version | 1.0.0.1 |
| File version | 1.0.0.1 |
Digital signatures [?]
savman.exe is not signed.
VirusTotal report
3 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the savman.exe file. That's a 5% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| CrowdStrike | malicious_confidence_71% (D) |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.PUPXAG.mh |
| Rising | Malware.Generic!tIO0nAwMSnP@5 (thunder) |
savman.exe removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove savman.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the savman.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that savman.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate savman.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the savman.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate savman.exe in the scan result.
c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\savman\savman.exe 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the savman.exe file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If savman.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If savman.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If savman.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that savman.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Folder name variants
savman.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\savman\. The most common variants are listed below:
- c:\programdata\microsoft\savman\
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 63d7dcf49de5d299720de3a740a53424 |
| SHA256 | 6d7ab4f79ea5e5fd128811d1460f01428c19370e6727931fab8e9a1e6f40417c |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to savman.exe:
savman.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
savman.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
savman.exe has stopped working.
End Program - savman.exe. This program is not responding.
savman.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
savman.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with savman.exe?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with savman.exe:
What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with savman.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 5 users.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 5 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with savman.exe. Only 5 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Comments
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.
I found that savman.exe was installed by a browser hijack that would take me to www.adservinganalytics.com. This website would in-turn take me to various phishing websites. This hijack was installed when I tried to use web.whatsapp.com to access my WhatsApp account from my laptop. The date and time on the savman files matched the time of browser hijack infection. I tried several anti-virus tools and utilities and none would recognize savman as a threat. Finally, I found that a utility called rkill.exe that pointed to savman as a threat.
To remove savman.exe and related files, I did the following:
1. Disabled IE and removed Chrome (get rid of all browsers otherwise the hijack reinstalls savman.exe)
2. Restart windows in safe mode.
3. Start windows explorer and search for “savman” – two files found: savnam.exe and savman.pf (prefetch file). Delete savman directory containing savman.exe and delete savman.pf.
4. Restart windows in regular mode
5. Reenable IE and reinstall Chrome
# 27 Oct 2016, 17:00
Gopal Miglani writes