Search Armor

Posted: September 10, 2015

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	211

First Seen:	August 31, 2015
Last Seen:	May 2, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Search Armor by Colombi Tech Ltd is a small application that offers a seemingly reliable function but also may insert some annoying ads in your browsers. Since the side effects tend to be rather unpleasant and due to them many clients prefer to remove Search Armor, the experts label it as Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). What this questionable software offers may easily attract your attention – it promises to prevent any other tool from changing your default homepage and search engine. Many programs forcibly apply such modifications to redirect you to sponsored pages, so the feature may seem handy. However, everything comes with a price, and the price, in this case, is the presence of many pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads. You may face them during your online sessions, regardless if your preferred web client is Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. In fact, the PUP causes alterations to all of them simultaneously. There are several reasons why these ads may not be something beneficial to you. The first problem concerns their quantity. They will likely follow you on the majority of sites you open, which may cause a distraction. Second, the ads may lead to some dangerous platforms. The profits of Colombi Tech Ltd come as referral commissions, paid by the administrators of the promoted pages. To maximize the income, the company behind Search Armor may include many sites without checking their legitimacy. For this reason, they deny any responsibility if damage occurs from following the ads. The third negative feature of the pop-ups and banners is that they may lead to speed drops or occasional crashes of the browser. The PUP sometimes may reach the machines of its clients bundled with freeware. If you didn't install it intentionally or the commercial materials disturb you, you should delete Search Armor with a professional anti-malware solution.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:

1af32e50c717e594d036b6544d44afc6

File name: 1af32e50c717e594d036b6544d44afc6
Size: 959.94 KB (959946 bytes)
MD5: 1af32e50c717e594d036b6544d44afc6
Detection count: 83
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 31, 2015

%LOCALAPPDATA%\searcharmor\searcharmor\1.3.10.3\searcharmor.exe

File name: searcharmor.exe
Size: 553.35 KB (553352 bytes)
MD5: 9e9d36368b5161304f792e8dd6b36e87
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\searcharmor\searcharmor\1.3.10.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016

C:\Program Files\searcharmor\SearchArmor.exe

File name: C:\Program Files\searcharmor\SearchArmor.exe
MD5: 2a8709652c64a0f9ee167fb143de8c62
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

C:\Program Files\SearchArmor\uninstall.exe

File name: C:\Program Files\SearchArmor\uninstall.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

SearchArmorUpd.exe

File name: SearchArmorUpd.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\searcharmor

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\searcharmor%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\searcharmor