Search Protect
Posted: July 7, 2014
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
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Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 1,235 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 386,901 |
First Seen: | July 7, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | March 10, 2025 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Search Protect is a potentially unwanted program by Client Connect Ltd that could generate random ads and cause redirects to questionable sites. Use of the Search Protect ads or redirected sites may result in leading to an unwanted download or loading of a site that asks you to take part in a questionable action on the internet. Search Protect was once part of the conduit network of sites and generic search engines. Since then, Search Protect is used more as a means of changing your default home page to an unwanted site and advertising various sponsored links or ads so the creators of Search Protect can be get paid. Removal of the Search Protect program is necessary to prevent your home page from redirecting or other actions taking place on your web browser that interrupt you from surfing the internet in a normal fashion.
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:C:\ProgramData\{72C69A05-2244-4B83-93C2-3B014340E88F}\2.0.1.9\faci.dll
File name: faci.dllSize: 606.72 KB (606720 bytes)
MD5: 0941826430da4938a6745cd1f7256f62
Detection count: 890
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\ProgramData\{72C69A05-2244-4B83-93C2-3B014340E88F}\2.0.1.9\faci.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 25, 2024
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\avabvbxvh\avabvbxvh.exe
File name: avabvbxvh.exeSize: 2.13 MB (2135552 bytes)
MD5: f5126cc817a0638a77f1ef3ddfe22f8e
Detection count: 482
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\avabvbxvh\avabvbxvh.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 31, 2023
C:\Windows\Temp\DAF4.tmp\avabvbyvyc.exe
File name: avabvbyvyc.exeSize: 2.13 MB (2135552 bytes)
MD5: f47af1d980bcfef7219d3c9c8b87555d
Detection count: 260
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Windows\Temp\DAF4.tmp\avabvbyvyc.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 4, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\Main\bin\CltMngSvc.exe
File name: CltMngSvc.exeSize: 3.24 MB (3246864 bytes)
MD5: 50ce1e27440dc18eb5252955a74e62ec
Detection count: 91
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\Main\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC64LO~1.DLL
File name: VC64LO~1.DLLSize: 263.95 KB (263952 bytes)
MD5: 3fdf8b112abd4ac8d9eb805375117120
Detection count: 81
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC64Loader.dll
File name: VC64Loader.dllSize: 277.26 KB (277264 bytes)
MD5: 1d135869fdf9f776318f20ec9484d530
Detection count: 63
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 1, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC64LO~1.DLL
File name: VC64LO~1.DLLSize: 249.1 KB (249104 bytes)
MD5: c598cc2ada03e90b588957e9a2ff7715
Detection count: 46
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 1, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC64Loader.dll
File name: VC64Loader.dllSize: 247.05 KB (247056 bytes)
MD5: c1d32b1462f6c92c507b157ea00caaba
Detection count: 44
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
\??\C:\Windows\system32\drivers\SPPD.sys
File name: SPPD.sysSize: 19.38 KB (19384 bytes)
MD5: 68d7304239069573a46d384cd71f5ec3
Detection count: 35
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: \??\C:\Windows\system32\drivers
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 10, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC32Loader.dll
File name: VC32Loader.dllSize: 219.92 KB (219920 bytes)
MD5: a0bbbd15e2b7f3c65c8dd26baaa8b316
Detection count: 30
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\bvugqqrp.exe
File name: bvugqqrp.exeSize: 103.42 KB (103424 bytes)
MD5: 8694c0666ebc8818a1a8afbb3612cbcc
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\bvyvavay\bvyvavay.exe
File name: bvyvavay.exeSize: 2.18 MB (2185216 bytes)
MD5: 3fecacabe8cd7a900ea2423d6765f040
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\bvyvavay
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 27, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC32Loader.dll
File name: VC32Loader.dllSize: 219.89 KB (219896 bytes)
MD5: 20a8b186142a0f70e3e89e04cf3c34ea
Detection count: 15
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 1, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC64LO~1.DLL
File name: VC64LO~1.DLLSize: 247.05 KB (247056 bytes)
MD5: 0cf7da44b71d607966b2dc361e60245e
Detection count: 14
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\bvxvdxvx\bvxvdxvx.exe
File name: bvxvdxvx.exeSize: 2.17 MB (2173440 bytes)
MD5: dd4fb04bfa36fd6aed06bcc4ddd2cfd4
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\bvxvdxvx
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 27, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\cltmng.exe
File name: cltmng.exeSize: 4.25 MB (4256016 bytes)
MD5: 941663f8a1a09853bd7bb17116187e9f
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 26, 2023
More files
Registry Modifications
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