Threat Database Adware Charm Savings

Charm Savings

By ESGI Advisor in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 8,212
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 5,057
First Seen: December 23, 2013
Last Seen: October 11, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Charm Savings is a Potentially Unwanted Program, that is used by marketers to profit at the expense of computer users. Charm Savings has characteristics of adware, spyware, and browser hijackers, making Charm Savings potentially threatening to your computer and to your privacy. Malware analysts do not consider Charm Savings a threat. However, PUPs like Charm Savings have many of the characteristics of threats and may be extremely disruptive, difficult to remove, or expose a computer to other, more unsafe online content.

The Only Charm Possessed by Charm Savings is in Its Name

If Charm Savings is installed on your computer, security researchers strongly recommend its immediate that may include the following:

  • Charm Savings has characteristics of adware because Charm Savings is designed to deliver advertisement content to affected Web browsers. Charm Savings may display a large number of advertisements on affected Web browsers and insert advertising content to websites viewed on the affected Web browser. For example, Charm Savings may cause pop-up windows to appear, add banner and sliding advertisements to unrelated websites or insert in-text marketing links to text on viewed Web pages.
  • Charm Savings has characteristics of adware because Charm Savings may the collect browsing activity. Charm Savings may keep track of your online activity, saving your browsing and search history which Charm Savings may transmit to a third party. Information gathered by Charm Savings may be used for market research, to deliver advertisements to your Web browser or sold to a third party.
  • Charm Savings is also considered a browser hijacker. This is due to the fact that Charm Savings may take over the affected Web browser. Charm Savings may change the victims' browser settings, changing the affected Web browser's homepage and default search engine and causing repeated browser redirects.

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Registry Details

Charm Savings may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
http_charmsavings.com_0.localstorage
http_charmsavings.com_0.localstorage-journal
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Charm Savings
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Charm Savings

Directories

Charm Savings may create the following directory or directories:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Charm Savings
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Charm Savings
%PROGRAMFILES%\Charm Savings
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Charm Savings
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Charm Savings

URLs

Charm Savings may call the following URLs:

charmsavings.com

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