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cltmngsvc.exe

Search Protect

ClientConnect LTD

The file belongs to the ClientConnect (Conduit/Perion) platform, a utility that bundles and monetizes search toolbars and browser add-ons. The application cltmngsvc.exe by ClientConnect has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Search Protect Service”. This file is typically installed with the program Search Protect by Client Connect LTD which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

cltmngsvc.exe

Publisher:

Client Connect LTD (signed by ClientConnect LTD)

Product:

Search Protect

Version:

2.17.26.7

MD5:

4f9b3200df88342d781dab23d27b6591

SHA-1:

d4cf67448c3c52a94f8a9df8ced4f7b3bfe3a596

SHA-256:

79907038a3cb8145c9b6588ed16956a1df8cb03fc8755c39d0312bf0de6aeba9

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Conduit/ClientConnect toolbar/extension distribution.

Analysis date:

4/18/2024 7:27:36 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Conduit (M)

17.1.31.1

File size:

2.9 MB (3,015,128 bytes)

Product version:

2.17.26.7

Original file name:

SearchProtect (R)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\searchprotect\main\bin\cltmngsvc.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

ClientConnect LTD

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

6/18/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/19/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=ClientConnect LTD, OU=Search Protect 2, O=ClientConnect LTD, L=Ness Ziona, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:

552491364DFD4261C3C5D20F5503F94C

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/1/2014 11:16:38 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

Entry address:

0x16E03F

Entry point:

E8, 6C, ED, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 8D, 4D, E8, 53, FF, 75, 0C, E8, 77, FC, FF, FF, 8B, 5D, 08, 81, FB, 00, 01, 00, 00, 73, 60, 8B, 4D, E8, 83, 79, 74, 01, 7E, 14, 8D, 45, E8, 50, 6A, 02, 53, E8, BB, EE, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, E8, 83, C4, 0C, EB, 0D, 8B, 81, 90, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B7, 04, 58, 83, E0, 02, 85, C0, 74, 1E, 80, 7D, F4, 00, 8B, 81, 98, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 0C, 18, 74, 07, 8B, 45, F0, 83, 60, 70, FD, 8B, C1, E9, D6, 00, 00, 00, 80, 7D, F4, 00, 74, 07, 8B, 4D, F0, 83, 61, 70, FD... 
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Entropy:

6.9276

Code size:

1.7 MB (1,739,264 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Search Protect Service

Service name:

CltMngSvc

Description:

This service loads the Search Protector, which maintains your selected Search settings, and enables auto-updates.

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:

TermService

The file cltmngsvc.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Search Protect by Client Connect LTD

Search Protect from Client Connect (formally Conduit, now a venture of Perion) is a homepage and search provider modifier that when installed will change the default web browser's home page and search pages to a partner portal such as Trovi.

www.conduit.com/searchprotect

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