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cltmng.exe

Lenovo Browser Guard

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 cltmng.exe by ClientConnect has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Lenovo Browser Guard by ClientConnect LTD and Run_Dregol by Run_Dregol, both potentially unwanted software. While running, it connects to the Internet address offering.service.distributionengine.va.conduit-services.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

cltmng.exe

Publisher:

ClientConnect LTD (signed and verified)

Product:

Lenovo Browser Guard

Version:

2.14.0.129

MD5:

8a8ac5f1f71a39074cad63eafadec744

SHA-1:

392ddabf2c41a07eb7ab08f1843e1f3c613d0865

SHA-256:

32fe1158b56ad1d45fcf1213ed1979143b3d91b542c3f61cbb405af0b489ca57

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Conduit/ClientConnect toolbar/extension distribution.

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 7:44:18 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Conduit (M)

17.1.22.19

File size:

4.6 MB (4,798,280 bytes)

Product version:

2.14.0.129

Original file name:

Lenovo Browser Guard

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\lenovobrowserguard\lenovobrowserguard\bin\cltmng.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

ClientConnect LTD

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/30/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=ClientConnect LTD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, OU=Lenovo Browser Guard, O=ClientConnect LTD, L=Ness Ziona, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

177310CAE60BB43B9E75B02DA2C1AC11

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/12/2014 5:49:10 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

Entry address:

0x219887

Entry point:

E8, 0D, A0, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 8D, 45, F8, 50, FF, 15, 68, 31, 70, 00, 8B, 4D, F8, 8B, 45, FC, 6A, 00, 81, C1, 00, 80, C1, 2A, 68, 80, 96, 98, 00, 15, 21, 4E, 62, FE, 50, 51, E8, A1, 5C, 00, 00, 83, FA, 07, 7C, 0E, 7F, 07, 3D, FF, 6F, 40, 93, 76, 05, 83, C8, FF, 8B, D0, 8B, 4D, 08, 85, C9, 74, 05, 89, 01, 89, 51, 04, C9, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, 3B, D7, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 74, 13, FF, 75, 08, 56, E8, 0D, 00, 00, 00, F7, D8, 1B, C0, 59, F7, D0, 59, 23, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B... 
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Code size:

3 MB (3,150,848 bytes)

The file cltmng.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Lenovo Browser Guard by ClientConnect LTD

This is a branded version for Lenovo of the Conduit/Perion Search Protect software, a potentially unwanted program that maintains the partner or affiliate directed web page.

79% remove it

Run_Dregol by Run_Dregol

Identified as a version of the CMI/ConvertAd family of malware ad-injectors, this adware which is typically bundled with third-party applications in unwanted software bundles will hijack the user's browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox) and display unwanted ads.

80% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ude.conduit-data.com (54.197.244.95:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to offering.service.distributionengine.va.conduit-services.com (199.101.114.147:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to cms.distributionengine.conduit-services.com (23.67.242.59:80)

http://cms.distributionengine.conduit-services.com//MainOffer/557247731/?CurrentStep=1&TotalSteps=5&DMVersion=1.5.8.4_Perion.557246608.04&Language=None

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