home

cltmng.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 cltmng.exe by ClientConnect has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Search Protect by Client Connect LTD which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Client Connect LTD  (signed by ClientConnect LTD)

Product:
Search Protect

Version:
2.19.30.69

MD5:
8ebb2383773679091768448e1f3716ff

SHA-1:
1c1691d53a24a5184ae315a00ac461767adedc20

SHA-256:
eee75f1a6d878010869e370f9b47f17dd76e25a4ecdc9bb067bc0ede1d056075

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Conduit/ClientConnect toolbar/extension distribution.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 6:04:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SearchProtect
2015.01.07

avast!
Win32:Conduit-B [PUP]
2014.9-150106

AVG
SearchProtect
2016.0.3160

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.ClientConnect
4.0.3.1516

ESET NOD32
Win32/ClientConnect (variant)
9.10972

G Data
Win32.Application.SearchProtect.AA@gen
15.1.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.SearchProtect
14.0.0.2297

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchProtect.A
v2015.01.06.08

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ClientConnect.G
15.1.6.19

Sophos
Conduit Search Protect
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
36432

File size:
5.7 MB (6,000,400 bytes)

Product version:
2.19.30.69

Original file name:
Search Protect Search (R)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\searchprotect\searchprotect\bin\cltmng.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClientConnect LTD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/31/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/27/2016 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ClientConnect LTD, OU=Safe Search, 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:
354F4C7E49A131A6E4BF89B253C78A2D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/5/2015 12:31:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:4cJchdXz9Q8v68qQYqcGCrD2kCje1w2mw7diTC0QcY:PuD68XjG2kCjenmQF

Entry address:
0x320EB8

Entry point:
E8, EB, F5, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 08, 68, 10, 67, 94, 00, E8, 22, B8, 00, 00, FF, 35, B8, 16, 96, 00, FF, 15, 64, B2, 7A, 00, 85, C0, 74, 16, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, D0, EB, 07, 33, C0, 40, C3, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 6A, 08, 68, F0, 66, 94, 00, E8, EA, B7, 00, 00, E8, 5C, DB, 00, 00, 8B, 40, 78, 85, C0, 74, 16, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, D0, EB, 07, 33, C0, 40, C3, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, A9, 83, 00, 00, CC, E8, 34, DB, 00, 00, 8B, 40, 7C, 85, C0...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.8307

Code size:
3.7 MB (3,838,464 bytes)

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

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
79% remove it
 
Powered by Should I Remove It?

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-174-187.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.174.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-225-210-182.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.225.210.182:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-23-106-133.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.23.106.133:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-91-139.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.91.139:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-16-235-130.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.16.235.130:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-22-212-177.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.22.212.177:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-20-214-78.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.20.214.78:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-20-138-255.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.20.138.255:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-67-7-61.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.7.61:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-53-183-61.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.53.183.61:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-45-72-11.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.45.72.11:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-37-55-61.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.37.55.61:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-222-50-214.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.222.50.214:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-214-47-198.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.214.47.198:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-203-244-11.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.203.244.11:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-202-103-61.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.202.103.61:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-198-48-9.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.198.48.9:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a184-50-245-97.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.50.245.97:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a184-25-160-11.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.25.160.11:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a104-64-43-111.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.64.43.111:443)

Remove cltmng.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.