cltmngsvc.exe
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”.
Publisher:
Search Protect (signed by ClientConnect LTD)
MD5:
53e34c09f8fbe9438837cee9c06bcd01
SHA-1:
ff171c30f215ebd2c25278c6077be78e72e31b1c
SHA-256:
bf598441bf889b8ae7f432475b11dd12144d602c83ee820e6862916e4e5b1e68
Scanner detections:
1 / 68
Explanation:
Part of the Conduit/ClientConnect toolbar/extension distribution.
Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:20:56 PM UTC (today)
Scan engine
Detection
Engine version
Reason Heuristics
PUP.Conduit (M)
17.2.25.7
File size:
2.9 MB (3,056,960 bytes)
Product version:
2.18.20.209
Original file name:
Search Protect Search (R)
File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)
Language:
English (United States)
Common path:
C:\Program Files\searchprotect\main\bin\cltmngsvc.exe
Valid from:
2/3/2014 2:00:00 AM
Valid to:
2/5/2016 1:59:59 AM
Subject:
CN=ClientConnect LTD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, OU=Search Protect, 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:
173D1F00E27A9D60265B3AB0B87F2ED8
Compilation timestamp:
11/10/2014 11:37:17 AM
Code size:
1.7 MB (1,758,720 bytes)
Service
Display name:
Search Protect Service
Description:
This service loads the Search Protect Search, which maintains your selected Search settings, and enables auto-updates.