home

protectwindowsmanager.exe

Windows SysTool Service

Cherished Technology Limited

The application protectwindowsmanager.exe by Cherished Technology Limited has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “WindowsMangerProtect Service”. This file is typically installed with the program WindowsMangerProtect20.0.0.502 by Fuyu LIMITED which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
SysTool PasSame LIMITED  (signed by Cherished Technology Limited)

Product:
Windows SysTool Service

Version:
20.0.0.1714

MD5:
3525b3c9cafced38e0ab2334da7fb449

SHA-1:
0641d63d85da4259b27fa455972e762b6fc04092

SHA-256:
abe1d4fb754bae35e03a99b7acbd46ed0e193a8fd512510e6c97abfadf2ad67c

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 1:45:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.172099
6519647

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3209

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.ELEX
4.0.3.1523

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Graftor.172099
1.0.20.170

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.172099
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/ELEX.BH potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11119

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Graftor.172099
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Graftor.172099
15.2.25

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WindowsProtectManger.A
v2015.02.03.10

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.172099
16.0.0.102

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.CherishedTechnology
15.2.3.22

File size:
475.6 KB (487,056 bytes)

Product version:
20.0.0.1714

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
Windows SysTool.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\windowsmangerprotect\protectwindowsmanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cherished Technology Limited

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/20/2014 2:35:29 PM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 2:35:29 PM

Subject:
CN=Cherished Technology Limited, O=Cherished Technology Limited, L=香港, S=香港, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112111C895265DC370EA5D6D50E46DE29C46

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/3/2015 9:38:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:M0eAhboEwMO5ntHbBqp+A8cJKFajvgG3sSb3MZFYrEZEVL28KqGBL4:R1wHBqI7cJJvgGcTFYr0EhZgL4

Entry address:
0x1BDFD

Entry point:
E8, C0, EA, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 14, 8B, 4D, 08, 56, 85, D2, 75, 0D, 85, C9, 75, 0D, 39, 4D, 0C, 75, 21, 33, C0, EB, 2E, 85, C9, 74, 19, 8B, 45, 0C, 85, C0, 74, 12, 85, D2, 75, 04, 88, 11, EB, E9, 8B, 75, 10, 85, F6, 75, 17, C6, 01, 00, E8, AD, 06, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 37, 72, 00, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 53, 57, 8B, D9, 8B, F8, 83, FA, FF, 75, 11, 2B, DE, 8A, 06, 88, 04, 33, 46, 84, C0, 74, 1D, 4F, 75, F3, EB, 18, 2B, F1, 8A, 04, 1E, 88, 03, 43, 84, C0, 74, 06, 4F, 74...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.1642

Code size:
311.5 KB (318,976 bytes)

Service
Display name:
WindowsMangerProtect Service

Service name:
WindowsMangerProtect

Description:
WindowsMangerProtect service

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Group:
SchedulerGroup


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

WindowsMangerProtect20.0.0.502  by Fuyu LIMITED
Developed by Ma Lin this is a potentially unwanted software program that is typically installed without the user's consent and is billed as a security product but instead bundles additional unwanted software.
87% remove it
 
Powered by Should I Remove It?

Remove protectwindowsmanager.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.