Clean Master

Clean Master

by Cheetah Mobile

What is Clean Master?

Clean Master is software application developed by Cheetah Mobile. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 49.70% of installations running this operating system. Clean Master's installer is typically 12.00 MB in size and installs around 58 files. The most common release is 1.0 with 93.48% of all installations currently using this version.

Clean Master is most popular in the United States with 29.78% of installations residing in this country.

Clean Master adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Clean Master is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • cmcore.exe runs as a service named 'Clean Master Core Service' (cmcore) "Clean Master Core Service".
Firewall:
  • cmtray.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\cmcm\Clean Master\cmtray.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • kcleaner.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{3895460D-2E6C-47F9-9D64-B0FE29808060}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • cmtray.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
  • kcleaner.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Clean Master.
Registry entries:
  • cmtray.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'cmsc' and executes as "C:\Program Files\cmcm\Clean Master\cmtray.exe" -autorun.
  • cmcore.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Clean Master' and executes as C:\Program Files\cmcm\Clean Master\cmcore.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.cmcm.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\cmcm\Clean Master\
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\cmcm\Clean Master\uni0nst.exe
Size:
12.00 MB
Language:
English

Clean Master Executable Details

Primary executable:
KCleaner.exe
Name:
Clean Master
Path:
C:\Program Files\cmcm\Clean Master\KCleaner.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Clean Master
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
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DLL
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DLL
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DLL
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EXE
426badb5593ee47ab48a865b3fa9ff5f
EXE
689be873b9ace26432c725d0c9b1c75e
DLL
6d35113ed597b33b00cc7b58d2be5bdd
DLL
c9a95d2f34cfe03cf8f3e578b1e7af00
DLL
eb4eeee56d848b55b21ca0a5e7333d22
DLL
83854eac0578e0fdfc3bd9b28a09d6fb