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
12e3e490561ec5fef159b431464f461d
EXE
0305c38f41d29ae075dac0203c97f83a
DLL
a865c22210e6d14471994b9c5c7e96ef
EXE
960abb655708a7e78dab6a75109d80ba
SYS
bf85d404851462fdf3157f49ea870725
DLL
9e733f5aa145ccdc5c4889d69c98062f
EXE
5b334ecadb6bcb61a3c952e5ad0fa9a7
DLL
cc18386823c8363fdb65f838f2a3563f
EXE
063f11cad9b8281b029ec51a705853db
DLL
769d163013f1bf7f6bb7c8a9e239b9a9