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
8523d42d948fa9a8243ae6f477ccb50d
DLL
0377a3ac72a79d9d00a766bec631d4b4
DLL
3e5bc63597bbf08c6fd8a4fbbfe5a61d
EXE
383e9b4c153ce321796c663f3058fff3
EXE
6dfca9457178b1e13fbaf8d159fc9528
EXE
90d40c2470ce0fa8ac61c0b1ca46b927
DLL
8013219ac53e1b07e5dd4cd3183c0d24
DLL
156d28a3bece70c75dc7af31c987099a
EXE
75831e802874f07458fcc68c466ca1a0
EXE
103656788cc92dff1d181b4a4eec5cf2