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
EXE
98a624ac7a3efcd114c06037fcb3ba07
EXE
629bd6fbdb6fab70a058e2b9124e777a
EXE
f730d5bfc4e962c66307beec8f57e7e8
DLL
a36036e310cc9c8f07dce5959932e501
DLL
fa63390ae8fc2e97ec4ece4ffa382cae
SYS
09dff0a754ca38d04ecdaac9373df895
EXE
f15905072bc0b1fe96f0b7db173b888c
DLL
cb8acbc1edaf30463c2a3bcb296911e5
SYS
1fbbaa8f8af3278496b5489678cf7cf9
SYS
e6d2336ae30325c742089f25dd4ec63a