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
558676e599fb32dd20d054ae24a4a143
EXE
1b03b4b5ad20ef5a1e8e41cf1767c534
EXE
428a059cf9a7589e016f663a41948f87
EXE
24305631f960e3ce62544f8e091bb10c
EXE
0edc7cb72fa2e3bccf64618fbcb01dda
EXE
c5162b3915824ba147bf76c7fb00c21e
EXE
1b0cee88ebd2b905901dce205dad5422
EXE
33a850a514a5f753fd4da297ad829e48