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What is Search Protect?

Search Protect is software application developed by Client Connect LTD. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 49.90% of installations running this operating system. Search Protect's installer is typically 16.00 MB in size and installs around 331 files. The most common release is 2.22.26.1 with 2.70% of all installations currently using this version.

Search Protect is most popular in the United States with 58.91% of installations residing in this country.

Search Protect adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Search Protect?

Search Protect, a product from Client Connect (formerly known as Conduit, now a part of Perion), is a software designed to modify homepage and search provider settings. Upon installation, it changes default web browser settings to navigate to a partner portal such as Trovi.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Search Protect.

cltmng.exe (MD5: 59f0fab281ee4cc5a7aeebbeaf8d0cd8) has been flagged by 11 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Agnitum Outpost	7.1.1	Riskware.SearchProtect
Baidu-International	4.0.3.14530	Adware.Win32.Conduit.81
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0150	Adware.Conduit.84
ESET-NOD32	8.9849	a variant of Win32/Conduit.SearchProtect.I
Fortinet FortiGate	5/30/2014	Riskware/Conduit_SearchProtect
G Data	14.5.24	Win32.Application.SearchProtect
Malwarebytes	v2014.05.30.01	PUP.Optional.Conduit.A
Panda Antivirus	14.05.30.01	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	29622	Conduit (fs)
AVG	2015.0.3438	SearchProtect
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.171	TROJ_GEN.F47V0526

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:: cltmng.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Rocket Updater' (runs daily at 02:03).

Software Details

URL:: https://www.conduit.com/searchprotect
Support:: –
Installation path:: C:\Program Files\searchprotect\searchprotect\bin
Uninstaller:: "C:\Program Files1\SearchProtect\Main\bin\uninstall.exe" /S
Size:: 16.00 MB
Language:: English

Search Protect Executable Details

Primary executable:: cltmng.exe
Name:: Search Protect
Path:: C:\Program Files\searchprotect\searchprotect\bin\cltmng.exe
MD5:: 59f0fab281ee4cc5a7aeebbeaf8d0cd8
SHA-1:: –
SHA-256:: –

Files installed by Search Protect

File Type	Filename	MD5
EXE	MagicDisc.exe	1e872ee5102ce75ab8a46bd985b97bd1
DLL	COMCAT.DLL	b0b52d5f9c4ba17c669689f626b5f092
EXE	wmfdist.exe	36c5bf8dd0246521c02d66c7689378e0
EXE	RestartApp.exe	fc4cb6996f5d2018fca16ad36771e898
EXE	fpupdate.exe	c803eaf9e3bbf742027e1b646495e749
DLL	lame.dll	410e223ed229742f6b518953b0f7f273
EXE	ISIScratch.exe	5550e95daa3265a37998f1a26af09d75
DLL	IsiFinder.dll	80f8b07d15968e12c8482e80f3ded514
EXE	DeleteUserData.exe	945f5e4d53487d074822e3bb1f48b6d2
DLL	BankTemplate.dll	442402497ea787c842d4be45650923f6

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Popularity

21% of users keep Search Protect installed

Overall Rating

Bad

Known Versions (51)

3.1.5.104: 0.24%
3.1.5.86: 0.14%
3.1.5.77: 0.11%
3.1.5.50: 0.16%
3.1.5.28: 0.03%
3.1.5.19: 0.01%
3.1.4.33: 0.22%
3.1.4.5: 0.36%
3.1.3.90: 0.25%
3.1.3.17: 0.39%
3.1.3.13: 0.05%
3.1.2.21: 0.27%
3.1.2.6: 0.10%
3.0.410.11: 0.34%
3.0.400.27: 0.11%
3.0.310.22: 0.12%
3.0.300.22: 0.60%
3.0.200.15: 0.43%
3.0.100.41: 0.35%
3.0.90.9: 0.46%
3.0.80.11: 0.45%
3.0.60.38: 0.76%
3.0.50.0: 0.42%
3.0.30.5: 0.66%
3.0.10.81: 0.07%
3.0.10.64: 0.56%
3.0.3.67: 0.45%
3.0.3.39: 0.05%
3.0.3.31: 0.00%
3.0.2.4: 0.01%
3.0.1.18: 0.01%
2.23.60.24: 1.14%
2.23.50.1: 0.53%
2.23.40.10: 0.12%
2.23.32.25: 0.75%
2.23.31.14: 0.41%
2.23.31.13: 0.04%
2.23.30.9: 0.99%
2.23.10.51: 1.56%
2.23.0.250: 0.02%
2.22.30.32: 0.13%
2.22.26.1: 2.70%
2.22.25.5: 0.01%
2.22.20.11: 0.38%
2.22.0.160: 1.67%
2.21.200.26: 0.91%
2.21.20.22: 1.71%
2.21.0.205: 0.00%
2.21.0.204: 0.88%
2.20.101.12: 0.00%
2.20.30.80: 0.21%

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