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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
DLL	mcmispps.dll	a8b3b90136e8db0d4bfaea40e753e3e2
EXE	mcmigrator.exe	d7cc2c08577afa5eee2bfc5f911d2507
DLL	mclwapi.dll	494a8319201c6432798079b20d6c7d9c
DLL	McLogShm.dll	211fc883c0a80451f6dc998fed9ebd07
DLL	McIPTShm.dll	470819d34440977bc8f6051e7c305c5a
EXE	McInstru.exe	ab674a269e613943c9eb4a2d99ad8825
DLL	mcinstru.dll	71cc9138b7544ccaf385a67c9410559d
EXE	mcinfo.exe	f23484174e620e86df4fa0dd1074f4de
EXE	mchlp32.exe	16846be661f185a2636db9eac5a1ff35
DLL	McGsShm.dll	69ab4d491245ed913f27821c9c512c6b

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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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