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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	McDBMgr.dll	2dd63e92351793d9f6664cd18237783a
DLL	mcdatupdate.dll	5f118812b4d96069ee9533b59ed6ddc8
DLL	McCtxMenuFrmWrk.dll	7d31ab29ce9c659b4bce5e5209017156
DLL	mccontextust.dll	a2a473ccbd790c7b10312580d5acf564
DLL	McBootDelayStartSvc.dll	cbf5a093e976234bafb00a0bdfcd39df
EXE	McAPExe.exe	dcf93b31065a25aa19f587523218e312
DLL	mcagent.dll	849f4fb23b36101bece1ad4467fa1568
DLL	instprog.dll	af3c465a84c31d843433c96dceb0e260
EXE	CompatibilityTester.exe	be3570f40b9de4bff10ef255c502e3f5
DLL	mysearchdialTlbr.dll	14c87f98a4ad9ccf2d458c79a6ae654f

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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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