Should I remove Search Protect by conduit?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #225
United States Rank #131
Reach 3.0078%
Installation trends (last 30 days)
Uninstallation trends (last 30 days)
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
Average installed length: 39.80 days
Versions of Search Protect by conduit
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.0.2.19 |
0.03% |
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| 1.5.2.9 |
0.21% |
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| 1.5.0.71 |
26.58% |
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| 1.4.3.7 |
14.09% |
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| 1.4.2.2 |
0.83% |
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| 1.4.1.12 |
36.60% |
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| 1.4.0.65 |
12.77% |
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| 1.3.0.184 |
0.92% |
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| 1.2.10.10 |
1.93% |
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| 1.2.5.2 |
3.68% |
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| 1.2.4.3 |
0.70% |
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| 1.2.3.6 |
0.55% |
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| 1.2.2.4 |
0.52% |
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| 1.2.1.1 |
0.12% |
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| 1.1.14.2 |
0.15% |
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| 1.1.13.3 |
0.03% |
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| 1.1.12.2 |
0.03% |
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| 1.1.5.6 |
0.15% |
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| 1.0.4.5 |
0.09% |
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Other programs by Conduit
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Search Protect by conduit
What is Search Protect by conduit?
The Conduit Search protect software is designed to prevent other competing web browser plugins from changing the home page and search settings that are created by the Conduit OurToolbar from being changed automatically. It is typiclaly installed with various Community toolbars.
About Search Protect by conduit (from Conduit)
“Search Protect is a separate piece of software installed on your hard-drive in connection with your installation of a Toolbar. It is designed to protect your Search settings from takeover by third par”
Search Protect by conduit has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
URL: www.conduit.com/privacy/search-protect-privacy-policy.aspx
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\searchprotect\bin
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\SearchProtect\bin\uninstall.exe" /S
Estimated size: 5.67 MB
Files installed by Search Protect by conduit
| Program executable: | cltmng.exe |
| Name: | Search Protect |
| Search Protect by Conduit |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\searchprotect\bin\cltmng.exe |
| MD5: | 6276c8545cd7897c8bf289169509bd3b |
Additional files:
- ChromeModule.dll - Search Protect (Search Protect by Conduit)
- CltMngSvc.exe
- FirefoxModule.dll
- InternetExplorerModule.dll
- SPHook32.dll
- SPRunner.exe
- uninstall.exe - Signed-Uninstaller Creator
- msvcp100.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
- msvcr100.dll (by Microsoft)
Behaviors exhibited
Service
- CltMngSvc.exe runs as a service named 'Search Protect by Conduit Updater' (CltMngSvc) "This service enables auto-updates of Search Protect by Conduit, which maintains your selected Search settings.".
Startup File (User Run)
- cltmng.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'SearchProtect' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\SearchProtect\bin\cltmng.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- cltmng.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'SearchProtectAll' which loads as "C:\Program Files\SearchProtect\bin\cltmng.exe".
Network connections
- cltmng.exe connects to ec2-107-21-230-204.compute-1.amazonaws.com (107.21.230.204 port 80).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| cltmng.exe |
| Memory: | 16.71 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0075762663% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00563405% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00194222% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 94,277 | |
| Switches/sec: | 2 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 54 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 64 Bytes | |
| CltMngSvc.exe |
| Memory: | 1.99 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0015007520% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00079612% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00070463% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 2,659,891 | |
| Switches/sec: | 1 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 1.1 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 1.12 KB | |
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #225
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
69.55% |
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| Windows Vista |
11.90% |
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| Windows XP |
11.14% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.37% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.03% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
47.68% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.41% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
11.14% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
9.60% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.89% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.51% |
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Geography
62.81% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
62.81% |
| Canada |
10.00% |
| United Kingdom |
4.83% |
| Germany |
4.46% |
| Ireland |
1.72% |
| France |
1.11% |
| Spain |
1.02% |
| India |
0.89% |
| Brazil |
0.80% |
| Belgium |
0.68% |
| Australia |
0.65% |
| Italy |
0.65% |
| Hungary |
0.43% |
| Indonesia |
0.43% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
31.66% |
|
| Dell |
18.36% |
|
| Acer |
14.79% |
|
| Toshiba |
9.13% |
|
| ASUS |
5.56% |
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| Lenovo |
4.55% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.12% |
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| Sony |
2.88% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.93% |
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| Samsung |
1.93% |
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| Gateway |
1.93% |
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| Intel |
1.29% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.23% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.17% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.77% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
1.87% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
1.36% |
|
| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
1.08% |
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How do I remove Search Protect by conduit?
Quickly and completely remove Search Protect by conduit from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).
Or, you can uninstall Search Protect by conduit from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Search Protect by conduit, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Search Protect by conduit.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
About Conduit
Conduit is an online platform that allows web publishers to create custom toolbars, web apps, and mobile apps at no cost. Web apps and pieces of content developed through Conduit's platform can be dis
Publisher URL: www.conduit.com