Estimated safety rating

ctaudsvc.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" flags described in this document. It is not yet known if ctaudsvc.exe is malware or a legit program which doesn't cause harm the computer. We advise you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

Usually, this application is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Shared Files\CTAudSvc.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this program is 07ba6d17e66879018b30b6c3f976ebed.

Is running as a service

This program is set up as a Windows service. This means it operates on your PC in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are legit programs, which perform useful features to other applications or to the Windows Operating System.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This application runs in 32-bit mode. It does not exploit the full power of nowadays' PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description extracted from the exe is Creative Audio Service.

File version

File version stored as a property 3.11.0.0.

Manufacturer

Author Creative Technology Ltd.

Copyright

Legal copyright Copyright (c) Creative Technology Ltd., 2006-2009. All rights reserved..

Potentially dangerous functions

Some insecure functions of Windows appear to be used, such as functions for tapping the keyboard. We recommend you to perform more in-depth research about this program.

Digitally signed

A digital certificate is missing from this program. The authors did not sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

This executable does NOT have an uninstall command set up in registry.