Estimated safety rating

ctfmon.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers too many of the "possible danger" criteria described bellow. It is not yet known if ctfmon.exe is a virus or an ok program that doesn't cause harm the computer. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Usually, this application is found in C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is c1d50243355a290cb3aa684fd8b38170.

Is running as a service

This application is NOT registered as a Windows service. This is good.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This app runs in 32-bit mode. It can not benefit of the entire power of current PC chips. This is quite normal because the publishers did not upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description present in the file is CTF Loader.

File version

File version stored as a property 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105).

Manufacturer

Maker Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Legal copyright ? Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Has valid windows

This task does NOT have visible elements of user interface. This is most likely a bad thing.

Digitally signed

The digital certificate is missing from this program. The publisher did not bother to sign it. This is probably bad.

Starts with windows

This program starts at your PC's startup. Yes

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have an uninstall routine stored in registry.