What is the "ctfmon.exe" ? Variant 506986

Our database contains 4245 different files for filename ctfmon.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the ctfmon.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name ctfmon.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description CTF Loader. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process ctfmon.exe.

ctfmon.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
CTF Loader
Version:
5.1.2600.5512
MD5:
5f1d5f88303d4a4dbc8e5f97ba967cc3
SHA1:
99cb7370f16773c8e2d0c86fe805ec638ab126e9
SHA256:
5fb24fc7916a6e6b3be7d84cb1684215b266cd1495575c2e5672b8447932e5b1
Size:
15360
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Panda Antivirus Pro 20162016-09-07 22:57:52
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-09-07 18:39:01
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall Antivirus2016-09-07 17:15:23
Avast Antivirus2016-09-07 07:24:30
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 20122016-09-07 04:06:13
Norton Internet Security2016-09-07 01:03:24
360 Total Security2016-09-06 20:43:29
Sophos Anti-Virus2016-09-06 20:42:44
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-06 07:03:39
AVG Internet Security2016-09-06 01:24:44
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "ctfmon.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
Filename "ctfmon.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

91% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
9% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat
86% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
14% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "ctfmon.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Epoc for file C:\Windows\System32\ctfmon.exe (Variant: 179125)

    The file is required to run your OS, if removed or terminated, you will lose a large part of your machine's abilities.