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cthelper.exe (Creative Plugins)
Prevalence
Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 1.15%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB
Identification
In addition to the file name, cthelper.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.
| Vendor contains: | Creative |
|---|---|
| Product contains: | CtHelper |
To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.
PC Pitstop Analysis
CTHELPER.EXE is a "helper" application for Creative Technology sound boards and chips. Allows third party software to use some advanced features of the chip. However, some users have reported problems such as crashes and high CPU load caused by this program. If you do not have any programs (most likely games) that specifically say they require CTHelper, you may want to disable this program.
cthelper.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.
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MD5 Hashes
MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called cthelper.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
| Program Name | MD5 Count |
| cthelper.exe | > 10 |
| MD5 Hashes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | |||||
| 1 | 0x82787ecc04ca2897427d68d637296d06 | 16 KB | |||||
| 2 | 0x344732130f1adc7d7fa5d8f2446b8cdc | 16 KB | |||||
| 3 | 0x3bfc898ab909bfb4cbc57f8644c5773b | 14 KB | |||||
| 4 | 0x9f68bd30c2ac09e4e0e015941f341efc | 24 KB | |||||
| 5 | 0xedb4756801bd7795d5ea9f720acfbf77 | 16 KB | |||||
| MD5 Hashes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | ||
| 6 | 0x28442cb395dcad273e0f70a9aa6a8461 | 16384 bytes | ||
| 7 | 0x6b9ddc5b23c0037c61cebfea4377249e | 16384 bytes | ||
| 8 | 0x7558c26c7daf03ac07fedfd3411d0a12 | 19456 bytes | ||
| 9 | 0x66728b786eefe3ea6c41e9ab7f218663 | 15872 bytes | ||
| 10 | 0x00a8eaa7045a1c6a67c8cc7d99eb18ef | 19456 bytes | ||
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