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What is ctsvccda.exe? Creative CD-ROM?

Vendor:      Creative
Product:     CDROM Access
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: CTsvcCDA.exe - CTSVCCDA.EXE in Windows 95, 98, and Me, provides additional buffering for CDs, but is not needed for fast (24x and higher) speed drives. For Windows 2000/XP this task can often cause errors, particularly if you upgraded to XP from 9x/Me. We recommend that you disable it.

ctsvccda.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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ctsvccda.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.91%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 0 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ctsvccda.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x3c8b6609712f4ff78e521f6dcfc4032b 11/2/2020 12:44:00 PM Unknown 1.0.1.0 Creative CD-ROM 43 KB
2 Status 0x08b1e5dc5791baeaa54c28653e71e1ca 7/13/2016 4:49:00 AM Unknown 1.0.0.0 Creative CD-ROM 43 KB
3 Status 0x903eb606a210c694d3e9ffc9ef7ade3b 11/16/2012 5:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 107 KB
4 Status 0xb6b849aa27487d66ef05951e7f47e1f9 5/29/2012 9:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 46 KB
5 Status 0x0060e5964f467f81dd413aa9b6c147a9 4/17/2012 11:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 63 KB
6 Status 0x3836c17e935896a142a30aaf18d7b106 1/16/2012 1:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 42 KB
7 Status 0xba4fae191f66b1183ec5fc8f3d9ec4ff 11/16/2011 5:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 45 KB
8 Status 0xe6ce455a70cab34a7981d2d511988b4d 7/24/2011 3:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 42 KB
9 Status 0x0c1b24fe69428bd138ca0701321fc46b 7/7/2011 7:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 45 KB
10 Status 0x0b3daaefaae916645b17f20a0bb7a7c6 4/15/2011 12:23:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 43 KB
11 Status 0xc70c965d9ccaa27f1d60c650077ba234 1/7/2011 8:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 43 KB
12 Status 0xda31fc471da0b58ccb74b04e558ae574 11/29/2010 9:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 50 KB
13 Status 0x532fea94ef2dfb0611694eb70a018764 7/12/2010 2:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 50 KB
14 Status 0xb927a2552bf02afbbb447de3209a1365 4/13/2010 2:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 43 KB
15 Status 0x0ac855991063adff600f9ba97dd9a7cd 2/20/2010 12:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 63 KB
16 Status 0x4c1facd5547b6b77cbd2eb6ec1aadf19 1/3/2010 4:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 83 KB
17 Status 0x2799137fa5a8ade8bb76dca8a42d5101 1/3/2010 12:06:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 63 KB
18 Status 0xe22482b2d07703555813ada107d72c5c 12/13/2009 6:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 50 KB
19 Status 0x141c8fd7519ea0bf8eba54f4a9aa8f8d 11/28/2009 3:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 62 KB
20 Status 0xcd3b9ff8ff06c5229b697c2b0c27f3df 10/24/2009 1:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 43 KB
21 Status 0x8952bf7065647b575d9b826e1f15f8e9 10/12/2009 8:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 43 KB
22 Status 0x56463f0e475ca3f5dc14ff9e7e64e570 9/19/2009 7:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 63 KB
23 Status 0xbba64f46f701deedc9563ea2a89bfebb 9/6/2009 3:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 63 KB
24 Status 0x2c12a8a0bc6649f28f975ed82689b3a6 8/14/2009 3:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 43 KB
25 Status 0x86a38f3b339d660f450938b632281141 7/31/2009 3:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative CD-ROM 43 KB


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