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What is cthelper.exe? Creative Plugins?

Vendor:      Creative
Product:     CtHelper
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.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: 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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cthelper.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.77%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
cthelper.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x1d7ce7c3dda22edd69bf359434b1edf6 12/13/2021 4:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative Plugins 19 KB
2 Status 0x9ee38b5af893d1cc8955b6bcdf5e758d 8/5/2021 9:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative Plugins 19 KB
3 Status 0x347293c8d9cf7474206541f93c6d8616 2/15/2021 11:30:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 1, 4 Creative Plugins 28 KB
4 Status 0xa00a2d93badf2ec04fef674738512d02 1/31/2019 5:44:00 PM Unknown 6.00.01.1241-2.12.0700 Creative Plugins 19 KB
5 Status 0x35aa006ef3a728caa790040df8983892 9/30/2018 11:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative Plugins 0 KB
6 Status 0x15f71a562eb274baae347a7a224e3bf9 5/23/2018 11:31:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 1, 2 Creative Plugins 24 KB
7 Status 0x972b203f982ef2ad0bbb7d2c16e9fd7d 1/27/2018 8:14:00 AM Unknown 6.00.01.1283-2.14.1610 Creative Plugins 19 KB
8 Status 0x6f283ac7232a327b3508d4e11e0d76d4 1/22/2018 12:45:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 00, 0041 Creative Plugins 19 KB
9 Status 0x3c7a868402b2dd7b65ac32bed886d9e5 12/29/2017 6:49:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 2 Creative Plugins 24 KB
10 Status 0xa0d5111028f6e25b78b94155b115f7ba 9/23/2017 9:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative Plugins 19 KB
11 Status 0x344732130f1adc7d7fa5d8f2446b8cdc 8/4/2017 7:50:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 29 Creative Plugins 16 KB
12 Status 0x97615ab538986082787e4989e03c48f7 7/14/2017 3:38:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 11 Creative Plugins 28 KB
13 Status 0x1781400ace7266626677e6fb8479ee20 4/24/2017 6:07:00 PM Unknown 6.00.01.1281-2.14.0670 Creative Plugins 19 KB
14 Status 0x2044925f4864fd272bfd84c2a3cd903e 3/18/2017 9:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative Plugins 0 KB
15 Status 0x0f87f4bc4b0d3cc08f49ac24dddb0cd3 11/11/2016 7:09:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 31 Creative Plugins 16 KB
16 Status 0xf1457876affe98230515f899e572540c 6/20/2016 12:57:00 AM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 35 Creative Plugins 16 KB
17 Status 0x866346f3d82f0ca2c7d80aff41a6e1d3 5/19/2016 3:56:00 AM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 41 Creative Plugins 17 KB
18 Status 0x79d655db563e80de44127d6c7cbb838c 3/10/2016 6:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown Creative Plugins 0 KB
19 Status 0x9f0a950b8a71b71cf5330c22c429e4f4 3/8/2016 11:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative Plugins 19 KB
20 Status 0x2d510e7bcd999316f88c740a1409e51b 12/11/2015 11:53:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 21 Creative Plugins 15 KB
21 Status 0x0b3dc17f52e69c8fca57f98d7f482ace 10/10/2015 10:34:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 1, 1 Creative Plugins 24 KB
22 Status 0xc11f58dc71308ec688fd818bd3aa8e09 8/13/2015 10:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative Plugins 22 KB
23 Status 0x32a012de5b240436596e3e62622f6ba2 3/20/2015 11:15:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 16 Creative Plugins 28 KB
24 Status 0x52c772a0b24e655f3d68092041bf5a8b 2/22/2015 1:30:00 AM Unknown 6.00.01.1281-2.14.0850 Creative Plugins 19 KB
25 Status 0x1c9dfdd1a37a60817a6e685933d9e93d 11/11/2014 7:51:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 00, 0041 Creative Plugins 19 KB


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