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What is mediadet.exe? Creative Disc Detector?

Vendor:      Creative Technology LTD
Product:     Creative Disc Detector
Vendor Website:      http://www.creative-asia.com/support/faqs/sound/sblp.html
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.
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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: MediaDet.Exe - This is a background application which gets installed with some Creative Labs sound card drivers. Disc Detector detects when you insert a CD in your CD-ROM drive and then automatically starts the appropriate application for it. Users can determine whether it should open in Creative PlayCenter, or some other audio player. To disable, open the "Disc Detector" icon in the Control Panel and uncheck "Enable Disc Detector" in the General tab.

mediadet.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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mediadet.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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mediadet.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
mediadet.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x9efa2e22e353fb4a34dd69d443fb065a 4/11/2016 9:10:00 PM Unknown 1.55.2.0 Creative Disc Detector 161 KB
2 Status 0x9f657042adbd2a9a86db3a594a94841c 3/19/2015 3:21:00 AM Unknown 2.00.07.0 Creative Disc Detector 163 KB
3 Status 0xd2a2acf673692c6b4a6b8a1e794f8b2b 2/18/2015 3:30:00 PM Unknown 2.00.02.0 Creative Disc Detector 163 KB
4 Status 0xe43e4d9e7e09d57310bdd994e1612e1d 10/28/2014 1:07:00 AM Unknown 2.0.0.0 Creative Disc Detector 161 KB
5 Status 0x2636188aab921f61d3dfe766aa7af558 8/27/2014 3:35:00 AM Unknown 1.53.3.0 Creative Disc Detector 155 KB
6 Status 0x1304715a388a4ef638ce5c65a895e3c5 1/28/2012 7:20:00 AM Unknown 1.59.0.0 Creative Disc Detector 162 KB
7 Status 0xb570003e64a0c2f6bfdb8a451f114563 1/21/2012 10:10:00 PM Unknown 2.00.08.0 Creative Disc Detector 163 KB
8 Status 0x272b32cb2ba4b14c805a0a9faee40d91 9/5/2011 10:36:00 AM Unknown 2.00.06.0 Creative Disc Detector 163 KB
9 Status 0x635f351ee273e845d169a5de398bc24d 7/13/2011 6:01:00 PM Unknown 1.57.00.0 Creative Disc Detector 161 KB
10 Status 0xdf13a62d235e9e67246af81b253c19e4 5/30/2011 11:07:00 PM Unknown 1.54.1.0 Creative Disc Detector 155 KB
11 Status 0xd478019818182631e4a26bb0f11197db 7/23/2010 8:26:00 PM Unknown 1.56.01.0 Creative Disc Detector 161 KB
12 Status 0x947ed8b8d70ddab522e10a59d925e788 4/18/2010 5:57:00 PM Unknown 1.55.0.0 Creative Disc Detector 160 KB
13 Status 0xf5325a14581bbaa1f48d8607218d08c7 11/23/2009 12:44:00 AM Unknown 2.00.04.0 Creative Disc Detector 163 KB
14 Status 0xb6f201488855daa3bfcbcc3c3835e40c 9/17/2009 4:05:00 PM Unknown 1.51.0.8 Creative Disc Detector 154 KB
15 Status 0xa56e21c163677e04920f0ffd7b0d651c 7/6/2009 6:09:00 AM Unknown 1.5 Creative Disc Detector 150 KB
16 Status 0x9c9f7b42d784681bb12741e9cdf54a41 8/8/2008 11:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Creative Disc Detector 170 KB


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