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mtdacqu.exe (Metadata monitor)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 15 MB


In addition to the file name, mtdacqu.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 Technology
Product contains:Metadata monitor

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.creative.com/



Win Patrol

MtdAcqu.exe - This is a metadata monitor for Creative Technology.

mtdacqu.exe  is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


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 mtdacqu.exe, we have detected 7 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
mtdacqu.exe7
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xe976f05980013d55562114daacd44049 28172 bytes
2 0x7eba41c548b5930d4cbdcd96e402b2ce 278528 bytes
3 0x4c49fe2523d56f7631985799b0b0679f 278528 bytes
4 0x5dec6e55ee65490bbf7f4789acd83646 278528 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
5 0x4dd85caee3035a5d31c87258b83656d6 299008 bytes
6 0x7befa26999d79fc7d6df7bb319e7fab9 278528 bytes
7 0xc2b3ff474dd812dad5e5c1caf724e51c 278528 bytes


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Tips from the Pit Crew

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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