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File purpose and description:
CTHELPER.EXE is file that most likely arrived on your system when you bought it. Always verify the exact disk location, as this is shown below. This will help you verify that it is not spyware or adware related. This is a utility program that is related to your drivers and soundcard. This is from Creative Labs. Some people have reported this taking up 100% CPU! If your cthelper.exe task is taking up 100% of the CPU, its obviously buggy and should be terminated. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)
Actual file or task name:
cthelper.exe
File type:
This is an executable program from Creative labs.
File or folder location:
The CTHELPER.EXE file will be found in your windows folder or your system32 folder.
General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes.
You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows
"task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active
on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they
get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files
on your computer, for example, cthelper.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very
similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist
as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned.
You can always find the location of cthelper.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but
I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.
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