| All comments about cthelper.exe: |
 | should be some stuff the soundblaster needs |
 slagger | die leute die diese software geschrieben haben sollten mal angaben machen |
| Ebula | Background task that works as a plug-in manager for Creative drivers. It helps the third party manufacturers to produce drivers, add-on features, and fixes that will integrate with a tighter fit with Creative sound drivers and utilities. |
| Sema4 | Background task that works as a plug-in manager for Creative drivers. |
 Ebula came up on my firewall | It hogs all of the CPU. Search to see if its in a windows system folder. |
 Magus | As it appears it is harmless, I have a seen a bug that uses this name with all cap letters running from the root directory. Normally this file allows for the third party effects and sound distribution over the creative labs soundblaster 24 bit sound systems. If you do not play games or record your own digital music. You should be able to kill this process without effecting your performance. |
| Alex | Used by creative sound card |
| zeek | it is only a waste of resoures |
| jason | it was using 99% of my CPU |
| deus | is this thing supposed to be taking up 99% of my cpu useage? :/ |
 | The only harm it has caused for me is somehow managing to use about 90% of my processors time. |
| davegb10 | not sure if it causes problems but takes up the entirety of my cpu capacity |
 | it's annoying |
| Matt | Not normally dangerous, but sometimes can have a bad memory leak |
| Mike Denzil | This file doesn't listen on any ports... so its not dangerous... It also doesn't appear to send out information. |
| amoo3 | uses a hole friggen lot of memory |
| amoo3 | uses a hole friggen lot of cpu i ment sry |
| Keith | background process that hogs all the resources |
| Mike | Useful for sound card driver developement. Eats processing power though. No ill effects from ending process from the task manager if you want the cpu power back |
| Juun | soll von creativ produkten kommen hab diese anwendung auch und hab auch ne creativ sound karte. |
| Hoggy | Makes shutting down my OS realy hard (98 SE) - By always needs to endtask it |
| René M. | Its for the soundcard. SB-Live Creative Technology Ltd. filverion 1.0.0.1 |
| KoW | Chews CPU time |
| P | Capital letters. Can't kill the process. Use 1% of cpu |
| Yjrampage | Yes it is part of Creative Snd Blaster; should only take up 0-1%of CPU usage(otherwise u have other issues); not essential unless u' use 5.1+ sound in advance gaming or media |
| Ben | For some strange reason one of my development softwares (Windev) won't run while this file is memory. Nor will the setup files run for reinstall. Other than that, no ill effects. Responds fine to end task. |
| Dave T | This file is a real pain as it is always hogging memory up to 98% of available resources, seems to be particularly bad after running demo versions of new games software, ie : MOHPA MP demo. |
| blopnuts | the size of mine is 292k in memory and is using no cpu |
| Jerad | It encounters an error in the start and my speakers don't work! I'm mad. |
| lila | blockierte onlinebanking |
| Sigi G | Hersteller Creative Technology Ltd, wird für die Soundkarte SB-Live benötigt |
| Rob | Part of my sound card, but is it necessary? |
| Protheus | Gehört zur Creative Soundblaster Soundkarten |
| Buck | Seems like it loads with a registry entry about WinDVD - doesnt sound good to me as it looks like Spyware |
| Andy Jones | cthelper.exe is present on the installation Audigy 2ZS CD-ROM from Creative and the file is present in 3 directories when installed C:\windows\system C:\Program files\Creative\SBAudigy2ZS\Program\VxD\common and C:\Program files\Creative\SBAudigy2ZS\Program\WDM\common and is connected to CtSpkHlp.dll What it does I have no idea but certainly is not dangerous or Creative wouldn't put it on their installation disk. |
| | Popup blocked (http://a.tribalfusion.com - eBay - Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Comcast) |
| Chistian Voigt | It helps with Sound Related Problems. Game Patches or Add-On's for Music Software might rely on this. But as far as i know (wich is probably not very far), nobody ever used this stuff. |
| Michiel NL | cthelper.exe is installed with Creative Labs Soundblaster Devices. It's purpose is to aid 3rd party developers create plugins/software for the card. In this way it is a non-essential system process and can be removed from the task-bar/startup (run - msconfig). If you play games I would keep it enabled, pherhaps lower its priority. |
| Chris | Eating up between 70%-99% of my cpu, but i never noticed it before now after I was playing around with the sound settings. |
| mo | its for creative sound cards |
| | Creative Soundblaster App. |
| | part of drivers for creative soundblaster |
| Jeff Hughes | There is spyware out there using this filename |
| Andre | Mine crashes during startup (illegal memory access) |
| John Cookson | Sometimes hangs my system on startup (Approx 1 in 3 boots). My system W98-SE will often not shut down until I use the three fingered salute and kill this process |
| TRex2003 | Ptach für WinDVD von creative, aber NERVIG |
| | mine runs from system32 dir if it crashes it uses 99% cpu its a noise reduction app used by creative get an update driver |
| | soundcard crap not a threat |
| arjen | this file deletes my bootup files and uses all my RAM memory. If i shut it down it will return the next time I start the pc. location C:/winnt/system32/cthelper.exe but i can't find it at that location. |
| Charlieuk | XP firewall Blocked it, I'n not that up with th XP firewall, but wondering why it wants to block it, I have le3ft it blocked for now |
| | very dangerous |
| Tommy | my virus program is calling this file a trojan See also: Link |
| SirMichi | Creative-Soundkarte (Zusammenarbeit mit Programmen von Drittanbietern) See also: Link |
| mouse209 | Used by Creative Audigy. Has no adverse recording or listening effects when removed. |
| Steven | I tried to install Creative Drivers for my PCMCIA and Trend said I had the Worm Sdbot.Aul and said it clean it, at Trend on the internet it said it downloads, CTHelper.exe See also: Link |
| Jonnie | Ist in Ordner System32 unter Windows, braucht bei mir 1,2Mb. |
| Bjoern | CT Helper is in fact a tool to Enable Soundblaster Live and Audigy Cards to make use of the surround functions of WinDVD (a DVD Player Software from Intervideo). If you enable 4 Speaker mode in Creative Surround Mixer, you wont be able to use 4 Speaker Surround Mode in WinDVD unless you're running CTHelper.exe. If you dont need surround, you can disable it in the registry. |
| Scott | takes up 99 percent of cpu |
| | dont even dream about running this with hl2 |
| Kyle | I go to processes and click on it and click 'end process' and i click yes but it stays there! |
| Rob V | I find most times this program is consuming my computer is in an idle state but since I usesoundblaster for its firewire input for my audio interface I am worried about deleting it. I might need that function in the future. Plug-ins are almost essential in somespacific software and these programs will not fuction as efficiently without them.SOLUTION; I just end task in task manager. |
| Dev | Creative Soundblaster, Audigy, Audigy 2, ZS background driver. Should only use 0 - 1% of cpu & less than 2000k (2mb) of memory. Not critical to leave it on but it may improve performance if playing sound intensive programs (gaming as well.) If cpu usage is more than 5% you may have a conflict / memory leak and should find a fix for it. Other than that its better to just leave it on. |
| | Creative's file, may be desactivated |
| XtremeS | Its harmless, if it causes trouble on your pc, try to config it better |
| ßodincus | You can get rid of it, it's useless even if you play with the ultimate games. Use msconfig to stop it loading at start. |
| MikeMcLarenF1 | This apparently enables me to set the surround sound settings. Without it I actually can't get any EAX and high-quality sounds. I suspect CTHelper means Creative Taskbar Helper, in which case makes sense, as the Taskbar is the center of my SB Audigy's processing program. It doesn't have to run, but it lets me change my audio settings, and stores it. I guess CTHelper runs the settings when the bar isn't activated. |
| Aksel | CTHELPER.EXE is a creative file. I've got a worm (c:\windows\system32\agbqfp.exe) and can't delete it, because it is used by CTHELPER.EXE. CTHELPER.EXE wont end when i click end process. |
| | Should i kill it? and if yes how? |
| B1OO | Creative Soundblaster |
| l0thar | Because they drop a Global kernel level hook and kernel level keyboard (keylogger) hook in with installshield (which seeks RPC locator service immediately) all the other more obvious backdoors are decoys for us to find. Having a kernel level rootkit in they own your box. The only way to remove it is repartition and reformat. You will not find it. |
| SkyWolf | cthelper part of creative Driver startup. shut down in Admin tools in cpanel. also used to config Speaker config levels outputs! may case Clicking Sound ever 1min. C:\Program Files\Creative\SBAudigy\Program\WDM\COMMON 24KB |
| James | While CtHelper MFC may be SoundBlaster related, a file by the same name CtHelper.exe tries to monitor mouse and keyboard movements. Spyware. |
| Snoopy | Supposedly an SB prog. However my Zone Alarm states its trying to monitor my mouse movements & keyboard strokes!!!!!!!!!! |
| adam | one of the sound blaster plug in.sometimes it takes over 98% of my CPU |
| WhaQ | Installed with latest Audigy2 beta drivers, uses 0 cpu when idle See also: Link |
| Oskar Karanuba | Creative Soundblaster file, delete it if you don't have one |
| ShadowCaster | zonealarm sagt, dass CTHelper.exe meine Tastatureingaben logt. Es ist bei mir 24kb groß und scheint eine Spyware zu sein. Den Prozess kann ich nicht entfernen und das Programm kann ich nicht löschen. Wie kann ich diese Spyware wieder loswerden? |
| redlightdistrix | I think its best to disable this item, as it records ur mouse movements n keystrokes which is detected by ZoneAlarm and its v dangerous if u were to goto internet transactions and records ur ID or PIN number without u knowing it.. |
| WC | This files has been idenitfied as a key logger on my computer. My firewall caught it. Be carefull with this file |
| Agano | This program frequently froze my operating system. Cthelper.exe especially doesn’t like pendrives and digital cameras attached to USB port. The error window appears and system hangs. |
| Phil | It interfered with other software on my system - ie it caused After Effects to shut down and may have been interfering with Avid Xpress |
| geddoe | was sending packets for me and would not end process |
| | Sometimes usues 100% of cpu cycles. Newer versions seem to be ok. |
| Flash | Name can be co-opted by W32/Rbot-XB worm. You will be unable to end this process via task manager if this is true. See also: Link |
| Budreaux | it may be part of Creative files, but why does it have to access the internet on windows load? I am running Panda Antivirus and everytime I start my computer, it says this file is trying to access the internet. I have it blocked from internet but leave it running in processes. |
| oldves | Time by time it uses nearly 100% of my CPU. I have to shut it down with task manager when this problem occures in order to be able to work at normal speed! When I shut it down, everything works properly. |
| | I have Audigy 2 ZS and mine CTHELPER.EXE is not in C:\Windows\System folder it's in \System32 folder and doesn't take 2 mb, it takes 4,5 mb of memory. Is something wrong? |
| Zap | Lags my computer. Gets locked up and unresponcive. |
| dbenno | The reason i became aware of this file is because at every startup the Dr Watson Post Mortem Debugger is launched by it, i.e. cthelper is unable to launch itself... apparently it is not necessary unless your are using 4 speakers or windvd or both, so to avoid this debugger at every startup i have disabled cthelper at startup... fingers crossed! |
| | Creative Labs Soundblaster module - uses 0% cpu when not accessed. Currently Monitoring |
| Lostsoul | SB platinum file |
| Deviros | not a problem unless openoffice.org's error reporting has been forcibly turned off by micro$oft, at which point, Lsass.exe and cthelper.exe share about 98% of the CPU.. Why?! I have absolutely NO idea. Micro$oft does hate opensource, and OO.o is Opensource... |
| monkboy | creative driver, absolutely harmless if its the one from the creative drivers. mine never seems to use any cpu whatsoever. after extensive monitoring of this file. although EAX, EAX2HD seems to not work when I disable/stop this file. seems pretty harmless to me |
| Alan | Not much but just installed sound blaster |
| holg | i removed cthelper from "run" and then sampling with soundcard goes only up to 6000 Hz, I thoght my card is out of order, but registering again cthelper in autorun and the audigy samples properly |
| Mario | Has replicated over LAN, tcpdump says it tries to scan internal shares and open an irc port. Spyware 4 sure. |
| Cabbit | It's harmless, but used over 4mb of RAM. I deleted and removed it from my registry since I've removed my SoundBlaster card from my system. |
| Roshambo | Its for Creative Sound drivers its its using more than 1% you should reinstall sound drivers |
| Peter W | Part of the Creative Soundblaster drivers, annoying but required |
| Mediarocker - IT Administrator | cthelper.exe is installed with Creative Labs Soundblaster Devices. It's purpose is to aid 3rd party developers create plugins/software for the card. In this way it is a non-essential system process and can be removed from the task-bar/startup. If you do not have a creative labs device then you may have a virus or a trojan. If you are having problems with this file your system may not have the required recources for it to run. it is not system essential but will disable 3rd party plugins for the creative labs devices. if it is hogging recources then consider scanning and removing it. |
| holg | without cthelper my audigy samples only up to 6000 Hz, it is important for correkt soundcardworking |
| marty | when you disable this if you have an emu soundcard the card wont load |
| Benzi | Wurde bei der Installation von OpenAL für XiFi installiert, wahrscheinlich gefahrlos. Wenn kein OpenAL gebraucht wird deinstallieren. |
| | Part of creative sound cards |
| chris | not required for sound blaster operation |
| kvd | uses 100% of my first cpu when opening some files with dreamweaver, system becomes completely irresponsive |
| MEME | Used by Creative For Sound blaster audio cards See also: Link |
| diablo | seems to not use any of my cpu if that and 888kb ram i use the 5.1 for games or will keep it |
| | Required by my Audigy 2 Value to enable rear speakers. |
| anis | its a creative sound blaster file |
| Jason Strese | A lot of people report stuff using a lot of CPU usage, its normally a defect in the installation of the hardware. Try re-installing it. Also, check to see if your system meets it's system requirements, if it doesn't you can suffer extreme penalties such as the CPU usage. Not all users will find that it takes a lot of CPU usage, This should be enabled for the best performance in any of your Creative products (mainly Sound Blaster). |
| dicky mkeatballz | I have an e-mu 0404 soundcard, which i use for sound production. I know that creative now owns e-mu and uses some of the same parts in both brands, but when i was using linux it would always detect a soundblaster card the for which the drivers are incompatible. (E-mu drivers have no official support from Linux or windows so neither one ever detects them right.) I was just wondering if cthelper is needed to run the e-mu drivers and patch mix software (1 each 1/4" L-R stereo outs and ins are the only i/o devices i use and i don't play any video games on my machine or have any use for surround |
| black nigger | not dangerous |
| Susan | I can't end the process. This may sound odd as Creative is supposed to be reputable, but I reinstalled my sound card drivers directly from their website on a fresh factory settings PC and immediately got a virus. This was about 3 weeks ago. See also: Link |
| laji | It's Creative's part, it came to me only with SB install. Uses ~1% of CPU resources. (SB Live! 5.1 Digital, WinXPSP2) |
| | has a tendancy to take over the CPU causing a serious slowdown, it does this if you change the sound settings (like from 2 to 5.1 speakers) |
| G Jones | cthelper.exe is installed with Creative Labs Soundblaster Devices. It's purpose is to aid 3rd party developers create plugins/software for the card. |
| Amber | May be the cause of key snatching for fraudulent activity. Someone got into my Paypal account just a couple days after I noticed this constantly running every time I turned my pc on. I'm having a terrible time getting rid of it now, too. |
| | acrobat assistant 7.0 |
| simon | This is installed with the soundblaster audigy 2 drivers |
| dvdjhn | I used Adaware-2007 beta process viewer cpu usage was 0 |
| D.R. | Needed for the new high end X-Fi Sound Blaster. Auto-ranges Hz frequency according to computer use. |
| Dan | Creative Labs Soundblaster Devices. It's purpose is to aid 3rd party developers create plugins/software for the card |
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