What is CTHELPER.EXE?

CTHELPER.EXE is part of CtHelper Application and developed by Creative Technology Ltd according to the CTHELPER.EXE version information.

CTHELPER.EXE's description is "CtHelper Application"

CTHELPER.EXE is digitally signed by Creative Technology.

CTHELPER.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected CTHELPER.EXE.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on CTHELPER.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameCtHelper Application
Company nameCreative Technology Ltd
File descriptionCtHelper Application
Internal nameCtHelper
Original filenameCtHelper.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2004-2007
Product version2.18.00.0017
File version6.00.01.1377-2.18.6600

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameCtHelper Application
Company nameCreative Technology Ltd
File descriptionCtHelper Application
Internal nameCtHelper
Original filenameCtHelper.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2004-2007
Product version2.18.00.0017
File version6.00.01.1377-2.18.6600

Digital signatures [?]

CTHELPER.EXE has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCreative Technology
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number68436bafe4b1bb061931934d00a84bfb

VirusTotal report

1 of the 51 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the CTHELPER.EXE file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0123
1 of the 51 anti-virus programs detected the CTHELPER.EXE file.

Folder name variants

CTHELPER.EXE may also be located in other folders than C:\Windows\system32\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named CTHELPER.EXE

CTHELPER.EXE (11 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5fe48889914b963651ac10bd3316c9a2f
SHA25613bebd45f86930405435b056021e47565fd0c1291605c3d6ec561aba7a7587cb

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to cthelper.exe:

cthelper.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

cthelper.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

CtHelper Application has stopped working.

End Program - cthelper.exe. This program is not responding.

cthelper.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

cthelper.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

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