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Tip from the PitCrew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

Furthermore, perhaps the quickest and most straight forward method to detect malware is through a running process analysis.

Process Library

  

ctsvccda.exe (Creative CD-ROM)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 2.52%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

CTsvcCDA.exe - CTSVCCDA.EXE in Windows 95, 98, and Me, provides additional buffering for CDs, but is not needed for fast (24x and higher) speed drives. For Windows 2000/XP this task can often cause errors, particularly if you upgraded to XP from 9x/Me. We recommend that you disable it.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

ctsvccda.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

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



Identification

In addition to the file name, ctsvccda.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
Product contains:CDROM Access

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


MD5 Hashes

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 ctsvccda.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
ctsvccda.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10x08b1e5dc5791baeaa54c28653e71e1ca44032 bytes
20x3bb2d1b4854ea434c1f7ace4e6ff1fbf44032 bytes
30x0b1693eb1385ecf99480d9e9b40deed144032 bytes
40xc10b98f9b6f768042ecc77c483084fc651200 bytes
50x3c8b6609712f4ff78e521f6dcfc4032b44032 bytes
60x1eb9a3afc8f907aca4434d953e346f0851200 bytes
70x4e4024a413ddcc4b06531f1d409032fc53760 bytes
80x7d1f53516e963b73aa288f3b59f6902388064 bytes
90x6432cc745188c1e36953ef544ea0375944032 bytes
100x052ed5f9e1a2e6b9bbc930432332af4644032 bytes
110x1d49f74da2c529f65b58591eb0191eed44202 bytes
120xce596078359f7f0132a3897508e6f0d5120832 bytes
130x5a0d3471e7d370d47c21b3afc42c9dc451200 bytes
140x94f6f1fb369173d48bf493f43e3b711888064 bytes
150xa2b90bb2ab9e9782ee6b801b0ba91e3451712 bytes
160x7202b040ae3fea007cf8419eb08533e872704 bytes
170x8eeb7a6ab9ff6e465e8e30ae4757300851200 bytes
180xbdf4a7539a84f2e1d1647bf9667d464f53760 bytes
190xce1e685d0919a4edae66e58bc25e06ef52736 bytes
200xdb9da4f16ad77f45e27ebb8cba98451552736 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. ctsvccda.exe (Creative CD-ROM) has been seen on 2.52% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 1 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


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. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.