ctdetect.exe is a process belonging to the Creative Labs Soundblaster CD/DVD Alerter. This program is a non-essential process, and is installed for ease of use and can be safely removed.

ctdvddet.exe is a process belonging to Creative Soundblaster sound card drivers. It automatically detect and plays DVDs. This is a non-essential process. Disabling or enabling it is down to user preference.

cteaxspl.exe is a process belonging to Creative Soundblaster sound card drivers. It is running at boot up and shows a splash screen for the product.

ctfmon.exe is a process belonging to Microsoft Office Suite. It activates the Alternative User Input Text Input Processor (TIP) and the Microsoft Office XP Language Bar. This program is a non-essential system process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

ctfmon32.exe is a process belonging to an advertising program by CoolWebSearch. This process monitors your browsing habits and distributes the data back to the author's servers for analysis. This also prompts advertising popups. This process is a security risk and should be removed from your system. Please see additional details regarding this process.

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.

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ctl3d.dll is a module containing 3D effects for common GUI components used by Windows applications.

ctl3d32.dll is a module containing 3D effects for common GUI components used by Windows applications.

ctlauncher.exe is a process installed alongside SB Audigy and provides support to this configuration utility. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

ctlcntr.exe is a process which belongs to the . This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

ctltask.exe is a process installed alongside SB Audigy and provides support to this configuration utility. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

ctltray.exe is a process installed alongside SB Audigy and provides additional configuration options for these devices. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

ctmix32.exe is a process belonging to Creative ShareDLL. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

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ctmodutl.exe is a process installed alongside Creative Audio Hardware and provides additional configuration options for these devices. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

ctnotify.exe is a installed alongside some Creative Technology audio products. This process detects the insertion of a CD and executes it's own options menu.

ctor.dll is a module associated with InstallShield (R) from InstallShield Software Corporation.

ctpdesrv.exe is a process which belongs to the Creative Personal Media Storage Server. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

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