CTFMON.exe

CTFMON.EXE: What is this program and why does it keep try to load at startup?
It seems to be pervasive whenever I either instal or upgrade a program.

Since one of my anti-malware programs keeps flaging it, thought I'd check in
this forum.

Thanks in advance for the help.

This is your 'Language Bar'. Control Panel Regional and Language Options
Languages tab Details button Language Bar button (under Preferences)
select "Turn off advanced text services" check box.

"BearPup" wrote in message
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CTFMON.EXE: What is this program and why does it keep try to load at
startup?
It seems to be pervasive whenever I either instal or upgrade a program.

Since one of my anti-malware programs keeps flaging it, thought I'd check
in
this forum.

Thanks in advance for the help.

"Jerry" wrote:

This is your 'Language Bar'. Control Panel Regional and Language Options
Languages tab Details button Language Bar button (under Preferences)
select "Turn off advanced text services" check box.

Thanks Jerry, I appreciate both the answer and the speed of your response.
BearPup

Originally Posted by BearPup

CTFMON.EXE: What is this program and why does it keep try to load at startup?
It seems to be pervasive whenever I either instal or upgrade a program.

Since one of my anti-malware programs keeps flaging it, thought I'd check in
this forum.

Thanks in advance for the help.

http://www.liutilities.com/products/...ibrary/ctfmon/
http://www.google.com/search?q=ctfmon.exe

It is possible that malware/spyware has renamed it self to ctfmon.exe and is now running under that name. If you do not have the office suite then i would suggest getting rid of it as it is most likely Malware. Also WHICH scanning software do you have? have you checked their forums?

"AnonUser" wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/5jrta
http://www.google.com/search?q=ctfmon.exe

It is possible that malware/spyware has renamed it self to ctfmon.exe
and is now running under that name. If you do not have the office suite
then i would suggest getting rid of it as it is most likely Malware.
Also WHICH scanning software do you have? have you checked their
forums?

AnonUser, Thanks for your reply. That it might be malware was my initial concern, as my StartupMonitor program kept asking if I wanted to allow the change (allowing it to start at start-up); and I kept saying no.

I did folllow Jerry's suggestion yesterday as I had installed East Asian
fonts on my system in order to have Simplified Chinese and Japanese for
display purposes.

I have unchecked advanced text services, and so far it hasn't tried to
reload ctfmon.exe.

PC Protection: Spybot w/ real time active; Windows Defender, w/ real time
active; ad-aware; Avast anti virus w/ real time active; Zone Alarm Firewall
w/ real time active; and StartupMonitor w/ real time active. I think that's
all of them.
I'll also run full system scans, as well as check the forums as you suggest.

Thanks for the help.
BearPup

I have this problem on my son's PC also. It's not running any OfficeXP
products. I also checked on the Advanced Text Services-it is NOT checked.
Ctfmon.exe still loads.
???

"Jerry" wrote:

This is your 'Language Bar'. Control Panel Regional and Language Options
Languages tab Details button Language Bar button (under Preferences)
select "Turn off advanced text services" check box.

"BearPup" wrote in message
...
CTFMON.EXE: What is this program and why does it keep try to load at
startup?
It seems to be pervasive whenever I either instal or upgrade a program.

Since one of my anti-malware programs keeps flaging it, thought I'd check
in
this forum.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Chuck wrote:
I have this problem on my son's PC also. It's not running any OfficeXP
products. I also checked on the Advanced Text Services-it is NOT checked.
Ctfmon.exe still loads.

Ctfmon.exe will also load if you have IE7. This is usually not a
problem. I've never seen an antivirus flag it, although of course any
file can be infected. If your antivirus is flagging ctfmon.exe and the
computer otherwise scans clean, you should contact your antivirus
maker's tech support to make sure this isn't a false positive.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I thought we were still running IE 6.x, but knowing the wife, she may have
updated against my instructions. If I "downgarde" to 6.x, will ctfmon go
away? It seems that it slows the PC down when it's running.
I also imagine that if I outright delete it, IE will somehow repopulate it.

"Malke" wrote:

Chuck wrote:
I have this problem on my son's PC also. It's not running any OfficeXP
products. I also checked on the Advanced Text Services-it is NOT checked.
Ctfmon.exe still loads.

Ctfmon.exe will also load if you have IE7. This is usually not a
problem. I've never seen an antivirus flag it, although of course any
file can be infected. If your antivirus is flagging ctfmon.exe and the
computer otherwise scans clean, you should contact your antivirus
maker's tech support to make sure this isn't a false positive.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Chuck wrote:
I thought we were still running IE 6.x, but knowing the wife, she may have
updated against my instructions. If I "downgarde" to 6.x, will ctfmon go
away? It seems that it slows the PC down when it's running.
I also imagine that if I outright delete it, IE will somehow repopulate it.

As I said, it seems extremely unlikely to me that ctfmon.exe is causing
your issues. However, you may wish to post your question in the
newsgroup for Internet Explorer:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general. Make sure you include the
version of IE you're using in your post.

Sorry I was unable to help you.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User