What is CtaMon.dll?

CtaMon.dll is part of SPIMon Generic Persistent Module and developed by Creative Technology Ltd. according to the CtaMon.dll version information.

CtaMon.dll's description is "SPIMon Generic Persistent Module"

CtaMon.dll is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about CtaMon.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on CtaMon.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameSPIMon Generic Persistent Module
Company nameCreative Technology Ltd.
File descriptionSPIMon Generic Persistent Module
Internal nameSPIMon
Original filenameSPIMon.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2006
Product version1, 0, 1, 0
File version1, 0, 1, 0

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

Product nameSPIMon Generic Persistent Module
Company nameCreative Technology Ltd.
File descriptionSPIMon Generic Persistent Module
Internal nameSPIMon
Original filenameSPIMon.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2006
Product version1, 0, 1, 0
File version1, 0, 1, 0

Digital signatures [?]

CtaMon.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 41 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the CtaMon.dll file.

None of the 41 anti-virus programs detected the CtaMon.dll file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ed0a559bbc0d22b511042913d550cf39
SHA256317c6adb45c6ed8e82e5f1e67d82bf979829a75d6d51a3d967d0d947998c73bc

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 10 votes to remove and 23 votes to keep

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Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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