What is pdfcreate4Hook.exe?

pdfcreate4Hook.exe is part of Scansoft PDF Products and developed by Nuance Communications, Inc. according to the pdfcreate4Hook.exe version information.

pdfcreate4Hook.exe's description is "PdfCreateHook Application"

pdfcreate4Hook.exe is digitally signed by Nuance Communications, Inc..

pdfcreate4Hook.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PDF Create 4\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected pdfcreate4Hook.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on pdfcreate4Hook.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameScansoft PDF Products
Company nameNuance Communications, Inc.
File descriptionPdfCreateHook Application
Internal namePdfCreateHook
Original filenamePdfCreateHook.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1995-2006 Nuance Communications, Inc.
Legal trademarkScanSoft, Recognita, OmniPage and OmniPage Pro are registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Product version4.1
File version4.1.6620.1

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

Product nameScansoft PDF Products
Company nameNuance Communications, Inc.
File descriptionPdfCreateHook Application
Internal namePdfCreateHook
Original filenamePdfCreateHook.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1995-2006 Nuance Commun..
Legal trademarkScanSoft, Recognita, OmniPage and Om..
Product version4.1
File version4.1.6620.1

Digital signatures [?]

pdfcreate4Hook.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameNuance Communications, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number4d82d5529e0c511cad1aa0255e3705d3

VirusTotal report

1 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pdfcreate4Hook.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Jiangmin Trojan/PSW.Ruftar.epz
1 of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the pdfcreate4Hook.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c6ae99dacbb360cadda9018833850291
SHA256f64619b6a0750d9bdfde6d37d59ccf4124c6aedb6c5bc2c8610ab554ff38bf94

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to pdfcreate4hook.exe:

pdfcreate4hook.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

pdfcreate4hook.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.

PdfCreateHook Application has stopped working.

End Program - pdfcreate4hook.exe. This program is not responding.

pdfcreate4hook.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

pdfcreate4hook.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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