ctfmon.exe
What is ctfmon.exe?
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Windows Process Description:
The process ctfmon.exe is known to belong to the Alternative User Input Text Input Processor for Microsoft Office Suite for Windows. This file process ctfmon.exe is found to be responsible for the activation of the Alternate User Input Text Input Processor as well as the Microsoft Office XP Language Bar. The function of this file ctfmon.exe is to monitor the windows that are active so as to be available to provide services and support for text input that are used for the recognition of speech and handwriting, for the keyboard, for translation services and other alternative user technologies for the input of data.
The process ctfmon.exe is also found in several other software such as the update scheduler for Sun Java by Sun MicroSystems, Inc and eMule from the emule-project.net. This ctfmon.exe process file is found to be running in the background as a background process even if there are no Microsoft Office programs running. This system file ctfmon.exe has its location at C:/Windows/System32.
The file ctfmon.exe has several known file sizes. On the operating system Windows XP, the file size of the system process ctfmon.exe is discovered to be 15 kilobytes in 88% of the time it occurred in the computer. The other file sizes seen range from 8 kilobytes to as much as 192 kilobytes. The file ctfmon.exe is recognized to be a core system file of Windows. This file process is also a background process and therefore does not show a visible window even when it is active. This file ctfmon.exe is also a signed file by Microsoft.
The file process ctfmon.exe loads during Windows startup, creating the following registry keys: HKEY_L_M/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/RunOnce, HKEY_C_U/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run, HKEY_U/.DEFAULT/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run, HKEY_C_U/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User Shell Folders,HKEY_L_M/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run, HKEY_L_M/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User Shell Folders, HKEY_C_U/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/RunOnce.
Author: Microsoft.
Author URL: www.microsoft.com
Part Of: Cicero Loader
Memory Usage: Low, around 100 kilobytes since its function is to monitor the active process of the computer.
System Process: Yes
Application: Yes
Background Process: Yes
Uses Network: No
Uses Internet: No
Hardware Related: No
Common Path: c:\Windows\System32
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