ctfmon.exe

[nvidia]

how do i delete ctfmon.exe?
its replicating and i have 2 ctfmon.exe files running in the system process

[vijay_7287]

u cannot delete it....it is a process associated with MS Office...if u wanna get rid of it...switch back to Office-2000

[nvidia]

my problem is not with the office file the ctfmon is also a trojan!!! you scan your comp and see if the trojan is also in your comp... use avg anti spyware if its there it will tell you it is usually located in c:\documents and settings\<use r name>\starup i think not very sure....

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

then all you can do is delete that file n then repair or reinstall MS Office , that would solve it

[Kiran.dks]

Originally Posted by nvidia8800

how do i delete ctfmon.exe?
its replicating and i have 2 ctfmon.exe files running in the system process

Information is not sufficient to give any suggestions. Please post the HijackThis log file report here for analysis.


1. Download HijackThis

2. Extract the zip content to Desktop

3. Close all Open windows if any including your browser

4. Run Hijackthis

A report will be produced. Copy & paste entire report here for analysis.

[Vishal Gupta]

Goto Add/Remove Programs list and click on Microsoft Office XP Professional with front page (or something like that. Depends upon which version u hv installed), Now click on Change button and select Add/Remove Features then Next. Now expand Office Shared Features and click on Alternative User Input and select Not Available and finally click on Update.

It'll permanently remove that ctfmon.exe

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

Goto Add/Remove Programs list and click on Microsoft Office XP Professional with front page (or something like that. Depends upon which version u hv installed), Now click on Change button and select Add/Remove Features then Next. Now expand Office Shared Features and click on Alternative User Input and select Not Available and finally click on Update.

It'll permanently remove that ctfmon.exe

whoa Vishal i never knew it was for that , i though it was an Office Core Component.

I always discover new things by reading your posts

[Lucky_star]

Thanx Vishal, it helped me too...

[anandk]

Originally Posted by nvidia8800

its replicating and i have 2 ctfmon.exe files running in the system process

check its locations. if they r not situated in C:\Windows\System32\ they are malware.

[Vishal Gupta]

@Zeeshan & Lucky
U both r always welcome.

[prasad_den]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

Goto Add/Remove Programs list and click on Microsoft Office XP Professional with front page (or something like that. Depends upon which version u hv installed), Now click on Change button and select Add/Remove Features then Next. Now expand Office Shared Features and click on Alternative User Input and select Not Available and finally click on Update.

It'll permanently remove that ctfmon.exe

Any suggestions for the same in Office 2007..?? I don't find the entry you have mentioned under Office Shared FEatures..!!

[Vishal Gupta]

^^ Yeah, its not there and neither it runs in background.

exactly. its not there and neither it runs in background. but i often see it walking slowly in the frontyard. i wonder what happened to all its speed???????? maybe it got tired of running in the background. poor guy/gal/guy-gal.

[prasad_den]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

^^ Yeah, its not there and neither it runs in background.

But I'm still having problems with ctfmon.exe even though office XP has been uninstalled and office 2007 installed in its place...

[Vishal Gupta]

^^ It means the file is running bcoz it was left there after uninstalling Office XP.
Did u try to remove it from startup using msconfig?

[prasad_den]

^^ Yup.. tried it.. but it keeps returning.. and I found that it starts every time I start IE7..!

[Vishal Gupta]

Open IE7 and goto "Tools -> Manage Add-ons -> Enable or disable Add-ons". Now check whether an entry for "ctfmon.exe" exists there or not? If yes, then disable it.

[prasad_den]

I checked it now.. I couldn't find any entry even remotely similar to ctfmon.exe...
I searched my sys and found that the file exists in two locations.. the system32 folder and the prefetch folder.. Will deleting these two files solve the problem..??

[Vishal Gupta]

The file exists in my system too and I'll not suggest u to delete it.
Let it be there...

[prasad_den]

OH.. ok..!! As long as it just remains without creating much problems, I guess I'll leave it unharmed..

[nvidia]

noooooooooo dont delete ht file directly thts wat i did and the file replicated and now there are 2 ctfmons running in system process