Comments on: What is ctfmon.exe And Why Is It Running?

By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:19 +0000

i can remember a time when CTFMON didnt run on my pc ( cos of my config probly ), looks like im back to that good old time..woop te do

By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:26 +0000

Thx very much, iv been trying to disable ctfmon for ages, it was driving me mad….brilliant!

By: John

John — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:03:15 +0000

The Geek RULES. I’ve been trading blows with this issue (ctfmon) for as long as I have run XP. 90 seconds after I stumble onto the Geek, problem solved. ‘Nuff said.

By: Vinayak

Vinayak — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:56:16 +0000

Thanks, i have get rid of something i didnt know about.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:44:00 +0000

I was having mucho problems with my wireless internet connectivity. It would transfer data briefly and then hang. Removing CTFMON seemed to fix the problem.

By: G N Pradeep

G N Pradeep — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:14:24 +0000

Thanks a lot. I had been searching the solution from a long time for ctfmon.exe. At last by How-To-Geek website i found the solution, which solved my problem.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:15:30 +0000

thanks i heard that ctfmon interfares with google chrome so thanks for the guide.

By: kash

kash — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:05:25 +0000

thanks…great tips

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:37:16 +0000

Thanks a lot for the help, Ive been struggling with it for days now. I do have a few questions to ask about it though, can it be used as spyware and can it be activated on my computer from another computer like a virus or something. I am pretty sure i got rid of it but the thought of it coming back without me realizing is killing me, it eats up all my internet cap and i cant shake the feeling that it can be used to see what i type. Thanks Nic

By: furball

furball — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:26:43 +0000

I did all these steps as well, but ctfmon still appears for my users (running under Terminal Services). Instead of deleting the file then finding out somebody needed it in the future, just right-click on the ctfmon.exe file and under the security tab (NTFS only), remove the users power users group. Reboot and voila! No more ctfmon running in the background.

Hope this helps.