Questions - ctfmon.exe running process.

[Lior7]

Hey there, I would first like to say thanks in advance to anyone who will bother reading this, so without further a due - Thanks!

Now, for some time now I see this process running called ctfmon.exe, it seemd slightly suspicous as I had no idea what it was. I ran a search over the website and started reading around several websites saying it is a process related somewhat to Microsoft Office. Now, I do have Microsoft Office installed but some websites said it might be some kind of a trojan or worm spyware kind.

So my question is, is it a threat?

[guestolo]

more than likely not a threat, but if you would like a double check
Download Hijackthis 1.99.1 from my signature below
SAVE it to your desktop

Double click on hijackthis_sfx.exe on desktop
Click the UNZIP button>>OK the prompt
This will self extract to C:\Program Files\HijackThis
Delete hijackthis_sfx.exe from desktop

Go to START>>RUN
Copy>>paste the following to the open field, then hit OK
%systemdrive%\Program Files\HijackThis
This will open the Hijackthis folder
RIGHT CLICK on Hijackthis.exe and select SEND TO>>Desktop (create shortcut)
You can now run Hijackthis.exe from the new shortcut placed on your desktop

Do a "SCAN and Save a Log file"
A log will open in Notepad
Copy and paste the WHOLE contents of the log  here