What is CTMBHA.DLL and should I remove it? |
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| by Oscar Sodani | |
| May 15, 2006 | |
 Oscar Sodani is a founder of Help2Go and owner of Help2Go Networks, an IT consulting firm in the Washington D.C. area. Oscar holds the CISSP certification as well as industry certifications from Microsoft, Cisco and Novell. It turns out that this file is not spyware. It is installed by the Creative Audigy line of sound cards. If you have a new PC with an Audigy sound card or an Audigy processor on your motherboard, there is a good chance that this file is running on startup. The only information we have on what the CTMBHA.DLL file does is that it is the "Creative Filter AudioControlMB Module". To us, it sounds like it helps Windows control the audio on your motherboard. It looks pretty harmless, so we suggest leaving it in place until Creative releases more information about what it does. If you are curious as to whether you may have spyware hiding on your computer, we suggest that you run through the steps of our Get Rid of Spyware Guide. Have a question? Need help? Get free, friendly person-to-person help with your computer questions or spyware questions in our help forums! |
