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Old December 8th, 2006, 09:32 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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ctfmon.exe? What program should I use to check it?

I noticed ctfmon.exe is running on my computer.

According to http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/ this is a trojan. I do not have Office XP so it did not come from there. I'm looking for a program that would scan for this trojan.

Can't get spybot to update this morning, at least not yet. Running Ad-Aware SE now
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Old December 8th, 2006, 10:18 AM     #2 (permalink)
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I found it in the run section of the registry, I deleted it but when I rebooted it was still running.

The Spybot page has finally come back up, downloading updates now.

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http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=871169

ok, mine is legit. this worked:
Go to Start, then Control Panel, then Regional and Language Options, then click Languages tab, then Details, then Advanced tab, then put a check next to “Turn off advanced text service” then hit Apply.
ctfmon is no longer running.

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