A few fraudulent anti-virus and tech-support companies have been trying to present genuine processes in the Windows Task Manager as a virus or malware to fool customers into buying their product or service. One such case is with the process ctfmon.exe or CTF Loader.

Cftmon.exe as explained earlier is a genuine file needed by Microsoft Office. However, many users have reported a virus with the same name. The original file is located in C://Windows//System32. If a similarly named file is found outside that folder, it could well be a virus or malware.

To check if the file is a virus or a genuine file, right-click on the process in the Task Manager and select Open location. If the location is the original System32 folder, the file is legit and genuine. If not, then you need to run a full system anti-virus scan right away.

Read more on https://www.thewindowsclub.com/what-is-ctfmon-exe

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