Creative MediaSource

Creative MediaSource

by Creative Technology Ltd

What is Creative MediaSource?

Creative MediaSource is software application developed by Creative Technology Ltd. It is most commonly found on computers running Microsoft Windows XP with nearly 53.13% of installations running this operating system. Creative MediaSource's installer is typically 9.00 MB in size and installs around 43 files. The most common release is 3.00 with 48.75% of all installations currently using this version.

Creative MediaSource is most popular in the United States with 57.89% of installations residing in this country.

Creative MediaSource adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • CTCMS.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{21372961-2843-4F66-9B8C-470AB3F0E435}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • CTDetect.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Creative Detector' and executes as C:\ProgramFiles\Program Files2\Creative\Media Source\Detector\CTDetect.exe /R.
  • CTCMSGo.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Creative MediaSource Go' and executes as "C:\ProgramFiles\Program Files2\Creative\Media Source\Go\CTCMSGo.exe" /SCB.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.creative.com
Support:
https://www.creative.com/support
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Creative\MediaSource
Uninstaller:
RunDll32 C:\Program Files1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\09\01\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{2
Size:
9.00 MB
Language:
English

Creative MediaSource Executable Details

Primary executable:
CTCMS.exe
Name:
Creative MediaSource
Path:
C:\Program Files\Creative\MediaSource\CTCMS.exe
MD5:
158f01fa31fc0caa80a717d65d56a78f
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Creative MediaSource
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
b27f9f0ab5bceba022e6e2606039700b
EXE
aa35e5dfc863f5b0ff56c46e47464485
DLL
9e4810ffa62823d8aae101e6ffc1f6c7