CTFMON What is it?

Question

Whenever i run mine system in office a process CTFMON is always running in back ground and some times it starts to hog memory .Could some body tell me the purpose of CTFMON .I think its a virus because i have tried to delete it or remove it from the startup but it comes back every time

Answer 1

Ctfmon.exe activates the Alternative User Input Text Input Processor (TIP) and the Microsoft Office Language Bar.

Ctfmon.exe monitors the active windows and provides text input service support for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard, translation, and other alternative user input technologies.

Removing the Ctfmon.exe might cause problematic behavior in your Office XP programs, so removing it is not recommended. To prevent Ctfmon.exe from running, follow these steps.

Answer 2

Ctfmon.exe is a file that runs in the background when you run an Office XP program, so you obvioulsy have office xp, I do. But ctfmon isn't installed on my computer and I don't have any problems. Not sure why you can't delete, but for better information type ctfmon in your search engine and see what you come up with.

Answer 3

It is not a virus. It is a part of Microsoft Office.
Search on Yahoo or google or elsewhere using word CTFMON.EXE and you will get many more links like this.......