Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

1.0.18.0	33.33%
1.0.14.0	33.33%
1.0.6.0	33.33%

Relationships

Parent process

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

sbavmonl.dll (Creative SB AVStream Monitoring Launcher by Creative Technology Ltd)

PE file structure

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Import table

hid.dll

HidD_GetHidGuid, HidD_FreePreparsedData, HidP_SetUsageValue, HidD_GetPreparsedData, HidD_GetAttributes

kernel32.dll

GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, Sleep, GetTickCount, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, LocalAlloc, LocalFree, GetLastError, CreateMutexW, CloseHandle, SetWaitableTimer, CancelWaitableTimer, WaitForMultipleObjects, WaitForSingleObject, SetEvent, CreateThread, CreateWaitableTimerW, CreateEventW, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, ReleaseMutex, CreateFileW, WriteFile, InterlockedExchange, QueryPerformanceCounter, InterlockedCompareExchange, TerminateProcess

msvcrt.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoTaskMemFree, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, CoCreateInstance, PropVariantClear

setupapi.dll

SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetailW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces, SetupDiGetClassDevsW, SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList

shell32.dll

ShellExecuteW

user32.dll

GetMessageW, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage

SBAVMon.dll

Creative SB AVStream Monitoring Utility by Creative Technology Ltd

Remove SBAVMon.dll

Version:	1.0.6.0
MD5:	1aba3e6e98c990131a9bb530595a1645
SHA1:	6c71f28d3dc5cc5350993549b98b1c1ffdbed02c
SHA256:	5a4776d6cc6f9b4dbc519c012f43c4d40decb0ebe3cfa5b8d9665b9a6ebcab7a

What is SBAVMon.dll?

Creative SB AVStream Monitoring Utility is part of the driver providing Windows support for Creative Sound Blaster Audio. It installs Creative Audio Console to control the user's audio device's settings.

Overview

sbavmon.dll executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program Sound Blaster Wireless published by Creative Technology Ltd.

Details

File name:	sbavmon.dll
Publisher:	Creative Technology Ltd.
Product name:	Creative SB AVStream Monitoring Utility
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\system32\sbavmon.dll
File version:	1.0.6.0
Size:	96.5 KB (98,816 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

Sound Blaster Wireless

Creative Technology Ltd

4% remove

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'Creative SB Monitoring Utility' → RunDll32 sbavmon.dll,SBAVMonitor

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00002057%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001771%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00000286%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	94 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,212/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	10.07 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	5.81 MB
Private (minimum):	4 MB
Non-paged memory:	10.07 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	82.2 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	83.48 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	4.43 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	7.25 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	3,288/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	9 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	5 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	37	12
Handles:	340	600
GUI GDI count:	10	103
GUI USER count:	24	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" sbavmon.dll,sbavmonitor
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

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