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

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

Related files

SBAVMon.dll

Creative SB AVStream Monitoring Utility by Creative Technology Ltd

Remove SBAVMon.dll

Version:	1.0.18.0
MD5:	691b9b95f33b4c9629e1d11d1576f9c1
SHA1:	8247005ab9be4802a993988463fc8db5884a37ff
SHA256:	9eb14e92c3dd51eaacef321f68cc8dc0e91931990086de955259fa3239b539ff

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 typically within the context of its parent sbavmonl.dll (Creative SB AVStream Monitoring Launcher by Creative Technology Ltd). 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 Recon3D 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:	1.0.18.0
Size:	113 KB (115,712 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 Recon3D

Creative Technology Ltd

5% remove

“Powered by the revolutionary Sound Core3D™ quad-core Sound and Voice processor, this breakthrough USB audio enhancer delivers powerful gaming audio to your console or PC. With hardware-accelerated THX® TruStudio Pro™ and Dolby® Digital decoding it transforms even basic stereo sound into exhilarating 3D surround audio on your headset or speakers. Hear your enemies before they hear you with the proprietary Scout Mode™, which tunes your he...”

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:	0.00016112%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00009793%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00006319%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	266 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	10.59 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	10.36 MB
Private (minimum):	10.3 MB
Non-paged memory:	10.59 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	93.81 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	95.16 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	10.34 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	10.36 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	2,785/min	2,039/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	27	12
Handles:	244	600
GUI GDI count:	19	103
GUI GDI peak:	20	142
GUI USER count:	13	49
GUI USER peak:	16	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" sbavmon.dll,sbavmonitor
Owner:	User
Parent process:	sbavmonl.dll (Creative SB AVStream Monitoring Launcher by Creative Technology Ltd)

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