Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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THXAudio.exe
THXAudio by Creative Technology Ltd
| Version: | 1.0.10.0 |
| MD5: | 2a5e8dbc310c2fb7511b9ab8e7cfb297 |
| SHA1: | 42900b066e930aa0f23197c4a4784f3bb1b22f43 |
| SHA256: | f9522b42baa4a3b5d325385c8ab7bbde549ab6420d0f430925a22c61c09fe5b2 |
Overview
thxaudio.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. 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 THX TruStudio PC published by Creative Technology Ltd. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC).
Details
| File name: | thxaudio.exe |
| Publisher: | Creative Technology Ltd |
| Product name: | THXAudio |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\creative\thx trustudio pro\thxaudiocp\thxaudio.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.10.0 |
| Size: | 941 KB (963,584 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“THX® TruStudio Pro™ is specially designed to bring the same great audio experience found in live performances, films, and recording studios - to the PC. THX TruStudio Pro provides the latest groundbreaking technologies that are products of years of collective experience and research by Creative and THX. Together, these technologies deliver the fullest audio experience for music, movies and games, while remaining true to the source and i...”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'THX Audio Control Panel' → "C:\Program Files\Creative\THX TruStudio Pro\THXAudioCP\THXAudio.exe" /r
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00010767% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00009671% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001096% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,794 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 74.42 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 67.6 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 772 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 74.42 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 330.71 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 340.41 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.12 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 71.81 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 17 | |
| Handles: | 310 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 38 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 42 | |
| GUI USER count: | 26 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 28 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\creative\thx trustudio pc\thxaudiocp\thxaudio.exe" /r |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| THXAudio.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00080930% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00034956% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00045974% | |
| CPU cycles: | 22,283/sec | |
| Memory: | 960 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004560% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002280% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002280% | |
| CPU cycles: | 767,393/sec | |
| Context switches: | 10/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
31.25% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
31.25% |
|
| Windows 8 |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
6.25% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
6.25% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 25.00% of THXAudio.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| MSI |
66.67% |
|
| Acer |
16.67% |
|
| Dell |
16.67% |
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