The ctfnom.exe process is an executable file that has been flagged by the system security tools of many users as a malicious application associated with a variant of the AutoIt/Renocide.gen!C program, which is a family of worms and Trojans known to infect unprotected Windows-based systems with outdated OS security certificates and an unsecured Windows System Registry. Other users reported that the ctfnom.exe process has been classified by their anti-malware programs as a malware item related to components of the Trojan.Win32.Midgare.uik application, which is another family of Trojans known to be embedded with spyware functionalities and reported to infect unprotected Windows-based systems with unencrypted TCP/IP network ports. In both cases, these users claim that the ctfnom.exe malware is capable of automatically activating during its initial placement in the system, in order to create and inject keys and entries into the unsecured Windows System Registry of the unprotected computer, and these registry strings are said to allow the ctfnom.exe malware to automatically initialize during system startup and operate as a hidden or cloacked background process during system runtime. Upon finding unencrypted TCP/IP network ports to exploit, these users claim that the ctfnom.exe malware is capable of initiating contact with predesignated remote servers to download more malicious applications unto the infected system from these remote locations, which are said to be managed by the authors of the ctfnom.exe malware. Some of these users reported that the ctfnom.exe malware is also capable of covertly gathering private user details and Internet surfing information from the infected system and its installed Web browsers, and these details are said to be transmitted by the ctfnom.exe malware to these remote servers, which are also said to feed the ctfnom.exe malware with instructions or directives this malicious program can perform in the infect Windows-based computer.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ctfnom.exe. is used by AutoIt/Renocide.gen!C Worm/Trojan and Trojan.Win32.Midgare.uik, If you shut down ctfnom.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ctfnom.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AutoIt/Renocide.gen!C Worm/Trojan and Trojan.Win32.Midgare.uik, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed ctfnom.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AutoIt/Renocide.gen!C Worm/Trojan and Trojan.Win32.Midgare.uik, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if ctfnom.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that ctfnom.exe, belongs to, in this case AutoIt/Renocide.gen!C Worm/Trojan and Trojan.Win32.Midgare.uik