The genuine DTLite.exe file is a software component of DAEMON Tools Lite by Disc Soft. DAEMON Tools is a virtual drive emulator for the Windows and Mac OS platforms. DTLite.exe runs Daemon Tools Lite. Disabling or removing this file may cause problems while running DAEMON Tools. Daemon (Disk And Execution MONitoring) Tools was designed to override copy protection methods such as SecuROM and SafeDisc. The program is the successor to Generic SafeDisc emulator and uses many of the same features including image creation, compression, editing and splitting, a command line interface, catalogue sharing, mounting images on remote servers, and much more. Daemon Tools Lite is a freemium version of Daemon Tools with limited features. Disc Soft Ltd. is an American software company that is best known as the publishers and distributers of the DAEMON Tools drive emulation software. The company also represents Astroburn, an image editing software, as well as other software developers. Disc Soft was founded in 2005.
DTLite stands for DAEMON Tools Lite
The .exe extension on a filename indicates an executable file. Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. Therefore, please read below to decide for yourself whether the DTLite.exe on your computer is a Trojan that you should remove, or whether it is a file belonging to the Windows operating system or to a trusted application.
Description: DTLite.exe is not essential for the Windows OS and causes relatively few problems. The DTLite.exe file is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\ or in a subfolder of the user's profile folder or in a subfolder of the user's "Documents" folder (common is C:\Program Files (x86)\DAEMON Tools Lite\).
Known file sizes on Windows 10/11/7 are 3,696,912 bytes (20% of all occurrences), 369,200 bytes and 20 more variants.
The file has a digital signature. The DTLite.exe file is not a Windows core file. The software starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: Run, TaskScheduler, DEFAULT\Run, MACHINE\Run).
DTLite.exe is able to record keyboard and mouse inputs.
Therefore the technical security rating is 28% dangerous; but you should also compare this rating with the user reviews.
Uninstalling this variant:
You can do the following: 1) uninstall the associated program (Start > Control Panel > Uninstall a Program > DAEMON Tools Lite or Disc Soft Ltd) 2) visit the www.daemon-tools.cc [1][2] website.
Important: Some malware camouflages itself as DTLite.exe, particularly when located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder. Therefore, you should check the DTLite.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.
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enables you to emulate up to 4 CD/DVD virtual drives on your PC DBassmun (further information)
It is like a virtual drive it works with media devices. not really harmfull. shouldn't run full time though.
It is a virtual CD/DVD drive for working with image files Bruce
Daemon Tools Lite from DT Soft Ltd - used to create an image of a CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc and mount the created image-file (.iso, .bin, etc) to a virtual CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive. The original can be stored in a safe place and the loading times are significantly reduced as the virtual drive is much faster. Required if you use the automount feature to reload images on a reboot. Mike (further information)
DTLite.exe is part of Daemon Tools which is a virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator ice89 (further information)
Perfectly safe, creates virtual drives so you can load disc images, which are essentially virtual disc backups. Zack
Symantec hit on this file in the wee hours of the morning and tagged it as OpenCandy. The file was quarantined Lawson
I had DTLiteinstaller(1).exe on a removable (USB) pen drive. The file is detected as potentially harmful by Bitdefender and put into Quarantine. I recall I DID go looking at Daemon Tools and was intending to use the application at some stage. Readers should not get confused. The GENUINE company website is www.daemon-tools.cc - and it has a copyright mention of the proper legal entity = Disc Soft Ltd. Regarding the installer file, Bitdefender advised me to accept or ignore the warning. I could not at first remember what DTLITE meant, so I erred on the side of caution. Can revisit daemon-tools (note the hyphen in the name)if I need the Paid version which is long established in the market. Dave B (further information)
Summary: Average user rating of DTLite.exe:
based on 15 votes with 9 user comments.
8 users think DTLite.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application.
4 users think it's probably harmless.
2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous.
One user suspects danger.
One user is not sure about it.
Best practices for resolving DTLite issues
A clean and tidy computer is the key requirement for avoiding problems with DTLite. This means running a scan for malware, cleaning your hard drive using 1cleanmgr and 2sfc /scannow, 3uninstalling programs that you no longer need, checking for Autostart programs (using 4msconfig) and enabling Windows' 5Automatic Update. Always remember to perform periodic backups, or at least to set restore points.
Should you experience an actual problem, try to recall the last thing you did, or the last thing you installed before the problem appeared for the first time. Use the 6resmon command to identify the processes that are causing your problem. Even for serious problems, rather than reinstalling Windows, you are better off repairing of your installation or executing the 7DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command. This allows you to repair the operating system without losing data.
To get your computer running as fast as it did on day one, you can 8reset your PC. Your personal files will remain intact, but any programs you installed will need to be reinstalled.
To help you analyze the DTLite.exe process on your computer, the following programs have proven to be helpful: ASecurity Task Manager displays all running Windows tasks, including embedded hidden processes, such as keyboard and browser monitoring or Autostart entries. A unique security risk rating indicates the likelihood of the process being potential spyware, malware or a Trojan. A good Bantivirus software detects and removes sleeping spyware, adware, Trojans, keyloggers, malware and trackers from your hard drive.
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DBassmun (further information)
root (further information)
Bruce
Mike (further information)
ice89 (further information)
Zack
Lawson
Dave B (further information)
Summary: Average user rating of DTLite.exe: based on 15 votes with 9 user comments. 8 users think DTLite.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 4 users think it's probably harmless. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. One user suspects danger. One user is not sure about it.