Versions

17.59.0.23	59.09%
17.58.0.21	4.55%
16.57.0.1	13.64%
2.50.39.0	13.64%
2.50.39.0	4.55%
2.12.33.0	4.55%

Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of AppleMobileDeviceService.exe.

There are 6 versions of AppleMobileDeviceService.exe in the wild, the latest version being 17.59.0.23. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Apple Mobile Device' with the name 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Apple Mobile Device' and described as “Provides the interface to Apple mobile devices.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 139.21 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Apple Inc. by VeriSign. The programs Apple Mobile Device Support, MobileMe Control Panel and Panneau de configuration MobileMe have been observed as installing specific variations of AppleMobileDeviceService.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0088% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.8 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 3.87 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 33.68 KB per minute for reads and 50 Bytes per minute for writes.

This is the service portion of the Apple MobileDeviceHelper iTunes sync. AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe is installed along with the latest version of Apple iTunes and is used to sync your iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPod or iPad with iTunes when you connect your device to your computer.

Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.