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No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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advapi32.dll
RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW
kernel32.dll
GetLastError, GetModuleFileNameW, GetEnvironmentVariableW, SetDllDirectoryW, GetFileAttributesW, WideCharToMultiByte, Process32Next, Process32First, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, CloseHandle, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetCommandLineW, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, LoadLibraryW, DebugBreak, GetProcAddress, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, CreateToolhelp32Snapshot, Process32FirstW, Process32NextW, lstrlenW, OutputDebugStringA, LoadLibraryA, FreeLibrary, LocalAlloc, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, RaiseException
msvcp80.dll
DllMain
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
shlwapi.dll
PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathFindExtensionW, PathFindFileNameW
AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
By Apple Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 17.88.0.8 |
| MD5: | 3debbecf665dcdde3a95d9b902010817 |
| SHA1: | b22d720e728caed0a7bca94f10c50acc186b9689 |
| SHA256: | f56f4a7a36faf5fc2306e108a24e75e13ee1f2d1002d9cb71e3327a55f8694ce |
What is AppleMobileDeviceService.exe?
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.
Overview
AppleMobileDeviceService.exe runs as a service under the name Apple Mobile Device within the local user context. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Apple Mobile Device Support published by Apple Inc., Apple Mobile Device Support from Apple Inc. and Apple Mobile Device Support by Apple Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Apple Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | AppleMobileDeviceService.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
| Description: | MobileDeviceService |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\apple\mobile device support\applemobiledeviceservice.exe |
| File version: | 17.88.0.8 |
| Product version: | 3.3.0.0 |
| Size: | 53.85 KB (55,144 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Apple Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Apple Mobile Device Support is required and used for the synchronisation between an Apple mobile iOS devices (iPod, iPhone or iPad) and a PC through iTunes. If uninstalled, your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch may not appear under Devices in iTunes after you connect it to your Windows PC. Apple Mobile Device Service runs as a Windows service (Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS)) regardless if the user is running a connected Apple application...
Users who wished to sync their MobileMe data with a PC had to download and install Apple's MobileMe Control Panel. To install, the user first had to download and install the latest version of iTunes, and then install MobileMe Control Panel. After installation, the user signed into the control panel using their username and password, and could control sync settings for contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and iDisk settings such as public fol...
MobileMe (replaced by iCloud) was a subscription-based collection of online services. MobileMe allowed users to track the location of their iOS devices via the web portal at me.com. MobileMe had two different plans. The Individual plan included 20 GB of email and file storage and 200 GB of monthly data transfer. MobileMe maintained a synchronized address book and calendar feature using Push functions. When a user made a change to a con...
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 49153
[UDP] listens on port 1028
[UDP] listens on port 61923
[UDP] listens on port 49159
[UDP] listens on port 55447
[UDP] listens on port 51173
[UDP] listens on port 65057
[UDP] listens on port 1030
[UDP] listens on port 1026
[UDP] listens on port 52037
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01469950% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00868438% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00601512% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 361,553,230 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 690,397/sec | |
| Context switches: | 46/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 5.54 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 15.5 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.71 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 5.54 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 84.27 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 88.9 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.73 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 17.13 MB | |
| Page faults: | 13,215/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.07 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 64 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 669 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 52/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 11 | |
| Handles: | 229 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\apple\mobile device support\applemobiledeviceservice.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Apple Mobile Device |
| Description: | “Provides the interface to Apple mobile devices.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| MSVCR80.dll |
| Total CPU: | 1.74221304% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 1.12771615% | |
| User CPU: | 0.61449689% | |
| CPU cycles: | 41,474/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 620 KB | |
| applemobiledeviceservice_main.dll (Apple Mobile Device Service by Apple) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01939999% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01007141% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00932858% | |
| CPU cycles: | 54,965/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 228 KB | |
| AppleMobileDeviceService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01263904% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00863799% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00400104% | |
| CPU cycles: | 68,620/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 48 KB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00119981% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00052492% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00067489% | |
| CPU cycles: | 132,012/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
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 Home Premium |
39.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
17.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
7.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
3.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
3.00% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
1.00% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 53.00% of AppleMobileDeviceService.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.08% |
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| Dell |
19.67% |
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| Toshiba |
17.21% |
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| ASUS |
13.93% |
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| Lenovo |
9.84% |
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| Acer |
8.20% |
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| Sony |
3.28% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.46% |
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| Alienware |
2.05% |
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| Samsung |
1.64% |
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| Sahara |
0.82% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.82% |
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