Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

17.327.4.24	8.04%
17.327.4.11	0.35%
17.323.0.9	12.06%
17.96.2.2	30.47%
17.96.0.8	37.59%
17.89.0.42	5.22%
17.89.0.12	3.24%
17.88.0.8	2.12%
17.88.0.7	0.85%
17.64.0.7	0.07%

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

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)

Remove AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

Version:	17.89.0.42
MD5:	f401929ee0cc92bfe7f15161ca535383
SHA1:	7ca6b876a356dbe16e3e5fb28f321ae835bce8a6
SHA256:	61e1c0630b8bbc65c51121d5dc7f095c59b475f39bb7b0dc68133ef7d9d0a29d

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 with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Apple Mobile Device Support published by Apple Inc., MobileMe Control Panel from Apple Inc. and MobileMe Control Panel 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:	17.89.0.42
Product version:	3.3.0.0
Size:	53.89 KB (55,184 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

Apple Inc.

8% remove

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...

MobileMe Control Panel

Apple Inc.

24% remove

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...

Behaviors

Service

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'Apple Mobile Device'

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 52426

[UDP] listens on port 49153

[UDP] listens on port 63851

[UDP] listens on port 49798

[UDP] listens on port 53530

[UDP] listens on port 58848

[UDP] listens on port 57407

[UDP] listens on port 53234

[UDP] listens on port 58187

[UDP] listens on port 55470

[UDP] listens on port 1028

[UDP] listens on port 49372

[UDP] listens on port 60962

[UDP] listens on port 63947

[UDP] listens on port 62880

[UDP] listens on port 1026

[UDP] listens on port 60392

[UDP] listens on port 63591

[UDP] listens on port 54376

[UDP] listens on port 1027

[UDP] listens on port 59043

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00211038%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00118409%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00092629%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	6,380,810,283 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,587,175/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	8/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	4.57 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7 MB
Private (minimum):	3.93 MB
Non-paged memory:	4.57 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	90.01 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	106.02 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.03 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	9.71 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	12,694/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	441 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	154 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	2/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	2.17 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	15/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	12	12
Handles:	230	600
GUI GDI count:	5	103
GUI USER count:	2	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command lines:	"C:\Program Files\common files\apple\mobile device support\applemobiledeviceservice.exe" "C:\Program Files\archivos comunes\apple\mobile device support\applemobiledeviceservice.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
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

applemobiledeviceservice_main.dll (Apple Mobile Device Service by Apple)
Total CPU:	0.04174199%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.03398705%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00775494%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	1,169,588/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	216 KB	1.16 MB
MSVCR80.dll
Total CPU:	0.00824513%
Kernel CPU:	0.00365632%
User CPU:	0.00458880%
CPU cycles:	279,781/sec
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	620 KB
AppleMobileDeviceService.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00161913%
Kernel CPU:	0.00059870%
User CPU:	0.00102043%
CPU cycles:	78,632/sec
Memory:	48 KB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00146567%
Kernel CPU:	0.00146567%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	6,612/sec
Memory:	1.23 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 Home Premium	39.50%
Windows 8.1	17.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate	11.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro	7.50%
Windows 8	4.00%
Windows 7 Professional	4.00%
Windows 8.1 Single Language	3.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium	3.00%
Microsoft Windows XP	3.00%
Windows 8 Single Language	2.00%
Windows 8.1 N	1.00%
Windows Seven Black Edition	1.00%
Windows 8 Pro	1.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise	1.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	1.00%
Windows 7 Home Basic	0.50%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 53.00% of AppleMobileDeviceService.exe.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Hewlett-Packard	20.08%
Dell	19.67%
Toshiba	17.21%
ASUS	13.93%
Lenovo	9.84%
Acer	8.20%
Sony	3.28%
GIGABYTE	2.46%
Alienware	2.05%
Samsung	1.64%
Sahara	0.82%
American Megatrends	0.82%

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