iTunesHelper.exe
iTunes by Apple Inc. (Signed)
Version: | 10.5.2.11 |
MD5: | 444eb38a256be60f2013488c49d2ab3f |
SHA1: | 354bc40a1835497ccce0559e458bb2b1605551d5 |
SHA256: | fab71626fa1c5dd377fe8a7d3f081b64cf5a378b0d7b192164d4ded5d2a2248e |
What is iTunesHelper.exe?
Apple software includes iTunesHelper or iTunes Helper, is a program from Apple that runs in the background and monitors for the connection of any iPod or iPhone to the computer, if an iPod or iPhone is detected it will automatically launch the iTunes application. The functionality is the same on both Mac OS X and Windows PC’s.
About iTunesHelper.exe (from Apple Inc.)
“iTunes is a free application for your Mac or PC. It lets you organize and play digital music and video on your computer. It can automatically download new music, app, and book purchases across all y”
Details
File name: | iTunesHelper.exe |
Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
Product name: | iTunes |
Description: | iTunesHelper |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\itunes\ituneshelper.exe |
File version: | 10.5.2.11 |
Size: | 411.85 KB (421,736 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Apple Inc. |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Expiration date: | Tuesday, June 25, 2013 |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
File packed: | No |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Apple's iTunes is a proprietary media player computer program, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone and iPad. iTunes is an application that allows the user to purchase and manage audio and video on a personal computer, acting as a front end for Apple's QuickTime media player. Officially, using iTunes is required in order to manage the audio of an ...
“Enabling VoiceOver for iPod allows you to hear the names of songs, artists, and playlists spoken when listening to content on your iPod. If you have the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic or the In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic, you can also use VoiceOver to navigate playlists.”
Apple Application Support is required to run iTunes, QuickTime and other Apple installed products (do not remove this if you use any of these programs). If you remove this program you will need to reinstall it in order for iTunes to load. The program is also used to connect iTunes to the various iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'iTunesHelper' → "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 49157
[UDP] listens on port 59943
[UDP] listens on port 65105
[UDP] listens on port 1033
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.03292594% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00956289% | |
User CPU: | 0.02336305% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 546,319 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 68,925/sec | |
Context switches: | 28/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 5.73 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 8.53 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 5.02 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 5.73 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 97.78 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 99.31 MB | |
Working set: | 5.42 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 11.72 MB | |
Page faults: | 4,849/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 6.04 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 17/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 102 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 1.88 KB/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 141/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 11 | |
Handles: | 267 | |
GUI GDI count: | 11 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 14 | |
GUI USER count: | 10 | |
GUI USER peak: | 12 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
iTunesHelper.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.04324884% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.01455527% | |
User CPU: | 0.02869358% | |
CPU cycles: | 8,001/sec | |
Context switches: | 3/sec | |
Memory: | 424 KB | |
ituneshelper.dll (iTunes by Apple) |
Total CPU: | 0.00896137% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00311395% | |
User CPU: | 0.00584742% | |
CPU cycles: | 14,061/sec | |
Context switches: | 3/sec | |
Memory: | 168 KB | |
itunesmobiledevice.dll (iTunesMobileDevice by Apple) |
Total CPU: | 0.00497136% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000163% | |
User CPU: | 0.00496973% | |
CPU cycles: | 312/sec | |
Context switches: | 1/sec | |
Memory: | 1.3 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 |
44.50% |
|
Windows 8.1 |
15.50% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate |
13.50% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.50% |
|
Windows 8 |
5.50% |
|
Microsoft Windows XP |
4.00% |
|
Windows 7 Professional |
3.50% |
|
Windows 8 Single Language |
2.00% |
|
Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 Single Language |
1.50% |
|
Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
|
Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 51.50% of iTunes.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
20.95% |
|
Toshiba |
18.97% |
|
Dell |
17.39% |
|
ASUS |
11.86% |
|
Acer |
9.09% |
|
Lenovo |
8.70% |
|
Sony |
3.95% |
|
GIGABYTE |
1.98% |
|
Samsung |
1.58% |
|
Compaq |
1.58% |
|
NEC |
1.58% |
|
Sahara |
0.79% |
|
Alienware |
0.79% |
|
American Megatrends |
0.79% |
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